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GASTON'S 


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A 

SCRIPTURE ACCOUNT 


OF THE 

FAITH AND PRACTICE OF CHRISTIANS; 

CONSISTING OF AN 

EXTENSIVE COLLECTION OF PERTINENT TEXTS OF SCRIPTURE, ILLUSTRATIVE 
OP THE VARIOUS ARTICLES OF REVEALED RELIGION: 

REDUCED INTO DISTINCT SECTIONS, 

so AS TO EMBRACE ALL THE BRANCHES OF EACH SUBJECT, THE MOTIVES TO THE BELIEF OR 

PRACTICE OF THE DOCTRINES TAUGHT, AND THE THREATENINGS, PROMISES, 

REWARDS, PUNISHMENTS, EXAMPLES, &C. ANNEXED. 

ADDRESSED TO 
THE UNDERSTANDING, THE HOPES, AND THE FEARS OP CHRISTIANS. 

THE WHOLE FORMING 

A COMPLETE CONCORDANCE 

TO 

ALL THE ARTICLES OF FAITII AND PRACTICE TAUGHT IN 
THE HOLY SCRIPTURES. 


BY HUGH GASTON, V. D. M. 

MEMBER OF THE ROOT PRESBYTERY, COUNTY ANTRIM, IRELAND. 


FOURTH PHILADELPHIA EDITION; 

IN WHICH NUMEROUS ERRORS OF FORMER EDITIONS HAVE BEEN CORRECTED, AND 
THE ARRANGEMENT OF THE WORK CONSIDERABLY IMPROVED. 


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ADVERTISEMENT 


The first Philadelphia edition of Gaston's Collections 
was printed from an Irish copy, the only one which could then 
be obtained. This copy was presumed to be correct, and the 
work committed to press without any particular examination 
beyond what is common for the correction of literal errors: 
but, upon a careful review, many mistakes in the scripture 
references have been discovered, as well as in the construction 
of the language from whence the quotations are made. These 
errors have been corrected in the present impression. 

The arrangement of the work has also been considerably 
improved, by conjoining numerous illustrative quotations, un- 
der the different sections, which were, in many instances, 
unnecessarily, and in some improperly disconnected, by being 
broken into separate paragraphs. This alteration, it is appre- 
hended, will be a considerable convenience in all cases of hasty 
reference, as the distinct idea sought for will thereby be more 
readily found. 

For the improvement and corrections made in the work, the 
editor has thought proper to secure a copy-right ; but further 
he has no claim. 

Philadelphia, January , 1820, 


PREFACE 


The sacred Scriptures, after the strictest researches of an 
enlightened and inquiring age, are still allowed by the wise, 
judicious, and thinking part of mankind, who are acquainted 
with them, to be the only books in the w^orld which truly 
and fully show the way of salvation to all those who take any 
serious thought about it. The Scriptures, from the solid prin- 
ciples of truth contained in them, have the strongest tendency 
to improve and perfect human nature in every branch of per- 
sonal and social duty, and to make mankind wiser and better 
in every station and relation of life. This effect they have 
produced, and will still produce, wherever they are duly attended 
to. An attempt, if well executed, to promote the knowledge and 
practice of the truths they contain, must therefore be of real 
service to society ; and though the attempt should fail, the un- 
dertdier may, nevertheless, enjoy the pleasure of a heart ready 
and disposed to do good, while the candid part of mankind will, 
on account of the goodness of the design, make the most favour- 
able allowances. 

With these views, the author of the following work offers it 
to the public ; confident that it will be found, upon perusal, as 
well as by the following account of it, to be entirely new, and 
different, at least in method, from anything of the kind hitherto 
published. 

Method. — In this work, the several articles of revealed 
religion are ranged under distinct heads, or Chapters. The 


Vlll PREFACE. 

subject of each chapter is only mentioned at the beginning of 
it ; and the scripture account of the subject is afterwards given 
at large, in a numerous collection of express and pertinent 
texts of Scripture, with which the chapter is filled up. Care 
is taken to insert every article of revealed religion, and every 
express and pertinent text upon each article, in order to make 
it full and complete. The several different words by which 
any article of religion is expressed in the Bible, are exhibited 
under distinct Sections; and these sections are filled up with 
those texts in the Bible, where the word occurs upon that 
subject, and introduced mostly in the order in which they lie in 
the sacred books: So this work, in some measure, answers 
the ends both of a Common-place Book^ and Concordance, upon 
the various articles of religion. Thus, in chap. 1, page 34, 
sect. 17, the eternity of God is expressed by the different 
words, eternal, everlasting, for ever, the first and the last, which 
make so many distinct sections. In like manner, every doc- 
trine or duty of revealed religion is laid down first, and the 
motives to the belief or practice of them are made so many 
distinct sections in each chapter, and generally come under 
the heads of threatenings, p7'om,ises, reivards, punishments, 
examples, 4'C. — In this respect the work differs from any book 
of the kind hitherto published. So much is transcribed of the 
places quoted, as expresses the principal part of the text, while 
at the same time it directs the reader to the places themselves, 
as they lie in the Bible, to be consulted at large upon the 
subject : more would have needlessly increased the size of the 
book, and not have left sufficient room for inserting every ex- 
press and pertinent text upon each subject. 

Occasion and design of the work. — It might easily be 
made appear, that the reading of the Holy Scriptures, after a 
method which the nature of their composition seems to require, 
must be highly useful and proper, for our acquiring from the 
Scriptures themselves the true knowledge of every article of re- 
ligion contained in them. 

Every one who is acquainted with the sacred Scriptures 
knows, that the complete account which they contain of any 
one article of religion, is never to be met with altogether in 


PREFACE. IX 

one place, without other subjects intermixed with it ; but is to 
be collected from many different places of the Bible, where the 
sacred writers have touched upon it. 

In every one of Ihe many different places of the Bible, where 
any one article of religion is touched upon, it is still placed in 
some useful light for instruction, so that none of these places 
are superfluous. All these places, taken together, do make up 
the complete scripture account of the subject ; and contain all 
the light which the Spirit of revelation has afforded upon it, as 
needful for our instruction : whoever therefore will view any 
scripture truth in all that light afforded, must search the 
Scriptures for the different places in which it is contained, or 
where the subject is mentioned. In these places it will be found 
sufficiently explained, enforced by all its proper motives, applied 
to all its proper uses, and set in every advantageous light 
needful for being rightly understood, and properly applied, 
even after extraordinary inspiration bath ceased. 

Our blessed Saviour, who best knew the most profitable 
method of our reading the Scriptures, directed [John v. 39,] 
to search them for the knowledge of his character and offices, 
taught, not all in one, but in different places of the Scriptures; 
which being taken altogether, fully and plainly described him 
to the world, and left unbelievers inexcusable. Those have 
succeeded best in ascertaining the true sense of many portions 
of Scripture, and in answering objections against them, and 
setting several scripture doctrines in a clear light, who have 
first searched the Scriptures for the whole and complete 
account of the subject : hereby they were enabled to show that 
what was doubtful, by being briefly expressed in one place, was 
sufficiently enlarged upon and explained in others. Besides 
such explications of scripture truths as are to be found in 
the Scriptures themselves, none else are to be depended upon : 
for the sacred writers, being sufficiently qualified for their 
work did not leave it to be mended by inferior hands ; but left 
the Scriptures a finished performance, containing a system of 
religion from God, which, like all his other works, is good and 
perfect in its kind ; being full and complete in all its parts, 
plain and proper in its terms and expressions, and efficacious 
or sufficient to answer the ends for which it was written. If it 


PREFACE. 


fails, no other writing will prove effectual for reforming the 
world, and making mankind wise to salvation. 

Every hopeful method ought to be tried for assisting Christians 

to reap from the Holy Scriptures all the benefit they are 

suited to afford. The dividing of the books of the Bible into 

chapters and verses, [though not first written in that form,] is of 

great use for finding any particular place the reader is directed 

to consult. A work, pointing out to the reader the various 

places of the Bible where may be found the complete and full 

account which the sacred writers have given of every article 

of religion, it is presumed, might be of great use to many who 

have not leisure or proper helps for such a research ; and also 

to others, on many occasions, who would hereby be furnished 

with all the express and pertinent Scriptures before them, at 

once, upon any subject they had occasion to treat of without 

the pains of collecting them. Such a work might likewise be 

of service to those who have not ability to purchase many 

books, and to others who have not leisure to read many upon 

religion, or any other subject ; as by it they would be assisted 

to find in the Bible those places, that, taken together, do 

contain the best, the fullest, and plainest, though brief account, 

that is to be expected, or anywhere to be found, of every article 

both of faith and practice. A work that would answer this 

end, might be the means of occasioning proper places of the 

Bible to be consulted upon every article of religion, and of use 

for direction in every circumstance of life ; and well calculated 

for turning the attention of readers from books wherein error 

is often conveyed along with truth, to the great danger or hurt 

of their souls; and thus engaging their attention more to the 

Holy Scriptures, which are the most useful and improving 

writings for all Christians. And when it shall please God to 

turn the attention of Christians chiefly to the Bible, and to 

enable them to make a right use of it, it may be expected 

that the blessed Redeemer's kingdom, of knowledge and 

righteousness, truth and holiness, peace and love, shall be 

more enlarged and strengthened in the earth. It was thus, at 

the first spreading of the gospel, and also at our happy 

Reformation, that heathens and Papists were turned from the 

worship of creatures to the worship of the one living and true 


PREFACE. XI 

God, through the one only Mediator, our Lord Jesus Christ ; and 
the security of the Protestant religion against Popery, and every 
other error, does, under God, depend on the knowledge and use 
that Protestants make of their Bible. 

In hopes of answering, in some measure, some of the valuable 
ends above stated, the following work is composed, upon the fore- 
going plan or method mentioned. All possible care has been taken 
to render it satisfactory to the reader, by making it more full and 
complete than anything of the kind hitherto published ; and by 
inserting the true scripture account of the subjects mentioned, 
without regard to the private distinguishing opinions of any 
party or denomination of Christians : so that it is presumed it 
may be useful at least to some of every denomination ; and can 
be offensive or hurtful to none, who are not prejudiced against 
scripture truth. 


CONTENTS. 


[lEF/n the following Table of Contents the number of the page is set down immediately 
after the Sections that are contained in it. e. g. The first ten sections will be found 
in page 33. From section 11 to 19 inclusive, in page 34, Sfc] 

CHAP. I. — Of the Being and Attributes of God. 


Sect. - 

1 That there is a God, asserted, and 

proved by his works. 

2 The perfection of God. 

3 The unity of God. 

4 He is God and Lord alone. 

5 There is none else. 

6 There is none besides him. 

7 There is none with him. 

8 None before him. 

9 None Uke him. 

10 None to be compared unto him. 

33 

11 No likeness of God among the crea- 

tures. 

12 He is the living God. 

13 The true God. 

14 God is a Spirit. 


invisible. 

imsearchable. 

eternal. 

everlasting. 

for ever. 

the First and the Last. 

immortal. 

incorruptible. 


34 


— unchangeable. 

— present every where. 

26 God's greatness. 35 

27, God is exalted. 

28 God's excellency. 

29 God's majesty. 

30 God is glorious — He is the God of 

glory. 

31 He is glorious in favours spiritual and 

temporal. 36 

32 God's knowledge is perfect. 

33 It is underived. 

34 Extendeth to all things. 

35 Things which God only knoweth, 

36 Secret things which God will discover. 

37 God's knowledge of man and all his 

ways. 


Sect. 

38 God knoweth the hearts of all men. 

39 of the righ- 

teous. 

40 of the wicked. 

38 

41 God knoweth his people. 

42 their religious princi- 
ples and practice. 

43 God knoweth their works — Their 

wants, their sorrows, their afflicr 
tions, their wrongs from oppres- 
sors. 39 

44 God's knowledge of tlie wicked and 

their sins. 

45 God knoweth the proud. 

46 the impenitent. 

47 hypocritical professors. 

48 liars and uncharitable 


persons. 


envious persons, 
wicked works, 
whoredom, natmal and 

40 


spiritual. 

52 He knoweth murderers. 

53 Sins of the wicked against God's 

knowledge. 

54 The wisdom of God in general. 

55 God's wisdom in creation. 

56 In redemption by Jesus Christ. 

57 The wisdom of creatures, nothing in 

comparison of God's wisdom. 

58 The power of God. 41 

59 Might ascribed to God. 

60 He is the Almighty God. 

61 God's strength. 

62 God's arm. 

63 The hand of God. 

64 Finger of God. 

65 God called a Rock. 

66 Nothing hard to God. 

67 All things possible to God. 

68 He is able to do everything. 

69 God's power in his wonderful doings. 


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CONTENTS. 


Sect. 
70 

71 

72 

73 

74 
75 

76 

77 


The prosperity and adversity of man 

in God's hand. 
God's power in the creation of heaven 

and earth. 
in the government of 

the lieavens and the earth. 
Acts of God's power toward his 

church. 43 
God's power towards the righteous. 
in spiritual blessings to- 

wai"d liis people. 
against tlie wicked. 


90 


98 

99 

100 

101 
102 


U 

Sins of tlie wicked against the attri- 
bute of power. — Duties resulting 
from, or founded upon the doctrine 
of God's power. 

45,46 

God's power manifested in the mira- 
cles recorded in the Old Testa- 
ment, instanced under eleven dif- 
ferent heads. 46 — 49 

The righteousness of God. 

In punisliing tlie wicked. 

In men's reaping as they sow. 

In rewards to the righteous. 

Tilings of God declared to be right. 
— His judgments, statutes, pre- 
cepts, testimonies, commands, 
words, wavs. 

The justice of God. 50 

Injustice and iniquity denied of 
God. 

God's truth — Truth ascribed to him. 

Things of God called truth. 

Lying denied of God. 

The faithfulness of God. 51 

Things of God called faithful. — 
His commands, testimonies, word, 
counsels, Christ. — God is to be 
praised for liis faithfulness. 

God's faithfulness in fulfilling his 
promises. 

In fulfilling his threatenings. 

God's purity. — God is pure. 

God's holiness. 52 

Ciod's lioliness otherwise expressed. 

God is the Holy One by way of emi- 
nence. 

Tilings pertaining to God called holy. 
— His name, throne, heaven, place, 
hill, cScc. &.C. 53 

The ffoodness of God. 

The Lord doth good. 54 

The mercy of God. — He is merciful. 

55 

^Icrcy promised. 

Persons to whom mercy is promised. 
— Those who obey, repent, fear, 
love, and trust in God. 


Sect. 

103 Mercy prayed for. 56 

104 Mercy acknowledged in various in- 

stances. 57 

105 Thanks for mercy. 

106 'Mercy in the pardon of sin. 

107 Pardon and forgiveness prayed for. 

58 

108 Compassion ascribed to God. — God 

excites to compassion towards his 
people. 

109 Compassion to whom promised. 

110 Instances of God's compassion. 

111 Compassion ascribed to Christ. — In- 

stances. 59 

112 Pity ascribed to God.— He hath pity 

on his people. 

113 God will not pity the wicked. 

114 Long-suffering of God. 

115 Forbearance ascribed to God. 

116 Kindness ascribed to God, and pro- 

mised and exercised toward his 
people. 60 

117 Kindness prayed for. 

118 Thanks for God's kindness. 

119 Grace of God. — He is gracious. 

61 

120 God's throne is a throne of grace. 

121 God's Spirit is a Spii-it of grace. 

122 Christ is gracious. 

123 The grace of God in the economy of 

man's salvation. In election. 

124 Our calling is of grace. 

125 Justification is of grace. 

126 Pardon of sin is through grace. 

127 Adoption through grace. 

128 Sanctification tlirough grace. 

129 The Gospel is of grace given. 

62 

130 Giving alms called grace. 

131 ^Ministerial abihtics are of grace. 

132 Effects of the Gospel in a sanctified 

nature and practice, called grace. 

133 Faith through grace. 

134 Hope through grace. 63 

135 Prayer and praise through grace. 

136 Salvation is of grace. 

137 Grace prayed for. 

138 God's favour. 64 
139 denied to the wicked. 

140 God givctli the favour of men. 

141 He withholdeth the favour of men. 

142 God is bountiful. 

143 IMen ought to be bountiful. 

144 God's blessing. — He blesseth his 

people. 

145 Persons pronounced blessed; their 

graces and dutie?. 65 

146 God's blessing promised by way of 

covenant ; or covenant blessings. 
67 


CONTENTS. 


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147 God's anger. 

148 Threatened against the wicked. 

149 Wrath of God threatened against 

sinners. 

150 God is wroth. — Prayers deprecating 

his wrath. Promises. 

151 God's indignation against sinners. 

68 

152 Fury ascribed to God. 

153 His vengeance. 

154 God abhorreth. 

155 loatheth — despiseth. 

156 hateth. 

157 The Lord is a terrible God. 

158 The dreadful God. 

159 God is jealous for his people. Pro- 

mises. His jealousy in threats 
against sinners. 69 

160 Zeal ascribed to God. 70 

CHAP. II. 

Of Creation. 

1 God created all things. 

2 He created the heavens and the 

earth. 

3 Sun, moon, and stars. 70 

4 The sea. 

5 Summer and winter. 

6 North and south. 

7 Clouds, wind. 

8 Rain. 

9 Creatures in the sea. 

10 Inferior creatures on the dry land. 

71 

11 Grass, herbs and trees, 

12 Man created. His body. 

13 His soul. 

14 Man's spiritual state after his creation. 

15 Man's first disobedience or fall from 

his happy state. 

16 His first sin and its consequences re- 

ferred to. 

17 Angels. Their number*. 

18 Their names — Cherubims, &c. 

72 

19 Their nature. — Superior to man. 

20 They excel in strength. 

21 Their employment for the good of 

God's people. 

22 Instances of the care and services of 

angels for God's people. 

23 Revelations of God's will, and direc- 

tions, given by angels. 73 

24 Angels inflict God's judgments on the 

wicked. 

25 Their attendance on, and services to 

Christ on earth. 

26 They shall attend Christ at his com- 

ing to judgment. 74 


27 Their employment at the day of judg- 

ment. 

28 They are worshippers of God the Fa- 

ther. 

29 They worship Christ, and are subject 

to him. 

30 Devils are angels that sinned, and are 

reserved unto punishment. 

31 What their sin is supposed to have 

been. 

32 Names given to them in scripture. 

75 

33 They are enemies to all good, and 

promoters of sin and misery. 

34 Satan's enmity to Christ and his ser- 

vants. 

35 Devils believe that there is a God. 

They knew Christ. 

36 They knew Christ's servants. 76 

37 They know the sacred scriptures. 

38 Satan was overcome by Christ. 

39 He is overcome by Christians through 

divine power communicated. 

40 Promises to them that overcome Sa- 

tan. 

41 Duties exhorted to in opposition to 

Satan. . 77 

CHAP. III. 

God''s Government. 

1 God is King, Ruler and Governor of 

the world ; having a throne, king- 
dom, dominion, government. 

2 God is the Law-giver. 

3 He is the Judge of the earth. 

4 Counsels of God. — He hath his coun- 

sels, 78 

5 Purpose of God. 

6 God doth will. 

7 Determinations of God. 

8 Ordinations of God. — Things ordained 

of God. 79 

9 Decrees of God. — Things decreed. 

10 Things appointed of God. 

11 Predestination. Things predestin- 

ated. ■ 

12 Election of the Jews. 80 

13 Election of Christians. 81 

14 Persons chosen or elected of God to 

fill ofiices in church and state. 

15 Calling. — God doth call ; his people 

are called, 82 

16 Particular persons called to offices. — 

Priests, &c. 83 

17 Justification. — God justifieth. 

18 Men not justified by the works of the 

law. 

19 Men are justified freely, and by grace 

through Christ. 


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CONTENTS. 


Sect. 

20 Sanctification. — God sanctified the 

Jews. 

21 Jews were commanded to sanctify 

themselves. 

22 God doth sanctify Christians. 

23 God sanctifieth Christians by his 

word and Spirit. 

24 Justification and sanctification other- 

wise expressed. — God doth wash, 
&c. 84 

25 God doth cleanse. — Duty to cleanse 

ourselves. — Promises to the clean- 
sed. 

26 God doth purge — Duty. 

27 God purificth. — Duty. 

28 God doth refine. 

29 The Lord is a God imto his people ; 

he is Avith them and among thero. 
85 
.30 God forsaketh not his people. 

31 Prayers that God would not forsake 

his people. 

32 God forsaketh the wicked. 

33 God doth not cast off nor reject his 

people. 86 

34 Pra3^ers against being cast off. 

35 God casteth off and rejccteth the 

wicked. 

36 God a Father. — He is a Father to his 

people. 87 

37 How any of mankind come into the 

relation of children unto God, be- 
sides that of being created by 
him. 

38 Blessings from God as a Father, to 

his people as his children. 88 

39 Marks and characters of God's chil- 

dren, in the exercise of the graces, 
and practice of the duties of reli- 
gion. 89 

40 Tlie wicked styled children of what- 

ever principle reigns in them. 

41 Under God, their heavenly Father, 

Christians arc brethren and sisters, 
and owe to each other the duties of 
tliat relation. 

42 Christ is their elder brother. 

43 Salvation. — God is a Saviour. — He 

saveth his people. 90, 91 

44 Persons to whom salvation is pro- 

mised. — Salvation prayed for. 

92 

45 Salvation is of grace. 

46 The word of God a mean of salvation. 

47 Ministry a mean of salvation. 

48 God a defence. — He is the defence of 

his people. 93 

49 Redemption. — God a Redeemer. 

.00 God redeemeth his pcoj)le from ene- 
mies and otlicr evils. — Threats. — 


Sect. 

Redemption of particular persons 
from evils. 

51 God a counsellor. — He giveth counsel 

to the righteous. 

52 He depriveth the wicked of counsel. . 

94 

53 God a teacher ; he doth teach his peo- 

ple. — Teaching from God prayed 
for. 

54 The Holy Ghost teacheth. 

55 God doth instruct. 

56 God doth direct. 

57 God doth lead. 95 

— Promises that God will lead his 
people. 

58 Christ doth lead. 

59 God doth guide his people. 

60 God doth strengthen — Strength pro- 

mised. 96 

— Prayed for. — Obtained. 

61 God dotli uphold. 

62 God giveth safety. 97 

63 God a shield, rock, fortress, refuge, 

&c. 

64 God is a helper to his people. 98 

— Help from God promised. — 
Prayed for. — Help acknowledged. 

65 Help from the creatures vain. 

66 God a deliverer. — He delivereth from 

sickness. 99 

67 God delivereth from enemies, &.c. and 

oppression. 

68 Christ a deliverer.^— Deliverance pray- 

ed for. 100 

69 Persons that shall be dehvered. — The 

poor and needy. 

70 Prophets and apostles. 

71 All God's faithful servants. 

72 Dehverance from moral evil. 101 

73 God dehvereth into natural evil. — 

The wicked into their enemies' 
hands. — Heathens into the hands of 
the Israelites. 

74 The Lord doth keep his people. — 

He kecpeth his servants from evil. 
102 

75 God preserveth his people. 103 

76 God is the creator of his people. — 

Threats against those who aposta- 
tized. 

77 He is the creator of Christians ; they 

are new creatures, God's workman- 
ship. 

78 Duty of Christians as new creatures. 

104 

79 God is to his people their planter, 

builder, &c.; they are his planting, 
liis vineyard which he watereth, 
&.C. — God planted the Jewish na- 
tion in Canaan. 


CONTENTS. 


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Sect, 

80 The Lord planted, watered, and made 

fruitful the Jewish church. 

81 Apostacy or unfruitfulness ; threats 

and reproofs against it. 

82 The fruitful, whether Jews or Gentiles, 

are God's planting. 105 

CHAP. IV. 

Prophecies concerning Christ, his Suffer- 
ings, Death, Resurrection, Sfc. Mira- 
cles of Christ. 

1 The testimony of prophecy appeal- 

ed to as a foundation of faith in 
Christ. 

2 The testimony of prophecy urged by 

the apostles. 

3 Prophecies concerning Christ, fulfilled 

in his incarnation, life, death, resur- 
rection and ascension. 106 

4 The nation, tribe and family he was 

to descend from. 

5 The time of his life and death fixed 

by other events foretold in pro- 
phecy. 

6 The country and town where Christ 

should be born. 

7 Prophecies concerning his forerunner, 

John Baptist. 107 

8 Christ's purging the temple. 

9 His working miracles. 

10 That the Spirit of the Lord should be 

upon him. 

11 That he should be a prophet. 

12 That he sliould preach or teach. 

13 That he should not seek tlie applause 

of men. 

14 That he should be a sufferer. — Infir- 

mities he endured. 

15 That he should be despised of men. 

108 

16 That he should be hated. 

17 reproached. 

18 Reproaches that were cast upon 

him. 

19 That he should be persecuted. 

20 That the Jews and Gentiles should join 

against him. 

21 That he should be sold for money. 

22 The use they apply the money to 

foretold. 

23 Prophecies concerning his betrayer. 

109 

24 Concerning the miserable end of 

Judas — How this is expressed by 
Christ. 

25 That Christ should be forsaken. — 

How expressed by him. 

26 Peter's denying him. 

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Sect. 

27 That Christ should be beaten and spit 

on. 

28 Christ's own testimony of this. 

29 What kind of death he should die, 

30 Christ's silence. 

31 They gave sentence against him. 110 

32 They gave him gall. 

33 mock him on the cross. 

34 part his garments. 

35 His words on the cross. — He prays 

for his enemies, 

36 His death. 

37 That a bone of him should not be 

broken. 

38 That he should be buried with the 

rich. 
39 arise from the dead. 

40 Christ rests the credit of his preten- 

sions on the event of his rising from 
the dead. 

41 The witnesses of his resurrection. 

42 Other evidences of his resurrection; 

his appearances, &.c. Ill 

43 He was raised by the power of God. 

44 Prophecies concerning his ascension. 

45 That he should sit at God's right 

hand. 

46 The Holy Ghost promised. 

47 Promised by Christ. 

48 Prophecies of Christ concerning the 

persecution of Christians, 112 

49 Miracles of Christ.— The evidence of 

miracles appealed to as a foundation 
of faith in him. 

50 New Testament miracles a foundation 

of faith in Christ. — Those attending 
the birth of Christ and that of John 
his forerunner. 

51 Miraculous cures performed by Christ, 

and the effects thereof. 

52 Devils cast out. 113 

53 Sicknesses healed. Blindness, deaf- 

ness, lameness, &c. 

54 The dead raised to life. 

55 He calms the wind and sea, walks 

on the water, feeds thousands, 
&c. &c. 

56 Miracles accompanying the death of 

Christ. _ 114 

57 Christ empowers his disciples to work 

miracles. 

58 Miracles wrought by the apostles, 

CHAP. V. 

ChrisVs Glory and Exaltation. 

1 Christ's glory before his incarnation. 

2 His glory on earth. 115 


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Sect. 

3 His glory after liis resurrection. 

4 Christ's exaltation at God's right hand. 
ry He is exalted above mankind. 

6 The church is subject to him. 

7 He is exalted above angels. 116 

CHAP. VI. 

Divine Titles given to Christ. 

1 Christ is the Son of God. 117 
— Hence the title of Father, so often 

given to God. 

2 He is distinguished from the Created 

sons of God. 

3 Christ is called the image of God. 


God. 
Lord. 


118 


Christ is one with the Father. 

The same things spoken of the Fa- 
ther, and of Christ. Christ's titles in 
general, ranged alphabetically. 120 

CHAP. VII. 


Chrisfs Works. 


121 


1 He created all things. 

2 He will raise the dead. 

3 Will change the bodies of men. 

4 He will judge the world. 

5 He will dispense suitable rewards and 

punishments. 

6 Rewards from Christ to the righteous. 

122 

7 Punishments to be inflicted on the 

wicked by Christ. 123 

CHAP. VIII. 

Worship offered to Christ. 

1 Acts of worship offered to Christ 

jointly witli the Father. 

2 Acts of worship offered to Christ 

alone. 124 

CHAP. IX. 

Perfections of Christ. 


Christ's knowledge. 
wisdom. 


125 


3 Power and dominion. 

4 Acts of Christ's power towards his 

people. 12G 

5 Acts of power against his enemies. 

6 Christ's righteousness. 

7 He promoted righteousness. 

8 Christ's hoUncss. 127 

9 • justice. 


Sect. 

10 Christ's truth. 

11 goodness. 

12 eternity. 


128 


CHAP. X. 


ChrisVs benefits to men, or blessings they 
receive through him as a Saviour, Re- 
deemer, Deliverer, Sfc. 

1 Christ is the Saviour : salvation is by 

him. 128 

2 ChristaRedeemer; redemption through 

him. 

3 Christ a ransom. 

4 a price. 

5 a deliverer. 

6 a Mediator. 

7 an Intercessor. 

8 an Advocate. 

9 Reconciliation by Christ. 

10 Peace with God by him. 130 

11 Grace from Christ. 

12 Justification by Christ. 

13 Sanctification through Christ. 

14 Christ is called life to his people. 131 

15 Eternal life is from and by him. 

16 is the gift of God through 

Christ. 

17 Benefits from Christ against sin. 132 

18 Christ's love to his people. 

19 His care of his people — his presence 

with them. 

20 Christ's excellencies and benefits, 

briefly expressed. 133 

21 Titles given to Christ taken from the 

Highest and the most useful ofBces 
on earth. 

22 His prophetic office carried on by 

the Spirit, speaking in the prophets 
of old. 

23 Foretold by the prophets. 

24 His own account of his prophetic 

office. 134 

25 Christ is called the light of the 

world. 

26 Christ a Priest. 

27 His offering himself a sacrifice. 

28 Christ was given and delivered; the 

design thereof 
2!) He gave himself, and for what end. 

30 Christ suffered : the end thereof 

31 Christ's death : the efficacy thereof 

135 

32 Christ's blood : its efficacy. 

33 Christ a propitiation. 

34 , an atonement. 

35 ■ • ■ a King, having dominion. 

136 


CONTENTS. 


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Sect. 

36 Christ a Prince. 

37 a Governor. 

38 He is styled David. 

39 The offspring of David. 

40 The son of David. 

CHAP. XL 


137 


Baptism and the Lord's Supper. 

1 Baptism before Christ's death. 

2 after his resurrection. 138 

3 The institution of the Lord's Supper. 

4 It is to be received frequently. 

5 And with a suitable preparation. 139 

CHAP. XII. 

Of the Holy Ghost. 

1 The Spirit's influences upon the ma- 

terial and animal creation. 

2 Upon the minds of mankind. 140 

3 Upon the formation of Christ's body. 

4 Upon the endowments of Christ's 

mind. 

5 Upon the actions of Christ's life. 

6 Upon his miracles. 

7 Upon his oblation. 141 

8 Upon his resurrection. 

9 The Spirit's influences upon the apos- 

tles, is a witness to Christ, 
to Upon the apostles, furnishing- them 
with the knowledge of divine 
truths, and utterance to express 
them. 142 

11 The scriptures written by the pro- 

phets and apostles under the influ- 
ence of the Holy Ghost. 

12 Miraculous gifts of the Spirit upon the 

apostles and some primitive Chris- 
tians. 143 

13 Influences of the Spirit upon the 

minds of Christians in general. 

144 

14 Upon governors, magistrates, and war- 

riors, 

15 The Spirit proceedeth from the Father 

and the Son, or is given and sent 
by them. 146 

16 Sins against, and duties toward the 

Spirit. 

CHAP. XIIL 

Of the Trinity. 

The same things attributed to the Father, to the 
Son, and to the Holy Ghost.— z^iz. 

1 Eternity. 

2 Omnipresence. 147 


Sect. 

3 Omniscience. 

4 Wisdom. 

5 Omnipotence. 

6 Goodness. 

7 Works of the Trinity. — Creation. 

8 Sending teachers. 

9 Teachers receive their knowledge 

from Father, Son, and Holy Ghost. 
148 

10 Father, Son, and Spirit, spake by those 

that were sent. 

11 Father, Son, and Holy Ghost, are in 

Christians as in a temple. 

12 Sanctification by Father, Son and 

Spirit. 

13 God's people led by Father, Son and 

Holy Spirit. 

14 Giving of life. 

15 Raising the dead, 

16 The Son and Spirit joined with the 

Father in acts of worship. 149 

CHAP. XIV. 

Duties toioard God. 

1 Knowing God and Christ. 

2 Denying God. 

3 Prayers for them that know God, and 

promises to them. 

4 God will be known by his people — Is 

made known by his works. 150 

5 Christ called Light, as a teacher 

sent to give the true knowledge of 
God. 

6 Duties of the enlightened, who know 

God. 

7 The wicked know not God, 

8 Faith in God. 151 

9 in Christ. 

10 Brief summaries thereof. 

11 Confessing Christ : promises. 

12 Denying Christ : threats. 

13 The certainty and assurance of faith. 

152 

14 Graces and duties accompanying true 

faith ; or marks and evidences of it. 
153 

15 God the author and supreme cause of 

faith. 154 

16 Prayers and thanks to God for faith, 

as his gift, 

17 Christ the author of faith.— The Holy 

Ghost also the author of faith. 

18 Means of faith. — God's word. 

19 A Gospel ministry, ^55 

—The Gospel called faith, and the 
law of faith, 

20 Promise of Justification to believing 
in God, 


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CONTENTS. 


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21 Justification promised to believing in 

Christ. 156 

22 Adoption, or being sons of God, pro- 

mised to faith. 

23 God's love promised to believing in 

Christ. 

24 Christ prayeth for believers. 

25 Pardon of sin to believers. 

26 The Holy Spirit is given to them. 

27 They have light and direction. 
23 grace and peace. 

29 joy and comfort. 

30 Clirist is precious to believers. 

31 They have access to God in prayer. 

32 Sanctification by faith. 

33 Salvation by faith in God. 157 

34 by faith in Christ. 

35 Things extraordinary promised to the 

faith of some primitive Christians. 
158 

36 These promises fulfilled. 

37 Miracles wrought for persons of emi- 

nent faith. 

38 Other instances of approved faith. 
3D Infidelity. — Want of faith reproved. 

40 Exhortations against unbelief. 

41 Threatenings against unbelief toward 

God. 159 

42 Against imbelief toward Christ. 

43 Causes of unbelief assigned in scrip- 

ture. 160 

44 Looking to God. 

45 Remembering God. — Not remember- 

ing him. 

46 Forgetting God. 

47 Threats against those that forget 

God. 

48 Warnings against forgetting God. 

49 I\Ieditation upon God and his word. 

161 

50 Fearing God. — Fear due unto him. 

51 The excellency of fearing God. 

52 To fear God a commanded duty. 

53 God is to be feared on account of his 

perfections. 

54 On account of his words and works. 

55 Fear of the Lord promised and prayed 

for. 162 

56 joined witlx obedience toward 

God. 

57 With the worship of God. 

58 It is a motive of duty, and a restraint 

from sin. 

59 Promises to them that fear God. 1 63 
GO Other expressions setting forth the 

fear of God. — Trembling. 
61 Heaven and earth tremble at God's 
greatness. 164 

—Quake, terror, reverence, afraid. 


Sect. 

62 Threatenings agamst those that f£>ar 

not God. 

63 The wicked fear not God with that 

fear which is a restraint from sin, 
and motive to duty. 

64 They have a tormenting fear of God, 

which is their punishment. 165 

65 God delivers the wicked up to their 

fears of enemies. 

66 Love to God commanded. 

67 Promises to them that love God. 

68 Prayers for them that love God. 

69 Exhortations to love God. 

70 Instances of Persons loving God. 

166 

71 How love to God is produced in 

Christians. 

72 Prayed for as a gift from God, 

73 It is a fruit of the Holy Spirit. 

74 Evidenced by keeping his com- 

mandments, and loving his ser- 
vants. 

75 Love to Christ enforced by pro- 

mises. 

76 Prayers for them that love Christ. 

77 Love to Christ enforced by threaten- 

ings. 

78 By the example of God the Father. 

79 By the example of tlie church of 

God. 

80 By Christ's Love to his church. 

167 

81 Obedience to Christ the evidence of 

love to him. 

82 Hating God. — Threats against it. 

83 Hating Christ. 

84 Desiring God. 

85 Thirsting, longing for God, and the. 

things of God. Promises. 

86 Joy in God. 

87 through Christ. 

88 Persons encouraged to rejoice in 

God. The righteous. 168 

89 The meek. 

90 Those that seek God. 

9X trust in God. 

92 hope in God. 

93 Those who have faith, or believe. 

94 Joy promised. 

95 Things to be rejoiced in : viz. God 

himself — Christ Jesus. 

96 The Holy Ghost. 

97 God's worship. 

98 The worship of God fixed among his 

people, a cause of rejoicing. 169 

99 God's j)re8cncc with his people a 

cause of joy. 
100 God's love and care of his people, 
a cause of joy. 


CONTENTS. 


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Sect. 

101 His mercy a cause of joy. 

102 Help and strength from God, a cause 

of joy. 

103 Salvation from God against enemies, 

a cause of joy. 

104 God's vengeance upon his and his 

people's enemies, a cause of re- 
joicing. 

105 Rejoicing in God's word. 

106 Joy in God's providential govern- 

ment. 170 

107 Temporal deliverances of God's 

church, a cause of joy. 

108 Spiritual blessings a cause of rejoic- 

ing. 

109 God's work of creation, a cause of 

joy- 

110 Worldly prosperity from the hand of 

God, a cause of joy. 

111 Rejoicing in God in time of worldly 

adversity. 

112 Comfort in God. — He giveth comfort 

and consolation. 171 

113 Satisfaction. — God satisfieth. 172 

114 Delight in God. 

115 Things of God delighted in by his 

people. 

116 Dehght in Christ. 

117 Glorying in God. 

118 Sinful glorying forbidden. 

119 Boasting in God. 

120 Sinful boasting of the wicked. 173 

121 Hope in God — and in Christ. 174 

122 The hope of the wicked perisheth. 

175 

123 The expectation of the righteous from 

God. 

124 Expectation of the wicked. 

125 Waiting. — The righteous wait for 

God. 176 

126 The wicked wait not for him. 

127 Submission and resignation to God. 

— Language expressive of this 
temper of mind. 

128 Relying upon God. 

129 Trusting in God — and in Christ. 

177 

130 Confidence in God. 179 

131 ConfideTice in God a security against 

the fear of evil from man. 

132 The confidence of the wicked. 180 

133 Assurance of the righteous. 

134 Seeking God commanded. 

135 God is to be sought with all the 

heart. 

136 Promises to them that seek God. 

137 Prayers for them that seek him. 


Sect. 

138 Examples of God's people seeking 

him.-- 181 

139 The wicked seeking not God, 

140 They seek not God aright. — Threats 

against such. 

141 Drawing near to God. 182 

142 Coming to God through Christ.— -To 

Christ. 

143 Following God. 

144 Christ. 

145 Forsaking God. Threats. 

146 Departing from God. — Not depart- 

ing ; instances. 183 

147 Backshding from God. 

148 Going astray. — The wicked go aside, 

go astray, err, wander, turn away 
from God. 

149 Confession of going astray. 

150 Threats against going astray. 

151 Worship. — Due to God only. 184 

152 How God is to be worshipped. 

153 Worship offered by the wicked un- 

acceptable to God. 

154 Fasting. — Appointed of God. 

155 Fasts extraordinary and mir?icu- 

lous. 

156 Fasting acceptably. 

157 Fasts of the wicked. 

158 General occasions of Fasts. — Before 

war. 

159 Afler being defeated by enemies. 

185 

160 Upon threatened judgments, &c. 

161 Discretionary fasts of particular per- 

sons. 

162 Prayer. — ^Persons whose prayer shall 

be heard. 

163 The divine influence, or the Spirit's 

assistance in prayer. 

164 Prayer to be made in the name of 

Christ. 186 

165 Prayer to be made in faith. 

166 With sincerity of heart. 

167 With love to God. 

168 With the fear of God. 

169 With obedience to God. 

170 With humility, confession, and turn- 

ing from sin. 

171 With forgiveness toward men. 187 

172 With alms and good works. 

173 Prayer must be frequent, fervent, 

and importunate. 

174 Prayer with tears. 

175 Private prayer. 188 

176 Public prayer, a part of public wor- 

ship. 

177 Directions concerning the words 


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CONTENTS. 


Sect. 

or expressions to be used in 
prayer. 

178 Of the gestures of the body in 

prayer. l89 

179 Things to be prayed for, &c. 

180 The Lord's prayer, a good and brief 

model of these. 

181 Spiritual blessings, wisdom and grace, 

to be prayed for. 
132 Sucli earthly things as are agreeable 
to God's will, with submission to 
it. 

183 Daily bread to be prayed for. 

184 Health and deliverance from sick- 

ness. 

185 The prayer of the poor heard. 

166 Intercessory prayer, or prayer for 
others. 

187 For whom we ought to pray. 

188 For the church of God. 190 

189 Instances of such prayers. 

190 For enemies. 

191 Instances of such prayers. 

192 Motives to prayer. It is a command- 

ed duty. 

193 God promiscth that he will hear 

prayer. 

194 Declarations that he hath heard 

prayer. 

195 Testimony of God's people that he 

hath heard their prayers. 191 

196 Their expectations that their prayers 

shall be heard. 

197 Their entreaties that they may be 

heard. 

198 Their grief at not being answered. 

199 The efficacy of prayer. Miracles 

wrought by it. 

200 Armies defeated by prayer, and God's 

people delivered. 

201 Prayers against evil from enemies. 

192 

202 Prayer in trouble ; instances thereof. 

193 

203 Of prayerlcss persons, or of not pray- 

ing. 

204 Tlie prayers of hypocrites. 

205 Tlie prayers of the wicked not ac- 

ce])table to God. 194 

206 Of praising God. — Praise and thanks 

due unto him, and required from 
the righteous. 

207 Praises from the wicked unaccepta- 

ble to God. 195 

208 The wicked are unthankful. 

209 Praise must be frequent. 

210 It must be with sincerity. 

211 God preparcth his f)coplc for liis 

praise ; or divine influences there- 
for. 


Sect. 

212 Thanking God through Christ. 

213 Praise is a part of public worship. 

196 

214 Of singing the praises of God. 197 

215 Subjects of praise. God's goodness 

and mercy, &c. 

216 Praise for Christ. 

217 For blessings by and through Christ 

198 

218 For God's will revealed. 

219 For the obedience and faith of Chris- 

tians as owing to God. 

220 For his care of his church. 

221 For his great and marvellous works. 

199 

222 For God's marvellous acts upon the 

bodies and minds of mankind. 

223 For daily bread. 

224 For deliverance from trouble and 

affliction. 

225 For deliverance from enemies. 200 

226 Honouring God. — Honour due to 

God, and claimed by him. 

227 God is honoured by acts of worship. 

201 

228 By holiness of life. 

229 By keeping the Sabbath. 

230 By acts of charity and mercy to the 

poor. 

231 Honouring Christ. Motives. 

232 The wicked dishonour God, and re 

punished. 

233 Glorifying God. — Commanded. 

234 Christ glorified on earth. 

235 Men glorify God by praise and thank- 

fulness. 202 

236 By faith. 

237 By good works. 

238 By various branches of duty. 

239 Doxologics, or glory ascribed to God 

in worship. 203 

240 God is glorified in the restoration 

and prevalence of true religion 
among his people. — By those who 
saw the miracles wrought by 
Christ. 

241 Tlie wicked glorify not God, and are 

punished. 

242 God is glorified in the destruction of 

the wicked. 

243 Sanctifying God. 

244 Threats against those who sanctify- 

not God. 204 

CHAP. XV. 

Characters good and bad, with promises 
and threats. 

1 Godliness in heart and life. 


CONTENTS. 


n 


Sect. 

2 Promises to the godly. 

3 Means of godliness given. 

4 Godliness misrepresented. 

5 The xmgodly described by their prac- 

tice. 

6 Threats against the imgodly. 205 

7 Righteousness reqmred. 

8 Promises to the righteous of peculiar 

favour from God. 206 

9 Promises of blessings, as the conse- 

quence of righteousness, by the ap- 
pointment of God. 207 

10 The righteous shall be delivered from 

enemies. 

11 The death of the righteous blessed. 

12 They are blessed after death. 

13 Unrighteousness forbidden. 

14 Threats against the unrighteous. 

15 Pardon promised to those that forsake 

unrighteousness, 

16 Zeal a duty. 208 

— Erroneous zeal. Want of zeal. 

17 Uprightness. 

18 Promises to the upright. 

19 Uprightness prayed for. 

20 Integrity. 209 

21 Particular instances of integrity. 

22 Sincerity. 

23 Perfection, a commanded duty. 

24 Directions for attaining perfection. 

25 Perfection, from God and Christ. 

26 The holy Scriptures a mean of per- 

fection. 210 

27 The ministry a mean of perfection. 

28 Promises to the perfect. 

29 Instances of Persons called perfect. 

30 Hypocrisy forbidden. 

31 Marks of hypocrites. 

32 Threats. 211 

33 Hypocrites hurtful to men. 

34 The heart.— The heart of the right- 

eous is toward God. The whole 
heart signifies sincerity in du- 
ties. 

35 A pure heart. 

36 Perfect heart. 212 

37 Upright heart. 

38 Single heart. 

39 Clean heart. 

40 Broken contrite heart, 

41 Duties respecting the heart. 

42 God taketh notice of the heart. 213 

43 God influenceth the hearts of tlie 

righteous. 

44 God's judgments on the heart of the 

wicked. 214 

45 Satan influences the hearts of the 

wicked : instances thereof. 

46 An evil heart described. 


Sect. 

47 The heart of the wicked variously 

characterised; as wicked, uncir- 
cumcised, &c. &c. 

48 Keeping a good conscience. 

49 A good conscience, how attained. 

215 

50 Natural conscience, instances of the 

force thereof. 

51 A weak conscience not to be wound- 

ed. 

52 Of an evil conscience. 

53 Serving God commanded. 

54 With the heart. 

55 With suitable dispositions. 

56 God's servants. — Promises to them. 

216 

57 Prayers for them. 

58 Not serving God. Threats. 217 

59 Obedience to God commanded. 

60 Universal obedience required. 

61 Obedience required, with a high es- 

teem of God's law. 

62 With resolution of heart. 

63 Ability for obedience promised. 218 
64 prayed for. 

65 Ability fi-om God acknowledged. 

66 Instances of obedience, 219 

67 Promises to the obedient. 220 

68 Threats against the disobedient. 

69 Obedience to Christ commanded. 

221 

70 Promises to them that obey Christ. 

71 Promises to them that overcome temp- 

tations in obeying Christ. 

72 Disobedience to Christ. Threats. 

73 Works. — God will render to mankind 

according to their works, good or 
bad. 222 

74 Good works commanded. 

75 Ability for good works promised. 

223 

76 Promises to the performance of good 

works. 

77 Examples of good works. 

78 Omission of good works. Threats. 

79 Doing good. — Shunning evil and do- 

ing good commanded. 

80 Promises to them that do good. 

81 Evil-doers ; their works to be avoided. 

224 

82 Doing evil, the character of the wick- 

ed. 

83 Threats against evil-doers. 

84 Darkness, and the works thereof 

85 Threats against them. 

86 The righteous walk not in darkness. 

225 

87 Dead works. The wicked, and 

their works, called dead; the 


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CONTENTS. 


Sect. 

rigliteous are alive from the 
dead. 

88 Works of the devil, children of the 

devil, 

89 Tlie righteous have no fellow- 

ship with the children of the 
devil. 

90 Works of the flesh, living after the 

flesh. 226 

91 Lusts of the flesh forbidden to 

Christians. 

92 Lusting after women. 

93 Lusting after meats and drinks. 

94 The evil of lusts. 

95 Corruption of sin prevailing. 

96 Confession of corruption. 

97 The righteous not corrupt, 227 

98 Defilement of sin. 

99 Threats against it. 

100 Uncleanness of sin. 

101 Confession of vmclcanness. 

102 Promises against uncleanness. 

103 Directions against it. 

104 Threats against it. 

105 Pollution. 

106 Filthiness. 228 

107 Directions. 

108 Promises. 

109 Threats. 

110 Vilcness of sin. 

111 Confession of vilcness. 

112 Abominablencss of sin. 

113 The Just. — Promises to, and prayers 

for them. 229 

114 The unjust. — Threatenings against 

them. 

115 They are hurtful in the earth. 

116 The general character of a good 

man's walk and life. 

117 Promises to the good. 230 

118 Evil men. 

119 Perversencss charged upon sin- 

ners. 

120 Tlireats against the perverse. 

121 7^hreats against tlic froward, 

122 The righteous not froward. 231 

123 Stubbornness, the stiff"-necked in 

tlieir own ways, &c. 

124 The wicked are rcvoltcrs. 

125 Rebellion against God forbidden. 

Tlireats. 232 

126 Enemies, adversaries of the Lord. 

127 Deliverance from enmity against 

God. 

128 The wicked. — God's threatenings 

against them. 233 

129 Threats against the wicked, of evils, 

as tlie consequences of wickedness 


under the providential government 
of God. 234 

130 Sinners. — God's threatenings against 

them. 

131 Sinners threatened with various evils 

under the providence of God. 

237 

132 Transgressors. Threatenings against 

them. 

133 Iniquity forbidden. 238 

134 God's threatenings against tlie work- 

ers tliereof. 

135 The punishment thereof under the 

providential government of God. 
239 


First Commandment. 

136 Idolatry forbidden. 

137 Threatenings against Idolaters. 

138 Judgments inflicted upon idolaters. 

240 

139 God's judgments upon particular 

transgressors of this command. 

140 Covenants and intermarriages with 

the inhabitants of Canaan forbid- 
den to the Jews. 

141 Making covenants and intermar- 

riages with transgressors of this 
command punished. 241 

142 Strange gods to be put away. 

143 Transgressors of this commandment, 

and enticers thereto, to be put to 
death. 

144 Threatenings against strange gods. 

145 Strange gods arc vanity. 2^12 

146 Enquiring concerning future events, 

of those who by nature are no 
gods, forbidden. 


Second Commandment. 

147 Images, the use of tliem forbid- 

den. 

148 God's judgments upon the breakers 

ot this commandment. 243 

149 Images no representation of God. 

150 They were commanded to be bro- 

ken. 

151 Were broken. 

152 Instances of images used by apos- 

tates, as outward symbols in 
worship oflbrcd to the true 
God. 

153 Worship to images refused though 

. commanded by kings. 


CONTENTS. 


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Sect. 

154 Threats against idols and idolaters. 

244 

155 Promises, warnings, and exhorta- 

tions against idolatry. 

156 God's judgments upon idolaters. 245 

157 Upon magicians. 

158 Inchanters. 

159 Soothsayers. 

160 Observers of times. 

161 Witches. 

162 Wizards, — ^worshipping angels, &c. 

163 Diviners; instances. 

164 Diviners are deceivers, and false 

prophets. 246 

165 Threatenings against them. 

166 Familiar spirits; threats against those 

that consult them. 


Third Commandment. 

167 Profaning the name of God. 

168 Swearing falsely. 

169 Swearing by the creatures. 

170 Swearing by false gods. 

171 Swearing in common conversation. 

172 Swearing to commit sin, or to en- 

courage it. 

173 Rash unnecessary swearing. 

174 The positive part of this command- 

ment — God only is to be sworn by. 
247 

175 The nature and duty of an oath. 

176 Such oaths to be carefully kept. 

177 Things to be sworn to, are, truth 

and duty. 

178 Articles of peace ratified by oath. 

179 Breach of such oaths punished. 

180 Private compacts ratified by oaths. 

181 Oaths sworn to kings. 

182 The oath of a single person decides 

controversy in certain cases. 

183 The duty and lawfulness of swear- 

ing. — Examples, viz. 

184 God swears to Abraham. 248 

185 To give-the land of Canaan. 

186 To fiilfil his covenant. — To continue 

the seed of David. 

187 To the perpetuity of Christ's priest- 

hood. 

188 To fulfil his threatenings against the 

unbelieving and disobedient. 

189 Jesus Christ answers upon oath. 

190 The angel swears. 

191 Asseverations of sincerity, equal to 

an oath among Christians. 

192 Ancient forms of swearing. 

193 Blasphemy forbidden. 

194 Occasions of it to be avoided. 

195 From whence it proceeds. 


Sect. 

196 Instances of blasphemers and their 

punishment. 249 

197 Blasphemy against the Holy Ghost : 

its punishment. 

198 Persons unjustly accused of blasphe- 

my. 

199 Of vows : they are religiously to be 

fulfilled. 

200 Vows to do duty. 

201 Sinful vows. 


Fourth Commandment. 

202 Of the Sabbath. 250 

203 The Sabbath a day of rest from ser- 

vile work. 

204 Duties of the Sabbath ; worshipping 

God, reading, hearing his word, 
&c. 

205 Works of charity and mercy to be 

done on the Sabbath. 

206 Promises to them that keep the Sab- 
bath. 251 

207 The care of God's people to sanctify 
the Sabbath, and to prevent the 
profaning of it by others. 

208 Threatenings against Sabbath-break- 

ers. 

209 Sabbath privileges withdrawn. 

210 The change of the Sabbath fi-om the 

seventh to the first day of the 
week. 252 


CHAP. XVI. 

Duties toward Mankind. 

1 Love. 253 

2 How love toward mankind is pro- 

duced. 

3 Prayers and thanks to God for Chris- 

tian love, as being his gift. 

4 The influence and effects of love upon 

Christians, &c. 

5 Charity, with other graces, enjoined. 

254 

6 Approved examples of charity. 

7 Hatred ; threatenings against it. 

8 Duty of the righteous toward those 

that hate them. 

9 Prayers and complaints to God against 

the hatred of the wicked. 

10 Promises to those that are unjustly 

hated, and threatenings against 
their haters. 255 

11 Envy forbidden to the righteous. 

12 The wicked, their envy hurtful to 

themselves. 

13 Envy a mark of an unconverted 

state. 


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CONTENTS. 


Sect. 

14 Malice forbidden to tlie righteous. 

15 Malice in tlie wicked. 256 

16 Anger forbidden. 

17 Instances of the anger of the righ- 

teous against sin. 

18 Sinfi.ll anger, instances thereof. 

19 Wrath. 257 

20 Contention forbidden. 

21 Promises against contention. 

22 The righteous contend only against 

sin. 

23 Peace commanded, with promises to 

it. 

24 Motives to peace among Christians. 

258 

25 Peace prayed for. 

26 Peace the gift of God ; promises and 

instances thereof 

27 Peace with God the reward of the 

righteous. 259 

28 Peace promised to the church of 

God. 

29 Unity. 

30 Honouring one another. 

31 Despising others. 260 

32 Strife forbidden to tlie godly. 

33 Fightings, quarrels. 

34 Divisions forbidden. 

35 Offences forbidden. 261 

36 Threats against offenders. 

37 Doing good to others. 

38 Doing evil. 262 

39 Doing wrong. 

40 Doing mischief, the character of the 

wicked. 

41 Of being harmless. 

42 Blameless. 

43 Promises to the merciful. 263 

44 Unmerciful. Threats. 

45 Compassion and pity. 

46 Cruelty of the wicked. 264 

47 Forgiveness. 

48 Revenge. 

49 Duty of giving and receiving good 

counsel. 265 

50 Rejecting evil counsel ; the duty and 

safety thereof 

51 Mutual obligation to giving and re- 

ceiving instruction. 

52 Of refusing instruction. 

53 To edify one another. 

54 To exhort one another. 

55 To warn one another. 

56 To admonish one another. 266 

57 To rebuke one another, and to hearken 

to rebuke. 

58 Of not giving and receiving rebuke. 

59 To reprove one another. 

60 Of not hearkening to reproof 

Gl Gentleness. 267 


62 To show kindness commanded, 

63 To give comfort. 

64 Friendship, and faithfulness therein. 

65 Unfaithfulness in friendship. 268 

— Bearing with one another's weak- 
nesses, &,c. 

66 Forbearing to judge one another. 

67 Setting good example. 269 

68 Of enticing others, and being enticed 

to sin. 

69 Of gratitude, or returns of friend- 

ship. 

70 Ingratitude. 270 


CHAP. XVII. 

Duties toward Ourselves. 


Of temperance in meat and drink. 

Intemperance in meat and drink. 

270 

Drunkenness ; the evils thereof. 

Of making others drunk. 271 

Sleep. 

Labour commanded, and promises to 
the laborious, &c. 

Of the sluggard, the slothful, and idle. 

272 

The study and pursuit of wisdom re- 
commended. 

The excellency of wisdom above all 
other endowments. 

Wisdom is profitable, pleasant and 
honourable. 273 

Wisdom is the gift of God. 

Wisdom prayed for. 

Wisdom and religion the same. 274 

A fool's vain pretences to wisdom. 

He receiveth not instruction. 

He diseovercth his folly. 

His conduct towards liis parents. 275 

A fool is mischievous. 

He is wrathful. 

Contentious. 

A fool's words. 

His folly is liis pleasure. 

Treatment for fools. 

Folly and wickedness the same. 276 

Patience toward God. 277 

Patience toward men. 

Contentment. 

Discontent, murmuring. 

Grudging. 

Meekness ; the exercise of it required, 

278 

How produced. 

Examples of meekness. 


CONTENTS. 


29 


Sect. 

33 Promises to the meek. 

34 Humility toward God. 

35 Toward men. 279 

36 Promises to the humble. 

37 Promises to humbled sinners. 

38 Examples of humility. 

39 The elect are humble. 

40 Humbled saints ; their expressions. 

280 

41 Pride against God. 

42 Pride against men. 281 

43 Spiritual pride — such seem to be 

righteous. 

44 They are proud of their supposed 

wisdom and knowledge. 

45 The proud seek honour from men. 

46 Threats and prayers against the 

proud. 282 

47 Arrogancy. 

48 Loftiness. 

49 Haughtiness. 

50 Exalting one's self 

51 Lifting up one's self 

52 Magnifying one's self 

53 Glorying. 283 

54 Boasting. 

55 Scorning. 

56 Threats against kings and nations for 

for their pride, &c. 

57 Of marriage. 284 

58 Divorce by the law of Moses. 

59 Divorce was disapproved. 

60 is expressly forbidden in the 

New Testament. 

61 Of marriage with unbelievers. 

62 The Jews were forbidden to marry 

with the heathen. 

63 Embracing Christianity did not dis- 

solve marriage contracts. 

64 Husband's duties. 285 

65 Duties of wives. — ^Women's appa- 

rel. 

66 Duties towards children.^ — To provide 

for their support. 

67 To defend them. 

68 To pray for thera. 

69 To instruct them. 286 

70 Particular heads of instruction. 

71 Instances of parents careful to instruct 

their children. 

72 Correcting children. 

73 Parents careful to marry their chil- 

dren into religious families. 

74 Portions given to children. 

75 Children are among the promised 

blessings of God to mankind. 287 

76 Children promised. 

77 A desire of children natural to man- 

kind. 


Sect. 

78 God's care of mothers. 

79 God's care of children. 288 

80 Grief of parents at parting with 

their children. 

81 Godly parents blessed in the happi- 

ness of their children. 

82 The wicked punished in the cala- 

mities of their children. 

83 Particular calamities threatened a- 

gainst the children of the wicked. 
— Captivity. 

84 That they shall be slain by ene- 

mies. 

85 Suffer by famine. 289 

86 Other evils upon the children of the 

wicked. 

87 Erroneous principles in religion 

have destroyed the natural affec- 
tion of parents. 

88 Calamities upon wicked parents and 

children. 

89 Want of children to the wicked. 

90 Promises to the godly who arc 

childless. 


Fifth Commandment, 

91 Duties of children toward parents. 

92 Dutiful children blessed. 

93 Disobedient and undutiful children ; 

threats against them. 290 

94 Undutiful children cursed. 

95 Duties of masters towards servants. 

96 Duties of servants. 291 

97 Duties of the civil magistrate, to ad- 

minister justice impartially. 292 

98 Qualifications of the magistrate. 

99 The magistrate's concern with re- 

ligion. 293 

100 Good magistrates, a blessing pro- 

mised to God's people. 

101 Magistracy is of divine appoint- 

ment. 

102 Sins of magistrates : perverting of 

judgment, respect of persons, 
&c. 

103 Perverting of judgment through 

covetousness, taking gifts, &c. 

294 

104 Through drunkenness. 

105 The misery of being governed by 

weak or wicked rulers. 

106 Wicked rulers set over people as a 

punishment for sin. 

107 Wicked rulers enemies to reli- 

gion. 

108 God's providence over kings and 

rulers. 


30 


CONTENTS. 


Sect. 

lOy Particular instances of God's provi- 
dence exalting or abasing rulers. 
295 

110 Duties toward governors. Praying 

for tliem. 

111 Honour and respect to be shown to 

magistrates. 

112 Obedience to magistrates. 

113 Rebellion against magistrates, the 

sin and punishment thereof. 296 

114 Disobedience to magistrates a duty, 

when they command things con- 
trary to God's law. 

115 Ministers of Christ, their duties. 

The commission given to the 
apostles. 297 

116 Power committed to them. 

117 Excommunication. 298 

118 None may intrude into the ministe- 

rial office. 

119 Teaching truth the duty of minis- 

ters. 299 

120 The good effects of preaching. 

121 A good ministry promised. 

122 A faithful ministiy. Promises to, 

and prayers for them. 

123 They are holy and unblameable in 

life and conversation. 302 

124 Their humility, self-denial, and 

condescension in their office. 

303 

125 They seek not applause from men ; 

They flatter not, &c. 

126 They seek not riches; neither are 

covetous. 

127 Their duty and encouragement to 

speak boldly the truths of religion 
without fear. 304 

128 Instances of becoming boldness in 

reproving sinners, and declaring 
the truth. 

129 The suffisrings of the apostles, &c. 

for religion. 305 

130 Their temperance. 

131 Tliey pray for the people. 306 

132 The supports of Christians in gene- 

ral, and of tlie Lord's ministers in 
particular, under sufferings for 
religion. 307 

133 Wicked ministers, their sin and 

punishment. 

134 Their covetousness. 308 

135 Their intemperij,nce. 

136 Their slothfulness. 

137 Of false propliots and false teach- 

ers. — They deceive the people. 

309 

138 Duties toward the ministry. To 

receive their instructions. 


Sect. 

139 To esteem and love tbem. 

140 To pray for them. 311 

141 To give them support. 

142 Despising and not hearkening 

to their instructions : Threats. 
312 

143 Not supporting tliem. 

Sixth Commandment. 

144 Of murder. 

145 Cases wherein killing of a man 

was not to be punished with 
death. 

146 Threatenings against murderers. 

313 

147 Instances of their pimishment. 

148 Striking, wounding, maiming ; how 

to be punished. 

Seventh Commandment. 

149 Of adultery and fornication. 

150 Threatenings; or the evil conse- 

quences of adultery and fornica- 
tion. 314 

151 Examples, exhortations, promises, 

&c. against adultery and fornica- 
tion. 316 

Eighth Commandment. 

152 Precepts concerning property, and 

the use of riches. 

153 Threatenings against theft. 

154 Robbery forbidden ; with threats. 

155 Fraud and cheating in commerce 

forbidden. 

156 Concerning property in lands : The 

law thereof 317 

157 Things found, lent, or entrusted 

with a neighbour. The law 
thereof. 

158 Oppression forbidden, and duties 

towards the oppressed. 

159 Restitution to tlie injured to be 

made. 

160 Oppressors threatened. 

161 Prayers for the oppressed. 318 
102 Promises to the oppressed. 

163 Duties of the rich toward the poor. 

— Hospitality. 

164 licnding without usury. 

165 Giving alms. 319 

166 Alms to be done in secret. 

167 To be given to the poor of every 

denomination. 

168 To poor Christiaii? especially. 320 


CONTENTS. 


31 


Sect. 

169 Promises to the poor. 

170 Of being uncharitable to the poor. 

171 The stranger, widow, and fatherless : 

duties toward them, and threaten- 
ings against those that oppress 
them. 321 

172 Promises to the stranger, fatlierless, 

and widow. 322 


Ninth Commandment. 

173 Of witness-bearing. False swearing, 

&c. 

174 Lying forbidden. 

175 Abhorred by God and good men. 

176 Satan, and his children, are liars. 

177 Threatenings and prayers against 

liars. 323 

178 The words of the wicked injurious. 

324 

179 Words of the wicked against God. 

180 Evil speaking. 

181 Talkativeness; rashness with the 

tongue. 325 

182 Flattery. 

183 Talebearing. 

184 Whispering, 

185 Backbiting. 

186 Slandering, &c. 

187 Reproach : Prayers and complaints 

against it, 326 

188 God will bring it upon the wicked. 

189 Promises against reproach. 

190 Reviling practised by the wicked, 

and endured by tlie godly. 

191 Railing. 327 

192 Evil communications. 

193 Unprofitable disputes about religion. 

194 Cursing forbidden, and avoided by 

the righteous. 

195 Practised by the wicked. 

196 The righteous ; their care of their 

words. 328 

197 They praise God with their mouths. 

198 The words of the righteous toward 


Tenth Commandment. 

199 Of covetousness. 

200 Threats against the covetous. — In- 

stances of their punishment. 

201 An insatiable desire of riches. 

202 Threats against unjust acquiring of 

riches. 330 

203 Riches are not a lasting possession. 

204 They cannot be carried hence to the 

other world. 

2* 


Sect. 

205 Possessing riches but not using them : 

the vanity thereof 

206 Riches are attended with care and 

trouble. 

207 They recommend no man to the fa- 

vour of God. 

208 The advantages which one man hath 

over another by means of riches. 
331 

209 Trusting in riches and abusing them, 

the sin of the wicked, and avoided 
by the godly. 

210 Riches take the heart and thoughts 

off from God and religion. 332 

211 The wicked rich man, his portion. 

212 The use of riches in the hand of a 

wise and good man. 

213 God maketh rich. 333 

214 Riches promised to the righteous, 

215 Instances of good men that were 

rich. 

216 Riches not regarded by good men. 

217 Things necessary to the support of 

hfe promised to the righteous. — 
Food. ' 334 

218 Deliverance from famine. 335 

219 Spiritual riches, or the interests of 

the soul, the chief object of a wise 
man's desires and pursuits. 

220 Raiment promised. 

221 Supports of Hfe miraculously sup- 

plied. 336 


CHAP. XVIII. 

Of Repentance. 

1 Repentance the first doctrine preach, 

ed at publishing the gospel. 

2 The duty of repentance enforced by 

threatenings. 

3 Encouraged by promises. 337 

4 Promises to those that return to God. 

5 Remarkable instances of returning 

sinners obtaining mercy. 

6 Turnhig to God enjoined by com- 

mands, and enforced by threaten- 
ings. 338 

7 The cause and means of repentance 

and conversion. 339 

8 Jesus Christ giveth repentance. 

9 God's law a mean of conversion. 

10 The ministry a mean of converted 

sinners. 

11 Repentance promised, 

12 Self-examination needful to repent; 

ance. 

13 Consideration needful thereto. 340 

14 Inconsideration of the wicked, 


32 


CONTENTS. 


Sect. 

15 The case of those who withstand the 

means of repentance. 

16 Sorrow for sin. 

17 Mourning for sin. 341 

18 Reproofs and Threats for not mourn- 

ing for sin. 

19 Heaviness for sin. 

20 Grief for sin. 

21 Not grieving for sin. 

22 Weeping for sin. 342 

23 Tears for sin. 

24 The heart affected for sin. 

25 A broken and contrite heart. 

26 Shame the portion of sinners. 

27 Shame enjoined as a mark of true 

penitents. 

28 Avoiding sin is avoiding shame. 

29 Reproofs for not being ashamed of 

sin. 

30 Abhorring and loathing one's self for 

sin. 343 

31 & 32. Confession and acknowledg- 

ment of sin. Promises to it. 

33 Exhortations to confession. 

34 Instances of confessing penitents ob- 

taining mercy. 

35 Confessions made in scripture expres- 

sions. 344 

36 Amendment. 

37 Fruitfiilness in religion. 345 


CHAP. XIX. 

Of the death and the Resurrection. 

1 The shortness of human life. 

2 The term or boundary of human Ufe. 

3 The time of life is in God's hand. 

4 Death prevailing over all mankind of 

every character, rank, and station. 
346 

5 Preparative duties for death. 

6 No preparative duties are to be per- 

formed after death. 

7 The death of the righteous happy. 

347 

8 The death of the wicked. 

9 The dead leave all their possessions 

behind them. 
10 Of the resurrection of the dead. 348 


Sect. 


CHAP; XX. 


Of a Future Judgment, and the State of 
the Righteous and the Wicked. 

1 Of a future judgment and its conse- 

quences. 

2 God is judge. 

3 The persons and things that shall be 

judged. 

4 When the day of judgment shall be. 

350 

5 Uses to be made of the doctrine of 

future judgment, for encouraging 
steadfastness and perseverance, &.c. 

6 The dissolution of the heavens and 

the earth. 351 

7 Happiness of the righteous in heaven 

inconceivably great. 

8 Christians are heirs ; they have an in- 

heritance, a kingdom, &c. 352 

9 The righteous have rest. 

10 They enjoy mansions, a new heaven, 

a heavenly temple, light, &c. 

11 They are present with Christ. 

12 Are in a state of joy. 

13 Are free from pain and sorrow. 353 

14 Eternal life is from God. 

15 Life promised to sundry graces and 

duties. 

16 To righteousness. 

17 To the spiritually minded. 

18 To seeking God. 

19 To godliness. 354 

20 To the fear of God. 

21 To loving God. 

22 To mortification, dying unto sin. 

23 To suffering for Christ's sake. 

24 To perseverance. 

25 To those that overcome. 

26 To repentance. 

27 To the wise, 

28 Future punishments. — Sinners that 

shall not enter into the kingdom of 
laeaven. 355 

29 The greatest suffering in this life set 

forth in language expressive of fu- 
ture punishments. 

30 Tlic punislimcnt of the wicked in a 

future state. 356 


For Index, see page 359. 


A SCRIPTURE ACCOUNT, &c. 


CHAPTER I. 


CONCERNING THE BEING AND ATTRIBUTES OF GOD. 


I. rw^HA T there is a God, asserted, and 
m proved by Jiis works. Exod. iii. 14. 
The Lord said to Moses, I AM THAT 
JAM. 

Ps. ix. 16. The Lord is known by the 
judgments he executeth. 

xix. 1. The heavens declare the glory 
of God, and the earth sheweth his handy- 
work. — Ver. 2. Day unto day uttereth 
speech, and night unto night sheweth 
knowledge. Job xii. 7, 8, 9. 

Iviii. 11. Verily he is a God that judg- 
eth in the earth. 

C. 3. The Lord he is God, he made us. 

2 Cor. i. 21. He that anointed us is 
God. 

Heb. iii. 4. He that built all things is 
God. Rom. i. 20. 

II. God is perfect. Matt. v. 48. Your 
Father in heaven is perfect. 

1 John i. 5. God is light, and in him 
is no darkness at all. 

III. God is one. Deut. vi. 4. Hear, O 
Israel, the Lord our God is one Lord. 

1 Cor. viii. 4. There is none other God, 
but one. (Mark xii. 29.) Ver. 6. To 
us there is but one God. Gal. iii. 20. 
God is one. 

Eph. iv. 6. One God and Father of 
all. Matt, xxiii. 9. John viii, 41. 

1 Tim. ii. 5. There is one God, and 
one Mediator. 

James ii. 19. Thou believest there is 
one God, thou doest well. 

IV. He is God and Lord alone. 2 Kings 
xix. 15. Thou art God alone. Ps. Ixxxvi. 
10. Isa. xxxvii. 16. 20. 


Neh. ix. 6. Thou art Lord alone. 
Ps. xxxiii. 18. Whose name alone is 
Jehovah. 

V. There is none else. Deut. iv. 35. 
The Lord he is God, there is none else. 
Isa. xlv. 5, 6. 14. 18. 22.— xlvi. 9. 

VI. None besides him. 2 Sam. vii. 22. 
Neither is there any God besides thee. 

xxii. 32. Who is God save the Lord ? 
2 Kings V. 15. 

Isa. xliv. 6. 8. Besides me there is 
no God; I know not any. Ch. xlv. 5. 
14. 21. 

Hos. xiii. 4. Thou shalt know no God 
but me. Exod. xx. 3. 

VII. None with him. Deut. xxxii. 39. 
I am God, there is no God with me. 

VIII. None before him. Isa. xliii. ]0. 
Before me was no God formed. 

IX. None like him. Exod. viii. 10. 
There is none like imto the Lord our 
God. 

XV. 11. Who is like unto thee, O 
Lord, amongst the gods ? who is like un- 
to thee, glorious in holiness, fearful in 
praises, doing wonders ? Ps. xxxv. 10. 
Mic, vii, 18. 

1 Kings viii. 23. O Lord God of Is- 
rael, there is no God like thee, in hea- 
ven above, or on earth beneath, who 
keepest covenant and mercy with thy 
servants that walk before thee with all 
their heart. Exod. ix. 14. Deut. xxxiii. 
26. 2 Sam. vii. 22. 1 Chron. xvii. 10, 
Ps. Ixxxvi. 8. Isa. xlvi. 9. Jer. x. 6, 
7. 10. 

X. None to be compared unto him, Ps. 


34 


Attributes of God. 


Chap. I. 


Ixxxbc. 6. Who in heaven can be com- 
pared unto the Lord ? 

XI. No likeness of God among the crea- 
tures. Isa, xl. 18. What hkeness will 
ye compare to liim. Ch. xlvi. 5. Deut. 
iv. 12. 

Acts xvii. 29. We ought not to tliink 
that the Godhead is hke to gold, or 
silver, or stone, graven by art and man's 
device. 

XII. He is the living God. Dan. iv. 
34. He liveth for ever and ever, his do- 
minion is an everlasting dominion, and 
his kingdom from generation to gene- 
ration. 

vi. 26. He is the living God, and stead- 
fast for ever. Acts xiv. 15. 1 Thess. 
i. 9. Heb. ix. 14— X. 31. 

XIII. He is the true God. Jer. x. 10. 
The Lord is the true God, he is the 
living God, and an everlasting King. — 
Ver. 11. The gods that have not made 
tlie heavens and the earth, ehall perish 
from tlie earth, and from under the 
heavens. See John xvii. 3. 1 Thess, 
i. 9. 1 John V. 20. 

XIV. God is a Spirit. John iv. 24. 
God is a Spirit, and they that worship 
him, must worship him in spirit and in 
trutli. 2 Cor. iii. 17. 

XV. God is invisible. Exod. xxxiii. 
20. There shall no man see my face and 
live. 

John i. 18. No man hath seen God at 
any time. 1 John iv. 12. 

V, 37. Ye have neither heard his voice 
nor seen his shape. 

Rom. i. 20. The invisible things of 
God, are his eternal power and God- 
head. 

Col. i. 15. Christ is the image of the 
invisible God. 

Heb. xi. 27. Moses endured as seeing 
him who is invisible. 

1 Tim. vi. 16. God, whom no man 
hath seen, nor can see. Ch. i. 17. Job 
ix. 11. 

Other expressions to the same purpose. 
Isa. xlv. 15. Verily thou art a God that 
liidelh thyself. 

2 Sam. xxii. 12. lie made darkness 
pavilions round about him, dark wa- 
ters and tJiick clouds of the skies. Ps. 
xvUi. 11. 1 Kings viii. 12. 2 Chron. 
vi. 1. ^ 

Ps. xcvii. 2. Clouds and darkness are 
round about him. 

Ixxvii. 19. Thy way is in the sea, and 
thy foot-steps not known, 


Nah. i. 3. The Lord hath his way in 
the whirlwind, and in the storm, and 
the clouds are the dust of his feet. 

XVI. God is unsearchable. Job xi. 7. 
Canst thou by searching find out God ? 
Canst thou find out the Almighty unto 
perfection. Ver. 8, 9. Ps. cxlv. 3. His 
greatness is unsearchable. 

Job v. 9. He doth great things, and 
unsearchable, and marvellous things 
without number. Ch. ix. 10. 

Eccl. iii. 11. No man can find out the 
work that God maketh from the begin- 
ning to the end. 

Rom. xi. 33. How vmsearchable are 
his judgments, and his ways past finding 
out! 

Ps. xxxn. 6. Thy judgments are a 
great deep. 

Job xxvi. 14. How little a portion is 
heard of him ? the thunder of his power 
who can understand ? 

xxxvii. 23, Touching the Almighty, 
we cannot find him out. 

XVII. God is eternal. Isa. Ivii. 15, 
The high and lofty one, that inliabitetli 
eternity. 

1 Tim. i. 17. To the King eternal, 
immortal, invisible, the only wise God, 
be honour and glory for ever and ever. 

See Deut. xxxiii. 27. The eternal God. 
Rom. i. 20. Eternal Godhead. 2 Cor. iv. 8. 
Things not seen are eternal. 

XVIII. Everlasting. Isa. xl. 28. The 
everlasting God, the Lord, the Creator 
of the ends of the earth, fainteth not, 
neither is weary : there is no searching 
of his understanding. 

Ixiii. 16. Thy name is from everlast- 
ing. 

Ps. xc. 2. From everlasting to ever- 
lasting, thou art God. 

xciii. 2. Thy throne is of old, and 
thou art from everlasting. Hab. i. 12. 

Ps. cxliii. 13. Thy kingdom is an 
everlasting kingdom, and thy dominion 
endurcth through all generations. 

Jer. X. 10. He is an everlasting King, 

Dan. iv. 3, His kingdom is an ever- 
lasting kingdom and liis dominion is 
from generation to generation. Ch. vii. 
27. Lam. v. 19. 2 Pet. i. 11. 

XIX. He is for ever. Ps. ix. 7. The 
Lord shall endure for ever. 

xc. 4. A thousand years in thy sight 
arc but as yesterday, when it is past, and 
as a watch in the night. 2 Pet. iii. 8. 

cii. 12. Thou, O Lord, shalt endure 
for ever ; and tliy remembrance unto all 


Chap. I. 


God^s Greatness. 


35 


g-eaerations. — ^Ver. 24. THy years are 
throughout all generations. — Ver. 27. 
Thou art the sanae, and thy years shall 
have no end. Job x. 5. xxxvi. 26. 

cxxxv. 13. Thy name, O Lord, endur- 
eth for ever ; and thy memorial through- 
out all generations. 

Lam. V. 19. Thou, O Lord, remainest 
for ever ; thy throne from generation to 
generation. 

Ps. civ. 31. The glory of the Lord shall 
endure for ever. 

XX. The First and the Last. Isa. xliv. 
6. Thus saith the Lord, the King of Israel, 
and his Redeemer the Lord of hosts : I 
am the First, and I am the Last ; and be- 
sides me there is no 'God. Ch. xli. 4. — 
xlviii. 12. 

Rev. i. 8. I am Alpha and Omega, the 
beginning and the ending, saith the 
Lord, which is, and which was, and 
which is to come, the Almighty. Ver. 4. 17. 

XXI. He is immortal. 1 Tim. i. 17. 
The King eternal, immortal, invisible, the 
only wise God. 

vi. 16. Who only hath immortality, 
dwelling in the light, which no man can 
approach imto ; whom no man hath seen, 
nor can see. 

XXII. Incorruptible. Rom. i. 23. The 
incorruptible God. 

XXIII. Blessed. Ps, cxix. 12. Blessed 
art thou, O Lord : teach me thy statutes. 

Rom. i. 25. The Creator is blessed for 
evermore. 1 Tim. i. 11. The blessed 
God. 

1 Tim. vi. 15. The blessed and only 
Potentate, the King of kings, and Lord of 
lords. 

XXIV. Unchangeable. Mai. iii. 6. I 
am the Lord, I change not. 

James i. 17. With whom is no varia- 
bleness, neither shadow of turning. 

Wumb. xxiii. 19. God is not a man that 
he should lie, neither the son of man that 
he should repent. 

XXV. Present every where. 1 Kings 
viii. 27. Behold the heaven, and heaven 
of heavens cannot contain thee. 

Ps. cxxxix. 3. Thou compassest my 
path, and my lying down. 

Ver. 7—10. Whither shall I go from 
thy Spirit? or whither shall I flee from 
thy presence ? If I ascend up into heaven, 
thou art there ; if I make my bed in hell, 
behold, thou art there. If I take the 
wings of the morning, and dwell in the 
uttermost parts of the sea; even there 
shall thy hand lead me, and thy right 
hand shall hold me. 


Jer. xxiii. 23. Am I a God at hand? 
saith the Lord, and not a God afar off? — 
Ver. 24. Do not I fill heaven and earth, 
saith the Lord. 

Eph. i. 23. He filleth all in alL 

GOD'S GREATNESS. 

XXVI. God's Greatness. Deut. x. 17. 
The Lord your God, is God of gods, and 
Lord of lords, a great God, a mighty, and 
a terrible, which regardeth not persons, 
nor taketh reward. 

xxxii. 3. Ascribe ye greatness to our 
God. 

2 Sam. vii. 22. Thou art great, O Lord, 
and there is none like thee. 

1 Kings viii. 42. They shall hear of 
thy great name, and of thy strong band. 
2 Chron. vi. 12. 

1 Chron. xvi. 25. Great is the Lord, 
and greatly to be praised ; he also is to 
be feared above all gods. 2 Chron. ii. 5. 
Exod. xviii. 11. 

xvii. 12. Thou didst make thyself a 
name of greatness and terribleness. Deut. 
v. 24. 

xxix. 11. Thine, O Lord, is the great- 
ness, and the power, and the glory. 

Neh. ix. 32. The great, the mighty and 
the terrible God, that keepeth covenant 
and mercy. Ch. iv. 14. 

Job xxxiii. 12. God is greater than 
man. John x. 29. Greater than all. 1 
John iii. 20. Greater than our heart. 
Ch. iv. 4. Greater than he that is in the 
world. 

xxxvi. God is great, and we know him 
not. 

Ps. Ixxvii. 13. Who is so great a God 
as our God. Tit. ii. 13. Rev. xix. 17. 

Ixxxvi. 10. Thou art great, and doest 
wonderous things. 

xcv. 3. The Lord is a great God 
and a great King, above all gods. Ps, 
cxxxv. 5. 

xcix. 2. The Lord is great in Zion, and 
he is high above all people. 

civ. 1. O Lord, my God, thou art very 
great ; thou art clothed with honour and 
majesty. 

cxlv. 3. Great is the Lord, and greatly 
to be praised ; his greatness is unseai'ch- 
able. Ps. xlviii. 1. — xcvi. 4. 

cl. 2. Praise him according to his ex- 
cellent greatness. 

Jer. xxxii. 18. The great, the mighty 
God, the Lord of hosts, is his name. Isa. 
xli. 6. 


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God exalted — his Excellency — Glory. 


Chap. I. 


Heb. vi. 13. God could swear by no 
greater, he sware by himself. 

See God^s perfections of knowledge, 
wisdom, power, goodness, mercy, Sfc. all 
called great. 

GOD EXALTED. 

XXVII. God is exalted. 1 Chron. xxix. 
11. Tliou art exalted as head above all. 
Ps. xxi. 1.3. — xlvii. 9. — cx\dii. 6. 

Neh. ix. 5. His glorious name is exalt- 
ed above all blessing and praise. 

Ps. xlvi. 10. I will be exalted among 
the heathen, I will be exalted in the 
earth. 

Ivii. 5, Be thou exalted, O God, above 
the heavens ; let thy glory be above all 
the earth. Vcr. 11. Ps. cviii. 5. 

xcvii. 9. Thou art high above all the 
earth, thou art exalted far above all 
gods. 

Isa. xii. 4. Praise the Lord, call upon 
his name, declare his doings among the 
people, make known that his name is ex- 
alted. 

xxxiii. 5. The Lord is exalted, for he 
dwelleth on high : he hath filled Zion 
with judgment and righteousness. 

See Isa. ii. 11. 17.— V. 16.— xxx. 18.— 
xxxiii. 10. — xlix. 11. 


GOD'S EXCELLENCY AND MA- 
JESTY. 

XXVIII. God''s Excellency. Job xiii. 
11. Shall not his excellency make you 
afraid, and his dread fall upon you? 

xxxvii. 23. The Almighty is excellent 
in power, and judgment. 

Ps. viii. 1. &L 9. How excellent in all 
the earth is thy name. Ps. cxlviii. 13. 

cl. 2. Praise him according to his ex- 
cellent greatness. Isa. xii. 5. 

Isa. xxviii. 29. Tiic Lord of hosts is 
wonderful in counsel and excellent in 
working. See Exod. xv. 7. Deut. xxxiii. 
26. .Job xxxvii. 4. Ps. Ixviii. 34. 

XXIX. God^s Majesty. 1 Chron. xxix. 
11. Thine, O Lord, is the greatness, and 
the power, and tlic glory, and the victory, 
and the majesty : for all tliat is in the 
heaven and in th(! earth is tliine; thine is 
the kingdom, O Lord, and thou art ex- 
alted as head above all. 

Job xxxvii. 22. With God is terrible 
majesty. Ps. xcvi. 6. 

Ps. xxix. 4. The voice of the Lord is 
full of majesty. 

xciii. 1. He is clotlied with majesty. 
Ps. civ. 1. 


Isa. xxiv. 14. They shall sing for the 
majesty of the Lord. Ps. cxlv. 5. 12. 

Jude 25. To the only wise God, be 
glory and majesty. See Isa. ii. 10. 

GOD'S GLORY. 

XXX. God is Glorious. Exod. xv. 11. ^ 
Who is like unto thee, glorious in holi- 
ness, fearful in praises? 

1 Chron. xxix. 11. Thine, O Lord, is 
the greatness, and the power, and the 
glory. Matt. vi. 13. 

Ps. viii. 1. Thou hast set thy glory 
above the heavens. Ps. xix. 1. — xcvuL 6. 
— cxiii. 4. — cxlviii. 13. 

Ivii. 5. Let thy glory be above all the 
earth. Ver. 11. Ps.lxxii. 19. 

civ. 31. The glory of the Lord shall en- 
dure for ever. 

exxxviii. 5. Great is the glory of the 
Lord. Ps. cxlv. 5. 11, 12. 

Isa. vi. 3. The whole earth is full of 
his glory. 

He is the God of Glory. Ps. xxix. 3. 
Acts vii. 2. — In his vame. Deut. xxviii. 
58. 1 Chron. xxix. 13. Neh. ix. 5. — In 
his work. Ps. cxi. 3. His work is honour- 
able and glorious. — In deliverances of his 
peojjle. Isa. Ixiii. 12. 14. He led his peo- 
ple with his glorious arm. — In the over- 
throw of his enemies. Exod. xx. 1. He 
hath triumphed gloriously. (Ps. Ixxvi. 4.) 
Ver. 6. Thy right hand is become glori- 
ous in power. — Ps. xlv. 3. Gird thy 
sword, O most Mighty, with thy glory 
and thy majesty. See Isa. xxx. 30. and 
2 Thess. i, 9. 

XXXI. God is glorious in favours spi- 
ritual and temporal, conferred on his peo- 
ple, and in the advancement of religion 
among them. Numb. xvi. 22. These 
men have seen my glory and my mi- 
racles. 

Deut. V. 24. The Lord hath shewed us 
his glory and his greatness. 

Ps. Ixiii. 2. My soul thirsteth to see thy 
power and thy glory, as I have seen thee 
in thy sanctuary. 

Ixxix. 9. Help us, O God of our salva- 
tion, for the glory of tliy name. 

xe. 16. Let thy work appear unto thy 
servants, and thy glory unto their chil- 
dren. 

cii. 16. When tJie Lord shall build up 
Jerusalem, he shall ap[>ear in his glory. 
Zcch. ii. 5. I will be the glory in the 
midst of her. 

Isa. xxiv. 23. The Lord shall reign in 
Jerusalem gloriously. 


Chap. I. 


God^s Knowledge. 


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Isa. XXXV. 2. They shall see the glory 
of the Lord, and the excellency of our 
God. 

xl. 5. The glory of the Lord shall be 
revealed, and all flesh shall" see it. Ch. 
lix. 19. 

xliii. 7. I have created him for my 
glory. 

Iviii. 8. The glory of the Lord shall be 
thy rear-ward. 

Ix. 1. The glory of the Lord is risen 
upon thee. 

Ixii. 2. The Gentiles shall see thy 
righteousness, and all kings thy glory. 
Ch. Ixvi. 18, 19. 

Hab. ii. 14. The earth shall be filled 
with the knowledge of the glory of the 
Lord, as the waters cover the sea. 

Luke ii. 14. Glory to God in the 
highest, and on earth peace and good- 
will to men. 

2 Cor. iv, 6. God hath shined into our 
hearts, to give the light of the knowledge 
of the glory of God, in the face of Jesus 
Christ. 

Col. i. 11. Strengthened with all 
might, according to his glorious power. 
Eph. iii. 16. 

1 Pet. iv. 14. The Spirit of glory and 
of God, resteth upon you. See Isa. xxxiii. 
21.— xlvi. 13.— Hag-, ii. 7. 

Hence the Gospel is called the glorious 
Gospel. 1 Tim. i. 11. 

Future glory. 2 Cor. iii. 18. We behold 
as in a glass the glory of the Lord. 

Rom. V. 2. We rejoice in hope of the 
glory of God. 

God's poioer called his glory. Rom. v. 4. 
Christ was raised from the dead by the 
glory of the Father. 

John xi. 4. 40. Lazarus, his sickness, 
and rising from the dead, is called the 
glory of God. 

1 Cor. xi. 7. Man is the image and 
glory of God. 

Heb. i. 3. Christ is the brightness of 
the Father's glory. 

GOD'S KNOWLEDGE. 


XXXII. God's knowledge is perfect. 1 
Sam. ii. 3. The Lord is a God of know- 
ledge, and by him actions are weighed. 

Job xxxvii. 16. He is perfect in know- 
ledge. Ch. xxxvi. 4, 

Ps. cxlvii. 5. His understanding is infi- 
nite. See Rom. xi. 33. 

Isa. xl. 28. There is no searching of 
his understanding. Prov. xxii. 12. 

xi. 2. The Spirit of the Lord is the 
Spirit of knowledge. 


XXXIII. Gods knowledge isunderived. 
Job xxi. 22. Shall any teach God know- 
ledge ? 

Ps. xciv. 9, 10. He that planted the 
ear, shall he not hear? he that formed 
the eye, shall he not see ? — He that 
teacheth man knowledge, shall himself 
not know? 

Isa. xl, 14. With whom took he coun- 
sel, and who instructed him, and tavight 
him in the path of judgment, and taught 
him knowledge, and showed him the 
way of understanding ? 

XXXIV. Extendeth to all things. Job 
xxviii. 10. His eye seeth every precious 
thing. — Ver. 24. He looketh to the ends 
of the earth, and seeth under the whole 
heaven ? 

Ps. cxxxix. 12. Darkness hideth not 
from thee, but the night shineth as the 
day: the darkness and the light are both 
alike to thee. 

Dan. ii. 22. He knoweth what is in the 
darkness, and tlie light dwelleth with 
him. 

Acts XV. 18. Known unto God are all 
his works from the beginning of the 
world. 

Heb. iv. 13. Neither is there any 
creature that is not manifest in his sight; 
but all things are naked and opened 
unto the eyes of him witli whom we have 
to do. 

1 John iii. 20. God knoweth all 
things. 

XXXV. Things whicKGod only knoweth. 
Gen. xl. 8. Joseph said, Do not interpre- 
tations belong to God? 

Deut. xxix. 29. Secret things belong 
to the Lord our God. 

1 Kings viii. 39. Thou only knowest 
the hearts of all the children of men. 

Job xxiv. 1. Times are not hidden 
from the Almighty. Acts i. 7. 

Isa. xliii. 9. New things do I declare ; 
before they spring forth, I tell you of 
them. 

xlvi. 9, 10. I am God, and there is 
none like me. Declaring the end from 
the beginning, and from ancient^limes, 
the things that are not yet done. Ch. 
xlviii. 3. 6. 16. 

Matt. xi. 27. No man knoweth the 
Son, but the Father. John x. 15. 

Mark xiii. 32. Of the day and hour of 
judgment knoweth no man, no not the 
angels which are in heaven, neither the 
Son, but the Father. 

1 Cor. ii. 11. The things of God 
knoweth no man, but the Spirit of 
God. 


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GocCs Knowledge. 


Chap. I. 


XXXVI. Secret things which God will 
discover. Job xx. 27. The heavens shall 
reveal the iniquity of the wicked, and the 
earth shall rise up against him. 

xxviii. 11. The thing that is hid 
bringeth he fortli to light. 

Eccl. xii. 14. God will bring into 
judgment every secret thing. 

Dan. ii. 22. God revealeth deep and 
secret things. Ver. 28, 29. 47. 

Matt. X. 26. There is nothing hid 
that shall not be known. 

Rom. ii. 16. God will judge the secrets 
of men. 

^ 1 Cor. iv. 5. God will bring to hght the 
hidden tilings of darkness, and will 
make manifest the counsels of the 
heart. 

Eph. iii. 9. The mystery (of redemp- 
tion) hath been hid in God from the 
foundation of the world. — Ver. 10. Now 
made known. Col. i. 26. 

XXXVII. The knowledge of God ex- 
tendeth to man and all his ways. 

2 Chron. xvi. 9. The eyes of the 
Lord run to and fro through the whole 
earth, to show himself strong in behalf of 
those whose heart is perfect towards him. 

Job xxxiv. 21, His eyes are upon the 
ways of man, and he seeth all his goings. 
Chap. xiii. 27. — xxxi. 4. 

Ps. xi. 4. His eyes behold, his eyelids 
try the children of men. 

xxxiii. 13, 14, The Lord looketh from 
heaven, he beholdcth all the sons of men. 
From the place of his habitation he 
looketh upon all the inhabitants of the 
earth. 

Ixvi. 7. His eyes behold the nations. 

ciii. 4. He knoweth our frame, he re- 
mcmbereth that we are dust. 

cxiii. 6. He humblcth himself to be- 
hold the things that arc in heaven and in 
the earth. 

cxxxix. 1 — 4. O Lord, thou hast 
searched me and known me. Thou 
knowcst my down-sitting and mine up- 
rising, thou understandest my thoughts 
afar off. Tliou compasscst my path, 
and my lying down, and art acquainted 
with all my ways. For there is not a 
word in my tongue, but lo, O Lord, 
tJiou knowest it altogether — Ver. 6. 
Such knowledge is too wonderful for 
me; it is high, I cannot attain unto it. 
— Ver. 11. If I say, surely the darkness 
shall cover me, even the niglit shall 
be hght about me. Ver. 12, 13. Dan. 
ii. 22. 

Ver. 15, 16. My substance was not 


hid from thee, when I was made in se» 
cret, and curiously wrought in the low- 
est parts of tlie earth. Thine eyes did 
see my substance, yet being imperfect, 
and in thy book all my members were 
written, which in continuance were 
fashioned when as yet tliere was none of 
them. 

Prov. V. 21. The ways of man are 
before the eyes of the Lord, and he pon- 
dereth all his goings. 

XV. 3. The eyes of the Lord are in 
every place, beholding the evil and the 
good. 

Jer. xxiii. 24. Can any hide himself 
in secret, that I shall not see him? saith 
the Lord. 

Jer. xxxii. 19. Thine eyes are upon all 
the ways of the sons of men, to give every 
one according to his ways, and according 
to the fruit of his doings. 

XXXVIII. God knoweth the hearts of 
all men. 1 Sam. xvi. 7. The Lord seeth 
not as man seeth: for man looketh on 
the outward appearance, but God look- 
eth on the heart. Job x. 4. Prov. xv. 11. 

1 Kings viii. 39. Thou only knowest 
the hearts of the children of men. 

1 Chron. xxviii. 9. The Lord search- 
eth all hearts, and understandeth all the 
imaginations of the thoughts. 

Jer. XX. 12. O Lord of hosts, that 
seest the reins and heart. 

Acts i. 24. Thou, Lord, knowest the 
hearts of all men. 

XXXIX. He knoweth the hearts of the 
righteous. Gen. xx. 6. I know thou didst 
this in the integrity of thy heart. 

Ps. xix. 14. Let the meditations of my 
heart be acceptable in thy sight, O Lord, 
my strength, and my redeemer. 

cxxxix. 23, 24. Searcli me, O God, 
and know my heart; try me, and know 
my thoughts ; and see if there be any 
wicked way in me, and lead me in the 
way everlasting. 

Isa. Ixvi. 2, To this man will I look, 
even to him that is poor, and of a contrite 
spirit, and trembleth at my word. 

Jer. xii. 3. Thou, O Lord, knowest me; 
thou hast seen me, and tried mine heart 
toward me. 

1 Pet. iii. 4. The hidden man of the 
heart, even a meek and quiet spirit, is in 
the sight of God of great price. See 
Acts XV. 8. 

XL. He knoweth the hearts of the 
wicked. Dcut. xxxi. 20, 21. They will 


Chap. I. 


God's Knowledge, 


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I 


provoke me : for I know their imagina- 
tion which they go about, even now. 

Ps. xciv. 11. The Lord knoweth the 
thoughts of man, that they are vanity. 

Ezek. xi. 5. I know the things that 
come into your minds every one of you. 

Luke xvi. 15. Jesus said, Ye are they 
that justify yourselves before men, but 
God knoweth your hearts. 

Acts viii. 21. Thy heart is not right 
in the sight of God. 

XLI. God knoweth his people. Gen. 
vii. 1. The Lord said to Noali, Thee 
have I seen righteous before me in this 
generation. 

xviii. 19. I know Abraham that he 
will command his children and his house- 
hold after him, and they shall keep the 
way of the Lord. 

2 Sam. vii. 20. Thou, Lord, knowest 
thy servant. 1 Chron. xvii. 18. 

Ps. i. 6. The Lord knoweth the way 
of the righteous. Ps. xxxvii. 18. 

xxxiv. 15, The eyes of the Lord are 
upon the righteous, and his ears are open 
to their cry. 

Ixxx. 14. Look down from heaven, 
and behold, and visit this thy vine. Ps. 
cxix. 132. — XXV. 18. Deut. xxvi. 15. Isa. 
Ixiii. 15. 

Isa. Ivii. 18. I have seen his ways, and 
will heal him. 

Jer. xxiv. 6. I will set mine eyes upon 
them for good. Zech. xii. 4. 

2 Tim. ii. 19. The Lord knoweth 
them that are his. Gal. iv. 9. 

XLII. God knoweth the religious prin- 
ciples and practices of his people. Rev. 
ii. 19. I know thy works, and charity, 
and service, acnd faith, a.nd patience. 

1 Cor. viii. 3. If any man love God, 
the same is known of God. 

Ps. xxxiii. 18. The eye of the Lord 
is upon them that fear him, upon them 
that hope in his mercy. See Gen. xxii. 12. 

Nah. i. 7. The Lord knoweth them 
that trust in him. 

1 Pet. iii. 4. A meek and quiet spirit 
is in the sight of God of great price. 

2 Chron. xii. 7. The Lord saw that 
they humbled themselves. 

Col. i. 22. Present you holy and un- 
blameable, and unreproveable in his sight. 

Matt. vi. 18. Appear not to men to 
fast, but to thy Father, which seeth in 
secret ; and thy Father shall reward thee 
openly. 

Ver. 6. When thou prayest, enter in- 
to thy closet ; and when thou hast shut 
3 


thy door, pray to thy Father which is in 
secret; and thy Father, which seeth in 
secret, himself shall reward thee openly. 

Ver. 4. That thine alms may be in 
secret; and thy Father, wlaich seeth in 
secret, shall reward thee openly. See 
Acts X. 4. 31. 

Job xxxiii. 27, 28. He looketh upon 
man, and if any say, / have sinned, and 
perverted that which was right, and it 
profited me not ; he shall deliver his soul 
from going into the pit, and his life shall 
see the hght. See Jonah iii. 10. 

Jer. xvii. 16. Thou knowest that which 
came out of my lips was right before 
thee. 

Mai. iii. 16. They that feared the 
Lord spake often one to another; and 
the Lord hearkened and heard it; and 
a book of remembrance was written be- 
fore him, for them that feared the Lord, 
and that thought on his name. See Ps, 
cxxxix. 4. Jer. v. 3. Ps. xl. 9. 2 Cor. xi. 
31. 

XLIII. He knoweth their works. 2 
Cor. viii. 21. Provide things honest, not 
only in the sight of God, but also of 
men. 

Rev. ii. 2. I know thy works, and thy 
labour, and thy patience ; and how thou 
canst not bear them that are evil. Ver. 9. 
I know thy works, and tribulation, and 
poverty. Ver. 13. 19. Ch. iii. 8. Heb. 
xiii. 21. 1 John iii. 22. 

Their wants. Matt. vi. 8. Your Fa- 
ther knoweth what things ye have need 
o before ye ask him. 

Matt. vi. 31, 32. Take no thought, 
saying. What shall we eat? or, What 
shall we drink? or. Wherewithal shall 
we be clothed ? For your heavenly Fa- 
ther knoweth that ye have need of all 
these things. Luke xii. 30. 

Their sorrows. Exod. iii. 7. The Lord 
said of his people, I know their sorrows. 
Ch. xiv, 24. Neh. ix. 9. Acts vii. 34. 

Deut. ii. 7. The Lord thy God know- 
eth thy walking through the wilderness. 

Their afflictions. Ps. xxxi. 7. Thou 
hast known my soul in adversity, 

Ps. cii. 19, 20. He hath looked down 
from the height of his sanctuary ; from 
heaven did the Lord behold the eartlr; 
to hear the groaning of the prisoner. 
Ps. xxxviii, 9. 2 Sam, xvi. 12. Job x. 15. 
Ps. xxxix. 11, 12. 

Their wrongs from oppressors. Gen. 
xxxi. 12. The Lord said to Jacob, I 
have seen all that Laban doth to thee. 
Ver. 42. 


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GoiVs Knoivledge. 


Chap. I. 


Exod. ii. 25. God looked upon the 
children of Israel, and had respect un- 
to them, under oppression. Ver. 24. Ch. 
iv. 31. 

1 Sam. ix. 16. I have looked upon 
my people, because their cry is come 
up unto me. See 2 Kings xiii. 4. — xiv. 
26. 

Ps. X. 14. Thou beholdest mischief 
and spite, to requite it. 

XXXV. 21. They opened their mouth 
against me. — Ver. 22. This thou hast 
seen, O Lord. 

Ixix. 19. Thou hast known my re- 
proach, and my shame, and my dishon- 
our; mine adversaries are all before 
thee. 

Jer. lix. 15. The Lord savi^ it, and it 
displeased him that there was no judg- 
ment. 

Lam. iii. 59. Lord, thou hast seen my 
wrong ; judge thou my cause. 

Dan. ix. 18. O my God, incline thine 
ear and hear ; open thine eyes, and be- 
hold our desolations. Isa. xxxvii. 17. 
Jer. xlviii. 30. 

God saw, in affliction, Hagar, Gen. 
xvi. 13. — Leah, Gen. xxix. 31. — Hannah, 
1 Sam. i. 11. 

XLI V. God''s knowledge of the wicked 
and their sins. Gen. vi. 5. God saw the 
wickedness of man, that it was great in 
the earth, and that every imagination of 
the thoughts of his heart was only evil 
continually. 

Exod. xxxii. 9. The Lord said, I have 
seen this people, and, behold, it is a stiff- 
necked people. Deut. xxxii. 19. 

Job xi. 11. He knoweth vain man : he 
seeth wickedness also; will he not then 
consider it ? 

xxxiv. 22. There is no darkness nor 
shadow of death, where the workers of 
iniquity may hide themselves. Amos ix. 
2, 3, 4. 

Ps. xiv. 2, 3. The Lord looked down 
from heaven upon the children of men, 
to sec if there were any that did under- 
stand, and seek God. They are all gone 
aside. Ps. liii. 2. 

bdx. 5. My sins arc not hid from tlicc. 

xc. 8. Thou hast set our iniquities 
before thee, our secret sins in tlie light of 
thy countenance. 

Isa. xlviii. 8. I knew that thou wouldst 
deal treacherously. 

Jer. xi. 17. Mine eyes are upon all 
their ways ; neither is their iniquity hid 
from mine eyes. 


Amos V. 11. I know their manifold 
transgressions, and their mighty sins. — 
Ch. ix. 8. I will set mine eyes upon them 
for evil. 

Hab. i. 13. Thou art of purer eyes 
than to behold evil, and canst not look 
upon iniquity. 

Luke XV. 21. I have sinned against 
heaven and in thy sight. 

XLV. God knoweth the proud. 2 Sam. 
xxii. 28. Thine eyes are upon the haugh- 
ty, that thou mayest bring them down. 
See Job iv. 12. 

Ps. cxxxviii. 6. The proud he know- 
eth afar off. 

XL VI. God knoweth the impenitent, 
Jer, viii. 6. I hearkened and heard, but 
they spake not aright : no man repent- 
eth him of his wickedness, saying, 
What have I done? every one turneth 
to his course, as the horse rusheth into 
the battle. 

XL VII. He knoweth hypocritical prof es- 
sors. Matt. xxii. 11. The King came 
in to see the guests, and saw there a man 
not having on a wedding-garment. 

Rev. ii. 9. I know the blasphemy of 
them which say they are Jews, and are 
not, but are of the synagogue of Satan. 

iii. 1. I know thou hast a name that 
thou livest, and art dead. 

XLVIII. Liars and uncharitable per- 
sons. Prov. xxiv. 11. If thou forbear to 
deliver them that are drawn to death. 

Prov. xxiv. 12. If thou sayest. We 
knew it not ; doth not he that pondereth 
the heart consider it ; and he that keep- 
ctli thy soul, doth he not know it ? and 
shall lie not render to every man accord- 
ing to his works ? 

XLIX. Envious persons. Prov. xxiv. 
17, 18. Rejoice not when thine enemy 
falleth, and let not thine heart be glad 
when he stumblcth : Lest the Lord see 
it, and it displease him, and he turn away 
his wrath from him. 

L. He knoweth w icked works. Job 
xxxiv. 25. He knoweth their works, 
and overthroweth them. Ch. xxiv. 23. 

Isa. Ixvi. 18. I know tlieir works, and 
their thoughts. 

Rev. iii. 15. I know thy works, that 
thou art neither cold nor hot. 

LI. Whoredom, natural and spiritual. 
Jer. xxix. 23. Because they have com- 
mitted villany in Israel, and have com- 
mittfed adultery with their neighbours' 
wives, and have spoken lying words; 


Ghap. I. 


God^s Wisdom — Power. 


41 


even I know, and am a witness, saith the 
Lord. 

Hos. V. 3, 4. I know Ephraim, and 
Israel is not hid from me; for now, O 
Ephraim, thou committest whoredom, 
and Israel is defiled. They will not frame 
their doings, to turn unto their God ; for 
the spirit of whoredom is in them. Ch. 
vi. 10. 

LII. He knowetJi murderers. 2 Sam. 
xii. 9. Nathan said to David, Wherefore 
hast thou despised the commandment of 
the Lord, in doing evil in his sight? 
Thou hast killed Uriah with the sword, &lc. 

2 Kings ix. 26. The Lord said, I have 
seen the blood of Naboth, and the blood of 
his sons. See Gen. iv. 10. 

Ps. Ixxii. 14. Precious shall the blood 
of the needy be in his sight. 

Jer. xviii. 23. Lord, thou knowest all 
their counsel against me to slay me : for- 
give not their iniquity. 

LIII. The sins of the wicked against 
right. Job xxii. 13. They say. How doth 
God know? can he judge through the 
dark cloud ? Ps. lix. 7, 8. 

Ps. x. 11. He said in his heart, God 
hath forgotten, he hideth his face, he will 
never see it. 

Ixxiii. 11. They say, How doth God 
know ? and is there knowledge in the 
Most High ? 

xciv. 7. They say. The Lord shall not 
see, neither shall the God of Jacob regard 
it. See ver. 8, 9. 


GOD'S WISDOM. 

~ LIV. God^s Wisdom asserted. Job ix. 
4. He is wise in heart, and mighty in 
strength: who hath hardened himself 
against him and hath prospered? Isa. 
xxxi. 2. 

xxxvi. 5. God is mighty in strength and 
wisdom. Ch. xxxviii. 37. 

Dan. ii. 20. Blessed be God, for wisdom 
and might are his. Prov. viii. 14. 

Rom. xi. 33. O the depth of the wisdom 
ofGod!&c. 

xvi. 27. To God only wise, be glory 
through Jesus Christ for ever. 1 Tim. i. 
17. Jude 25. Rev. vii. 2. 

LV. God^s Wisdom in creation. Ps. 
civ. 24. O Lord, how manifold are thy 
works ! in wisdom hast thou made them 
all. Ps. cxxxvi. 5. 

Prov. iii. 19, 20. The Lord by wisdom 
hath founded the earth ; by understand- 
ing hath he established the heavens. 


By his knowledge the depths are broken 
up, and the clouds drop down the dew. 

Jer. X. 12. He hath made the earth 
by his power, he hath established the 
world by his wisdom, and hath stretched 
out the heavens by his discretion. Ch, li. 
15. 

LVI. God''s Wisdom in redemption hj 
Jesus Christ. Eph. i. 8, 9. He hath 
abounded towards us in all wisdom and 
prudence : Having made known unto us 
the mystery of his will. 

iii. 10, 11. That he might make known 
the manifold wisdom of God, accord- 
ing to the eternal purpose which he pur- 
posed in Christ Jesus our Lord. Rom. xi. 
33. 

Col. ii. 3. Christ in whom are hid all 
the treasures of wisdom and knowledge. 
Rev. v. 12. Worthy is the Lamb, to re- 
ceive wisdom, &c. 

LVII. The wisdom of creatures nothing 
in comparison of God^s Wisdom. 

Job iv. 1. Behold he putteth no trust 
in his servants, and his angels he charg- 
eth with folly. 

xxxvii. 24. He respecteth not any that 
are wise of heart. 

Prov. xxi. 30. There is no wisdom, nor 
understanding, nor counsel against the 
Lord. 

Isa. xliv. 25. He frustrateth the tokens 
of liars, and maketh diviners mad; he 
turneth wise men backward, and maketh 
their knowledge foolish. Ch. xl. 23. 

1 Cor. i. 25. The foolishness of God is 
wiser than men. — Ver. 27. God hath 
chosen the foolish things of this world, 
to confound the wise. 

iii. 19. The wisdom of this world is 
foolishness with God: for it is written, 
He taketh the wise in their own crafti- 
ness. Job V. 13. 


GOD'S POWER. 

LVIII. Power ascribed to God. 1 
Chron. xxix. 11. Thine, O Lord, is the 
greatness, and the power, and the glory, 
and the victory, and the majesty ; for all 
that is in the heaven, and in the earth, 
is thine : thine is the kingdom, O Lord, 
and thou art exalted as head above all. 
Matt. vi. 13. Thine is the kingdom, and 
the power, and the glory, for ever. 

Ver. 12. In thine hand is power and 
might, and in thin^ hand it is to make 
great, and to give strength unto all. 2 
Chron. xx. 6, 


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God*s Power. 


Chap. I. 


Ps. Ixii. 11. Power bclongeth unto God. 

cxlvii. 5. Great is our Lord, and of 
great power, his understanding- is infinite. 

See Job xxvi. 14, and xxxvii. 2.3. The 
thunder of his power. Ps. xxix. 4, and 
Ixviii. 33. His voice powerful. Hab. iii. 
4. The hiding of his power. 

LIX. Might ascribed to God. Deut. iii. 
24. What God is there in heaven, or in 
earth, that can do according to thy works, 
and according to thy might ? 

Jer. X. 6. Thou art great, and thy name 
is great in might. u 

Dan. ii. 20. Blessed be God, for wis- 
dom and might are his. 

Mighty. Ps. Ixxxix. 6. Who among tlie 
sons of the mighty can be likened unto 
the Lord? 

Ps. xciii. 4. The Lord on high is 
mightier than the voice of many waters, 
yea, than the mighty waves of the sea. 

•Jer. xxxii. 18. The great, the mighty 
God, the Lord of hosts is his name. 

Ver. 19. Great in counsel and mighty 
in work. 

LX. He is the Almighty God. Gen. 
xvii. 1. The Lord said, I am the Al- 
mighty God. Rev. i. 8. 

Exod. vi. 3. God appeared to Abra- 
ham by the name of God Almighty. 

Rev. xix. G. The Lord God omnipotent 
reigneth. 

LXI. God's strength. Job ix. 4, He is 
wise in heart and mighty in strength; 
who hatli hardened himself against him 
and hath prospered? Ch. xxxvi. 5. 19. If 
I speak of strength, lo, he is strong. 

Ps. xii. 13. With him is wisdom, and 
strength; lie hatli counsel and under- 
standing. 

Ixxxix. 8. O Lord of hosts, who is a 
strong Lord, like unto thee? 

xciii. 1. The Lord is clothed with 
strength. 

Isa. xxvi. 4. In the Lord Jehovah is 
everlasting strength. 

1 Cor. i. 25. I'he weakness of God is 
stronger than men. 

LXII. God's arm. Job xl. 9. Hast thou 
an arm like God ? or canst thou thunder 
with a voice like liitn ? 

Ps. Ixxxix. 13. Thou hast a mighty 
arm ; strong is thy hand, and higii is thy 
right hand. 

LXIII. Hand of God. Exod. xv, 6. 
Tliy right hand is glorious in power. 


LXIV. Finger of God. Exod. viii. 19. 
The magicians said. It is the finger of 
God. 

xxxi. 18. The tables were written with 
the finger of God. 

Ps. viii. 3. The heavens are the work 
of thy fingers. 

Luke xi. 20. Jesus cast out devils with 
the finger of God. 

LXV. God called a rock. Deut. xxxii. 
4. He is the Rock, his work is perfect, 
all his ways are judgment, a God of truth 
and without iniquity, just and right is he. 
1 Sam. ii. 2. — 2 Sam. xxii. 32. Ps. xviii. 
31. 

LXVI. Nothing hard to God. Gen. 
xviii. 14. Is any thing too hard for the 
Lord? 

Jer. xxxii. 17. There is nothing too 
hard for thee. Ver. 27. 

LXVI I. All things possible to him. 
Mat. xix. 26. With God, all things are 
possible. Mark x. 27. 

Luke i. 37. With God nothing shall 
be impossible. 

xviii. 27. Those things that are im- 
possible with men, are possible with God. 
Zcch. viii. 6. 

LXVIII. He is able to do every thing. 
Phil. iii. 21. He is able to subdue all 
things to himself. 

Rom. iv. 21. He was able to perforin 
what he had promised. 

Eph. iii. 20. Able to do abundantly 
above all that wc ask or think. 

LXIX. God's power in his wonderful 
doings. Exod. xv. 11. Who is like unto 
thee, glorious in holiness, fearful in 
praises, doing wonders ? 

Deut iii. 24. What God is there in 
heaven, or in earth, that can do accord- 
ing to thy works, and according to thy 
might ? 

xxxii. 4. He is the Rock ; his work is 
perfect. 

Job V. 9. He doeth great things, and 
unsearchable, marvellous things, without 
number. Ch. ix. 10. — xxxvii. 5. Ps. Ixxii. 
18. — Ixxxvi. 10. — ex viii. 23, — cxxxvi. 4. 

Ps. cxi. 1. The works of his hands are 
verity and judgment. 

Eccl. iii. 14. Whatsoever God doth 
sliall be for ever ; nothing can be put to 
it, nor any thing taken from it. 

Dan. iv. 3, How great arc his signs, 
and how mighty are his wonders! his 
kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and 


Chap. I. 


God^s Power. 


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his dominion from generation to genera- 
tion ! — Ver. 35. All the inhabitants of the 
earth are reputed as nothing, and he doth 
according to his will in the army of 
heaven, and among the inhabitants of the 
earth, and none can stay his hand, or say 
unto him. What dost thou ? See Job ix. 
12. Isa. xlv. 9. 

LXX. The prosperity and adversity of 
mankind are in his hand. Job ii. 10. 
Shall we receive good at the hand of God, 
and shall we not receive evil ? 

Job V. 18. He maketh sore, and he 
bindeth up ; he woundeth and his hands 
make whole. 

xii. 10. In his hand is the soul of every 
living thing, and the breath of all man- 
kind. 

xxiii. 13, 14. He is in one mind, and 
who can turn him ? and what his soul 
desireth, even that he doth. He per- 
formeth the thing that is appointed for 
me, and many such things are with him, 

Isa. xlv. 7. I form light, and I create 
darkness; I make peace and I create 
evil; I the Lord do all these things, 
Ainos iii. 6. 

Eccl. ix. 1. The righteous, and the 
wise, and their works, are in the hand of 
God. 

Dan. v. 23. God in whose hand thy 
breath is, and whose are all thy ways. 
Acts xvii. 28. 

Jam. iv. 12. He is the one law-giver, 
who is able to save, and to destroy. See 
Jer. xviii. 6. Isa. xlv. 9. As clay in 
the hand of the potter, so are we in his 
hand, 

LXXI. God^s power in the creation of 
heaven and earth. Job xxvi. 13. By his 
Spirit he hath garnished the heavens ; 
his hand hath formed the crooked serpent. 

Ps. xcv. 5. The sea is his, he made it, 
his hands formed the dry land. 

cii, 25. Of old hast thou laid the foun- 
dations of the earth, and the heavens are 
the work of thy hands. Heb. i. 10. 

Isa, xl. 12. Who hath measured the 
waters in the hollow of his hand, and 
meted out the heaven with a span, and 
comprehended the dust of the earth in a 
measure, and weighed the mountains in 
pcales, and the hills in a balance ? Prov. 
XXX. 4. 

Isa. xl. 26. He calleth the creatures 
all by names, by the greatness of his 
might, for that he is strong in power; 
none failetlj. 

3* 


xlviii, 13. Mine hand hath laid the foun- 
dation of the earth, and my right hand 
hatli spanned out the heavens. 

Ixvi. 2. All these things have mine 
hands made. 

Jer. X, 12. He hath made the earth 
by his power, he hath established the 
world by his wisdom, he hath stretched 
out the heavens by his discretion. Ch. li. 
15. 

xxvii. 5, I have made the earth, the 
man and the beast that are upon the 
ground, by my great power, and by my 
out-stretched arm, and have given it unto 
whom it seemed meet unto me. Ch. 
xxxii. 17. 

Rom. i. 20. The invisible things of 
God, from the creation of the world are 
clearly seen, being understood by the 
things that are made, even his eternal 
power and Godhead, 

LXXII, In the government of the hea- 
vens and the earth. Job xxvi. 12. He 
divideth the sea by his power, by his 
understanding he smiteth through the 
proud. See from ver. 5. to 14. and Ps. 
Ixxiv. 13. 

xxviii. 19. He putteth forth his hand 
upon the rock, and overturneth the moun- 
tains by the roots. 

Ps. Ixv. 6. By his strength he setteth 
fast the mountains. 

xcv. 4. In his hand are the deep places 
of the earth, the strength of hills in 
his, 

Isa. xliii. 16, 17. The Lord maketh 
a way in the sea, and a path in the 
mighty waters. He bringeth forth the 
chariot and the horse, the army and the 
power, 

1. 2, 3. At my rebuke I dry up the 
sea, and make the rivers a wilderness. I 
clothe the heavens with blackness, and 
make sackcloth their covering. Nah. i. 
3, 4, 5. 

Dan. iv. 35. He doth according to his 
will in the army of heaven, and among 
the inhabitants of the earth. 

Heb. i, 3. Upholding all things by tlie 
word of his power, 

LXXIII, Acts of his power towards 
his Church. Exod. vi. 6. I will redeem 
you, with a stretched-out arm, and with 
great judgments. 

Exod. xiii. 3. By strength of hand, 
the Lord brought you out of Egypt. Ps. 
cxxxvi. 12, 


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God's Power, 


Chap. I. 


Exod. XV. 13. Tliou hast guided thy 
people in thy strength, unto thy holy ha- 
bitation. — Vcr. 17. Thou wilt plant them 
in the mount of thine inheritance, in the 
sanctuary, O Lord, which thine hands 
have established. 

Num. xiv. 13. Thou broughtest up this 
people, in thy might. 

Deut. iv. 34. Hath God assayed to take 
a nation, from the midst of another nation, 
by temptations, by signs, and by wonders, 
and by war, and by a mighty hand, and 
by a sti-etched-out arm, and by great 
terrors, according to all that the Lord thy 
God did for you in the land of Egypt"? 
Ch. V. 15. — vii. 19. — xxvi. 8. Jer. xxxii. 
21. Ezek. XX. 5, 6. 22. 28. 42.— xlvii. 14. 
Dan. ix. 15. 

vi. 21. The Lord brought us out of 
Egypt with a mighty hand. Ch. vii. 8, 
9.— ix. 26.— xi. 2.— xxvi. 8. xxxiv. 12. 

Neh. i. 10. Thy people tliou hast re- 
deemed by thy great power, and by thy 
strong hand. Ch. ix. 82. Exod. xxxii. 11. 

Ps. Ixxix. 11. Let the sighing of the 
prisoner come before thee, according to 
the greatness of thy power. 

cvi. 8. He saved them for his name's 
sake, that he might make his mighty 
power to be known. Ps. cxi. 6. 

Isa. xlix. 26. All flesh shall know that 
I the Lord, am thy Saviour and thy Re- 
deemer, the mighty One of Jacob. Ch. 
Ix. 16. — Ixiii. 15. 

Jer. XX. 11. The Lord is with me, a 
mighty and terrible one, therefore my 
persecutors shall stumble, and shall not 
prevail. Ps. xlv. 3. 

See Numb. xi. 23. Deut. xxxiii. 27. Ps. 
xliv. 3. — Ixxvii. 10. 14. — Ixxviii. 54. — 
Ixxx. 15. — cxviii. 23. Isa. li. 9. 11. Jer. 1. 
34. 

LXXIV. God's Power towards the 
righteous. 2 Chron. xvi. 9. The eyes 
of the Lord run to and fro through the 
whole earth, to shew himself strong in 
behalf of those whose heart is perfect to- 
ward him. 

Hand. 1 Cliron. xxix. 12. Both riches 
and honour come of thee, and thou 
reignest over all : and in thine hand is 
power and might; and in thine hand it is 
to make great, and to give strength unto 
all. Ch. xxv. 9. 

Ezra viii. 22. Tlic hand of our God is 
upon all them for good that seek him, 
.hut his power and wrath is against all 
them that forsake him. Ver. 31. 

Ps. xvii. 7, Thou savcst by thy riglit 


hand them that put their trust in thee. 
Ps. xviii. 35. — xxxvii. 24. Dan. iii. 17. 

XX. 6. He will hear with the strength 
of his right hand. Ps. Ix. 5. 

xxxi. 5. Into thine hand I commit my 
spirit. (Luke xxiii. 46.) Ver. 15. My 
times are in thine hand. 

Ixiii. 8. Thy right hand upholdeth me. 
Ps. cviii. 6. 

Ixxx. 17. Let thy hand be upon the 
Man of thy right hand. Ps. Ixxxix. 21. 

Isa. i. 25. The Lord saith, I will turn 
mine hand upon thee, and purely purge 
away thy dross, and take away all thy tin. 
See ver. 22. 

LXXV. God's power in spiritual 
blessings to his people. Ps. xcv. 7. We 
are the people of his pasture, and the 
sheep of his hand. Ps. cxxxviii. 8. Isa. 
xix. 25.— xxix. . 23.— xlv. 11.— Ix. 21.— 
Ixiv. 8. Jer. xviii. 6. compare Matt. iii. 
9 and Rom. xi. 23. 

ex. 3. Thy people shall be willing in 
a day of thy power. 2 Chr. xxx. 12. 

Ixiii. 1, 2. My soul thirsteth for thee ; 
to see thy power and thy glory, as I have 
seen thee in the sanctuary. Ps. xcvi. 6. 

1 Chr. xvi. 27. 

Eph. i. 19. The exceeding greatness 
of his power to us-ward who believe. 2 
Cor. vi. 7. Eph. iii. 7. 

iii. 20. He is able to do exceeding 
abundantly above all that we ask or think. 

2 Pet. i. 3. His divine power hath given 
to us all things that pertain to life and 
godliness. 

John X. 29. None is able to pluck his 
people out of his hand. 

2 Tim. i. 12. He is able to keep that 
committed unto him. 

Rom. xvi. 25. To him that is of-power 
to stahlish you, be glory for ever, amen. 
Ch. xiv. 4. 

2 Cor. ix. 8. God is able to make all 
grace abound towards you. 

Acts XX. 32. I recommend you to God, 
and to the word of his grace, which is able 
to build you up, and to give you an inherit- 
ance among all them which are sanctified. 

Jude 24. He is able to keep you from 
falling and to present you faultless before 
the presence of his glory, with exceeding 

joy- 

1 Pet. i. 5, We are kept by the power 
of God, through faith unto salv'ation. 

Duty. Epli. vi. 10. Be strong in the 
Lord, and in the power of his might. 

LXXVI. God'a power against the 


Chap. I. 


God^s Power. 


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wicked. Ezra viii. 22. God's power and 
his wrath is against all them that forsake 
him. Nah. i. 6. 

Ezra ix. 11. Who knoweth the power 
of thine anger. Heb. x. 31. It is a fearful 
tiling to fall into the hands of the living 
God. 

Nah. i. 3. The Lord is slow to anger, 
and great in power, and will not at all 
acquit the wicked. 

2 Thess. i. 9. The wicked shall be 
punished with everlasting destruction from 
the presence of the Lord, and from the 

flory of his power. See Ps. lix. 11. Ixri. 
. Rom. ix. 17. 

Almighty. Job xxi. 10. The eyes of 
tlie wicked shall see his destruction, and 
he shall drink of the wrath of the Al- 
mighty. Ch. xvii. 13, &.C. 

Job xl. 2. Shall he that contendeth with 
the Almighty instruct him ? he that hath 
reproved God let him answer it. 

Jsa. xiii. 6. The day of the Lord shall 
come as a destruction from the Almighty. 
Joel i. 15. — ii. 11. 

Might. Ps. xxiv. 8. The Lord, strong 
and mighty in battle. 

Isa. i. 24. Thus saith the Lord, the 
mighty one of Israel, I will ease me of 
mine adversaries, and avenge me of mine 
enemies. 

Jer. xvi. 21. I will cause them to know 
my hand ajid my might, and they shall 
know that my name is the Lord. 

Strength. Jer. xxi. 5. I will fight against 
you, with an outstretched hand, and with 
a strong arm; even with anger and fury, 
and in great wrath. 

Rev. xviii. 8. Strong is the Lord who 
judges Babylon. 

Hand. Exod. ix. 3. To Pharaoh Moses 
said, The hand of the Lord is upon the 
cattle, upon the horses, the asses, the 
camels, the oxen, and the sheep. 

Exod. ix. 15. I will stretch out mine 
hand that I may smite thee and thy peo- 
ple with pestilence. Ch. iii. 20. 

Ver. 16. For this cause have I raised 
thee up, to shew in thee my power. 

XV. 16. Fear and dread shall fall upon 
them, by the greatness of thine arm. Ch. 
vii. 5. 

Deut. ii. 15. The hand of the Lord was 
against those that murmured, to destroy 
them until they were consumed. 

xxxii. 20 to 44. How should one chase 
a thousand, and two put ten thousand to 
flight, except their Rock had sold them, 
and the Lord had shut them up ? 

Judges ii. 15. Whithersoever they went 


out, the hand of the Lord was against 
them for evil. 1 Sam. v. 9. — ^vi. 3. — 
vii. 13. 

xii. 5. If ye rebel against the com- 
mandment of the Lord, then shall the 
hand of the Lord be against you. 

Job X. 7. There is none that can de- 
hver out of thine hand. Ps. 1. 22. Hos. 
ii. 10. 

xxvii. 22. God shall cast upon the 
wicked man, and shall not spare: he 
would fain flee out of his hand. 

Ps. xxi. 8. Thine hand shall find 
out thine enemies. Ps. xcviii. 1. — 
cxviii. 5. 

Ixvi. 5. The Lord is terrible in his 
doings to the children of men. Ver. 3. 

Ixxv. 8. In the hand of the Lord there 
is a cup, and the wine is red : it is full 
of mixture, and he poureth out the same : 
but the dregs thereof all the wicked of 
the earth shall wring them out, and 
drink them. Jer. xxv. 15. 17. — Ii. 7. Hab. 
ii. 16. 

cvi. 26. He lifted up his hand against 
them, and overthrew them in the wilder- 
ness. Ezek. XX. 22. 24. 33. Ch. xxii. 13, 
14, 15. 

Isa. X. 32. He shall stretch his hand 
against the mount of the daughter of 
Zion. Ch. xix. 16. Ch. xxv. 11. Jer. vi. 
12. 16.— XV. 6, 

xxxi. 3. When the Lord shall stretch 
out his hand, both he that helpeth, and 
he that is helped, shall fall together. 

1. 11. This shall ye have of mine hand, 
ye shall lie down in sorrow. 

Hi. 10. The Lord hath made bare his 
holy arm in the sight of all nations. 

Ezek. xiv. 13. When the land sinneth 
against me by trespassing grievously, 
then will I stretch out mine hand upon 
it, and I will break the staff" of the bread 
thereof, and I will send a famine upon 
it, and cut off" man ajid beast from it. 
Ch. vi. 14. 

xxv. 7. I will stretch mine hand upon 
thee, and will deliver thee for a spoil to 
the heathen. Ch. xiii. 16. — .xxxv. 3. 

Amos ix. 2. Though they dig into 
hell, thence shall mine hand take 
them. 

Zeph. i, 4. I will stretch mine hand 
upon Judah. Ch. ii. 13. 

Acts xiii. 11. The hand of the Lord is 
upon thee, and thou shalt be blind for a 
season. 

LXXVII. Sins against the power of 
God. Ps. xxviii. 5. Because they re- 
gard not the works of the Lord, nor 


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Old Testament Miracles. 


Chap. I. 


tlie operation of his hands, he shall de- 
stroy them, and not build them up. 

Isa. V. 12. They regarded not the 
work of tlie Lord, neither considered the 
operation of his hands. Ch. xxvi. 11. — 
liii. 1. — Ixv. 2. 

V. 25. His anger is not turned away, 
but his hand is stretched out still. Ch. 
ix. 12. 17. 21.— 4. xxiv. 27. 

Matt. xxii. 29. Ye do err, not knoAv- 
ing the scriptures, nor the power of God. 

Duties resulting from or founded upon 
the doctrine of God's power. Isa. xxxiii. 
13. Ye that are near, acknowledge my 
might. 

Ps. xviii. 1. I will love thee, O Lord, 
my strength. See Love to God. 

Luke xii. 5. Fear him, who after he 
hath killed, hath power to cast into hell. 
See Fear of God. 

Isa. xxvi. 4. Trust in the Lord for 
ever ; for in the Lord Jehovah is everlast- 
ing strength. See Trust in God. 

1 Chron. xvi. 11. Seek the Lord and his 
strength. Ps, cv. 4. See Seek God. 

Ps. xxi. 1. The king shall joy in thy 
strength. See Joy in God. 

Ps. lix. 17. To thee, O my strength, 
will I sing. See Praising God. 

Ixviii. 34. Ascribe ye strength unto the 
Lord. 

xcvi. 7. Give unto tlie Lord glory and 
strength. 

clxv. 6. Men shall speak of the glory of 
thine acts. Ver. 11. 

cl. 1. Praise the Lord in the firmament 
of his power. 

Jude 25. To the only wise God, our 
Saviour, be glory and majesty, dominion 
and power, both now and ever. Amen. 

Rev. iv. 11. Thou art worthy, O Lord, 
to receive glory, and honour, and power ; 
for thou hast created all things, and for 
thy pleasure, tiiey are, and were created. 
See Ch. v. 13.— vii. 12.— xix. 1. 

OLD TESTAMENT MIRACLES. 

As Miracles may he considered as uncom- 
mon effects, produced by the interposal 
and exertion of divine power, it is 
thou [rht proper to give the following mi- 
rar.les a place under this article. — (See 
Miracles, Ch. iv. Sect. 50 to 58.) 

LXXVIII.l. Miracles affecting nations, 
and particular persons. Gen. 7th and 
8th cliapters. The flood, with all its cir- 
cumstances : the design thereof, 2 Pet. ii. 
5, to destroy the ungodly. 


Gen. xxi. 2. The birth of Isaac. 

xxii. 13. He is miraculously delivered 
from death. 

xix. 24. The destruction of Sodom and 
Gomorrah, &.c. Deut. xxix. 23. Isa. xiii. 
19. Jer. xlix. 18.— 1. 4. 

Exod. iii. 2. An angel appears to Moses 
in a flame of fire, in a bush. 

iv. 3. Moses's rod is changed into a 
serpent. — Ver. 4. His hand becometh 
leprous, and is restored. 

vii. 10. Aaron's rod is turned into a 
serpent before Pharaoh. — Ver. 12. It 
swallows up the magicians' rods, turned 
serpents also. — Ver. 20. The waters of 
Egypt are turned into blood. 

viii. G. The plague of frogs. — Ver. 17. 
The plague of lice. — Ver. 21. The plague 
of flies. 

ix. 6. A plague upon cattle. — Ver. 10. 
Plagueof boils.— Ver. 23. Thunder, hail, 
and fire. 

X. 13. The plague of locusts.— Ver. 22. 
Darkness sent as a plague. 

xii. 29. The death of the first-born.— 
Ver. 31. Israel leaves Egypt. 

xiii. 21. Israel is guided by a pillar of 
a cloud and fire, 

xiv. 20. The pillar is dark towtird the 
Egyptians, and bright toward tlie Israel- 
ites. 

Ver. 21. The sea is divided.— Ver. 22. 
Israel passeth through safely. — Ver. 26. 
The sea returns and overwhelms the 
Egyptians, 

2. These miracles wrought hy the pow- 
er of God. Exod. iii. 20. I will smite 
Egypt with all my wonders, Ch. iv. 9. 17. 
28.— vii 3.— xi. 9. Deut. vi. 22.— vii. 19. 
xxvi. 8. — xxxiv. 11. 

Neh. ix. 10. Thou shewest wonders on 
Pharaoh. Jer. xxxii. 20, 21. 

3. The design of these miracles. Exod. 
vi. 6, 7. I will redeem you with great 
judgments, and yc shall know tliat I am 
the Lord your God. 

vii. 5. The Egyptians shall know that 
I am the Lord, when I stretch forth mine 
hand upon Egypt. 

Ver. 17. Ch. xiv. 4. 18. The waters 
turned into Mood. In this thou shalt 
know that I am the Lord. 

viii. 10. By the plague of frogs, that 
thou mayest know that there is none like 
unto the Lord our God. Ch. ix. 14. 

Ver, 17. Of the plague of lice: The 
magicians said. It is the finger of God. 

Ver. 22. No swarms of }?ies shall be 


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in the land of Goshen ; to the end thou 
mayest know that I am the Lord iii the 
midst of the earth. 

Exod. ix. 16. For this cause have I 
raised thee up, that my name may be 
known in all the earth. 

Ver. 27, 28. At the plague of hail, 
Pharaoh called for Moses and Aaron, 
and said unto them," I have sinned this 
time: the Lord is righteous, I and my 
people are wicked. Entreat the Lord 
for me, and I will let you go. — Ver. 29. 
Moses said, I will spread abroad my 
hands unto the Lord; and the thunder 
shall cease, neither shall there be any 
more hail ; that thou mayest know that 
the earth is the Lord's. 

X., 16, 17. At the plague of locusts, 
Pharaoh called for Moses and Aaron, 
and said, I have sinned against the Lord 
your God. Entreat the Lord your God, 
tliat he may take away this death only 
from me. 

Ver. 24. At the plague of darJcness, 
Pharaoh said to Moses, Go serve the 
Lord your God; only let your flocks 
a,nd your herds be stayed; let your little 
ones go with you. 

xi. 7. Against any of the children of 
Israel, shall not a dog move his tongue 
against man or beast ; that ye may 
know, how that the Lord doth put a 
difference between the Egyptians and 
Israel. 

xiv. 4. 17. Concerning the overthrow 
of Pharaoh and his army, God said, I 
will get me honour upon Pharaoh, 
and upon all his host. — Ver. 18. The 
Egyptians shall know that I am the 
Lord, when I have gotten me honour 
upon Pharaoh, upon his chariots, and 
upon his horsemen. 

xii. 32. Upon the death of the Jirst-horn 
cf Egypt, Pharaoh said, Take your flocks 
and your herds, and be gone, and bless 
me also. 

4. After the overthrow of Pharaoh, 
Exod. xiv. 31. Israel saw that great work 
which the Lord did upon the Egyptians ; 
and the people feared the Lord and 
believed the Lord- 

XV. 1, They sang this song to the 
Lord, saying, I will sing unto the Lord, 
for he hath triumphed gloriously: the 
horse and his rider hath he thrown into 
the sea, &c. 

xxix. 46. Israel shall know that I am 
the Lord their God, which brought them 
out of the land of Egypt. 

5. Miracles in the wilderness and the 


borders thereof, Exod. xvi. 12, 13. 
Quails and manna sent for food. Numb. 
xi. 31. 

xvii. 6. Water brought from a rock, 
for drink. Numb. xx. 11. 

Deut. xxix. 5, 6. Israelites' clothes 
waxed not old, &c. That ye might know 
that I am the Lord thy God. 

Exod. xix. 16. Thunders and light- 
nings, and a thick cloud appear upon 
Mount Sinai, and the voice of a trumpet 
exceeding loud is heard, so that all the 
people trembled. Ch. xx. 18. 

XX. 1. The law is delivered. — Ver. 22. 
The Lord talked with them from hea- 
ven. 

xxiv. 18. Moses tarries forty days on 
the mount. 

xxxiv. 28. Moses fasts forty days. — 
Ver. 29.' His face shines so that the 
Israelites could not look upon it. 

Lev. ix. 24. Fire from the Lord con- 
sumes the burnt- offering. 

X. 2. Fire from the Lord consumes 
Nadab and Abihu, for offering with 
strange fire unto the Lord. 

Numb. xiv. 37. Men who brought an 
evil report die by the plague. 

xvi. 1. The rebellion of Korah and his 
company. — Ver. 32. The earth opens 
and swallows them up. 

Ver. 49. Fourteen thousand die by 
the plague, for murmuring. 

xvii. 8. Aaron's rod budded, as a de- 
cisive token of the priesthood being fixed 
in the house of Levi. 

xi. 25. The spirit of prophecy given 
to the elders of Israel. 

xxi. 4. The people for murmuring 
are bitten by fiery serpents. — Ver. 6. 
And healed by looking on a brazen ser- 
pent. — Ver. 9. On a pole. 

xxii. 28. Balaam reproved by an ass 
speaking, and terrified at the sight of an 
angel, as he went to curse Israel. — xxiii. 
8. 20. Is forced to bless Israel. Ch. xxiv. 
4. 13. 

Josh. iii. 7. Jordan stops until Israel 
passeth over- 

6. The design and use to he made of 
these miracles, is thus set forth. Exod. x. 
2. Tell in the ears of thy son, and of thy 
son's son, what things I have wrought 
in Egypt, and my signs which I have 
done amongst them ; that ye may know 
how that I am the Lord. 

Deut. iv. 32, 33. Ask now of the days 
that are past, since the day that God 
created man upon the earth, and ask 
from the one side of heaven unto the 


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Old Testament Miracles. 


Chap. I. 


other, wlietlicr there hath been any 
such thing- as this great thing is, or hath 
been heard hke it: Did ever people 
hear the voice of God speaking out of 
the midst of the fire, as thou hast heard, 
and hve ? 

Dcut. iv. 34, 35. Or hath God assayed 
to take him a nation from the midst of 
another nation, by temptations, by 
signs, and by wonders, and by war, and 
by a mighty hand, and by a stretched- 
out arm, and by great terrors, according 
to all that the Lord your God did for you 
in Egypt, before your eyes ? Unto thee 
it was shewed, that thou mightest know 
that the Lord is God ; there is none else 
besides him. 

Ver. 36. Out of heaven he made thee 
to hear his voice, that he might instruct 
tliee; and upon earth, he shewed thee 
his great fire; and thou heardest his 
words out of the midst of the fire. — 
Ver. 39. Know, therefore, this day, 
and consider it in thine heart, that the 
Lord he is God, in heaven above, and 
in the earth beneath; there is none 
else. 

Josh. iv. 23, 24. The Lord your God 
dried up the waters of Jordan before 
you, as he did the Red sea : That all 
the people of the earth might know the 
liand of the Lord, that it is great ; and 
that wc miglit fear the Lord our God for 
ever. Ch. iii. 10. 14. 

xxiv. 31. Israel served the Lord all 
tlie days of Joshua, and all the days of 
the elders that outlived Joshua, which 
had known all the works of the Lord 
which he had done for Israel. Judg. 
ii. 7. ^ 

7. Other miracles and remarhahle pro- 
vidences in the land of Israel, wrought for 
promoting the faith and worship of the one 
living and true God. 

Josh. vi. 20. Jericho taken, the walls 
thereof falling down at the sound of 
rams' horns. 

X. 11. Israel's enemies destroyed by 
hajl. 

Ver. 1 3. The sun stands still. 

Judg. vi. 38. A sign given to Gideon 
by a fleece. 

vii. 13. Another sign, a Midianilish 
host miraculously discomfited. 

xiii. 19. An angel foretells the birth 
of Samson. 

SamHon's works. Ch. xiv. G. — xv. 14, 
15, 19.^xvi. .3. 12. 14. 30. 

1 Sam. V. 3. Dagon falls before tiie 
ark. 


vi. 12. The ark carried to the land 
of Israel by cattle without a guide. 
Ver. 14. 

vii. 10. God thundereth upon the 
Philstines. 

xii. 18. Thunder and rain sent at 
Samuel's prayer. 

xiv. 15. Enemies struck with ground- 
less fear. — Ver. 20. They kill one an- 
other. 

xvii. 49. David kills Goliah. — Ver. 46. 
Saying, the Lord will deliver thee into 
mine hand, that all the earth may know 
that there is a God in Israel. 

xix. 20. The spirit of prophecy comes 
upon Saul's messengers. — Ver. 21. And 
upon Saul. Ver. 24. 

1 Kings xiii. 5. The altar rent, and 
ashes poured out as a sign foretold by the 
prophet. 

Ver. 6. Jeroboam's withered hand 
restored at the prayer of the prophet. 

Ver. 28. An ass and lion stand by the 
carcass of a disobedient prophet, slain 
by the lion. 

xvii. 1. Elijah''s miracles, viz. A great 
drought. — Ver. 6. He is fed by ravens. 
— Ver. 16. Multiplies a barrel of meal, 
and cruse of oil in famine. — Ver. 22. 
Brings a dead child to life. 

xviii. 33. In a contest with the priests 
of Baal, to decide whether the God of 
Israel, or Baal, was the true God, fix© 
consumes Elijah's sacrifice, though 
much water was poured on it. — Ver. 
27. Elijah prayed and said, hear me, O 
Lord, that this people may know that 
thou art the Lord God. — Ver. 38. When 
the fire consumed the sacrifice, the peo- 
ple fell on their faces and cried. The Lord 
he is God, the Lord he is God. 

1 Kings XX. 13. A remarkable victory. 
Ver. 28. 

2 Kings i. 10. Officers sent to lay 
hold on Elijah, are consumed by fire 
lirom heaven. 

ii. 8. Jordan struck with Elijah's man- 
tle, divides. — Ver. 11. Elijah is carried 
to heaven. — Ver. 22. Waters healed by 
Elisha. 

iii. 16. Waters appear like blood to 
the enemy. — Ver. 24. A great slaughter 
o!'them. 

iv. 5. Elisha multiplies a widow's oil. 
— Ver. 35. Restores a dead child to life. 
— Ver. 40. Sons of the prophet miracu- 
lously fed. 

v. 14. Naaman cured of leprosy. — 
Ver. 27. Lojjrosy entailed upon Gehazi 
and his offspring. 


Chap. I. 


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2 Kinga vi. 6. Iron swims. I 

iv. 12. Elisha discovereth secret coun- 
sels, — Ver. 18. At his prayer the enemy 
is smitten with blindness. — Ver. 20. Their 
eyes opened. 

xiii. 21. A dead man is resorted to life, 
on touching the bones of Elisha. 

xix. 35. An angel smites the host of 
the Assyrians. Isa. xxxvii. 20. 

XX. 10. The shadow returns ten de- 
grees on the dial, as a sign to Hezekiah. 

1 Chron. xxi. 26. An angel slaying the 
Israelites is stopped at David's prayer. 

2 Chron. vii. 1. Fire consumes the 
sacrifice at Solomon's prayer. 

XX. 23. Enemies destroy one another. 

Neh. ix. 21. During forty years travel 
•in the wilderness, the clothes of the 
Israelites waxed not old, nor did their feet 
swell. Deut. viii. 4. — xxix. 5. 

8. Miraculous judgments by the hand 
of enemies upon the wicked; the end and 
design of every one of which is expressly 
said to be, that God might be known by 
them. Ezek. vi. 7. Your cities shall be 
laid waste. Ver. 10. 14. Ch. xxxiii. 29. 

vii. 4. I will recompense thy ways 
upon thee. Ver. 9. 27. 

xi. 10. Ye shall fall by the sword. Ver, 
12. 

xii. 15. I will scatter them among the 
nations. Ver. 16, 17. 20. 

xiii. 9. Mine hand shall be upon the 
prophets that divine lies. Ver. 14. 21. 
23. 

xiv. 8. Every one that setteth up his 
idols in his heart, and cometh to a pro- 
phet to inquire of me, I will set my face 
against that man. 

XV. 7. I set my face against you. Ver, 
8. 

XX. 37. I will cause you to pass under 
the rod. Ver. 12. 44. 

Ver. 38. I will purge out the rebels 
from among you. 

Ezek. xxi. 3. 5. Thus saith the Lord, 
I am against thee, and will draw forth 
my sword : it shall not return any more. 

xxii. 15. And I will scatter thee among 
the heathen, and disperse thee in the 
countries, and wUl consume thy filthiness 
out of thee. 

Ver, 22. As silver is melted in the 
midst of the furnace, so shall ye be 
melted in the midst thereof; and ye shall 
know that I the Lord have poured out 
my fury upon you. 

xxiii. 46. I will give you to be removed 
and spoiled. Ver. 47. 


Ezek. XXV. 7. I will deliver thee for a 
sport to the heathen. See Ch. xxiv. 21. 
24. 27. 

9. Judgments upon other nations, for 
the 'Same end. Ezek. xxv. 16. I will 
stretch out mine hand upon the Philis- 
tines. Ver. 5. 7. 11. 14. 17. 

xxvi. 3. I am against thee, O Tyrus. 
Ver, 6. 

xxviii, 22, Against thee, O Zidon, Ver. 
23, 24. 26. 

xxix. 3, Against thee, O Pharaoh. Ver. 
9. 16. 21. Ch. XXX. — xxxii. 

XXXV. 2. Mount Seir, I will lay thy 
cities waste, Ver. 4. 9. 15, 

xxxviii. 16. Thou Gog shall come 
against my people. 

10. The same is asserted to be the end 
of the following merciful providences, as 
the reader will find by consulting at large 
the places quoted. 

Isa. xlix. 23. And kings shall be thy 
nursing fathers, and their queens thy 
nursing mothers : They shall bow down 
to thee, with their face toward the earth, 
and lick up the dust of thy feet, and thou 
shalt know that I am the Lord : For 
they shall not be ashamed that wait for 
me, 

Ezek. xxxiv. 27. The tree shall yield 
her fruit, the earth shall yield her increase, 
and they shall be safe. 

xxxvi. 37, I will increase them with 
men like a floek. — Ver. 38, So shall the 
waste cities be filled with men. Ver. 11. 
24. 

xxxvii, 6, I will lay sinews upon you, 
and will bring up flesh upon you, and 
cover you with skin, and put breath into 
you, and ye shall live; and ye shall 
know that I am the Lord, — Ver. 13. 
Ye shall know that I am the Lord, when 
I have opened your graves, O my peo- 
ple, and brought you up out of your 
graves, 

xxxix, 6, When I have brought them 
from captivity, then shall they know that 
I am the Lord, which caused them to be 
led into captivity, Ver, 7, 22. 28, 

See Isa, xliii. 9, 10, 11, 12,— xlv. 3,— iv. 
6,— Ixvi, 14, Ezek, xvi. 62, 

11. Miracles in Babylon. Dan, ii. 31. 
Daniel tells the king his dream, and the 
interpretation thereof, — Ver. 47. The king 
answered, Of a truth it is, that your God 
is a God of gods, and Lord of lungs, and 
a revealer of secrets. 

iii. 25, Three men in the fiery furnace 
unhurt by it. — Ver. 29. The king made 


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Righteousness of God — Justice of God. Chap. I. 


a decree, that whosoever should speak 
against God who delivered them, should 
bo cut to pieces. 

iv. 19. Daniel explains the king's 
dream, which being accomplished, the 
king praised and honoured the King of 
heaven. Ver. 34. 37. 

V. 25. Daniel explains the writing 
upon the wall, concerjiing Belshazzar. 

See also Daniel's visions. 

RIGHTEOUSNESS OF GOD, 

LXXIX. Righteousness ascribed to 
God. Deut. xxxii. 4. All his ways are 
judgment: a God of truth, and without 
iniquity ; just and right is he. 

Job xxxvi. 3. Elihu said, I will ascribe 
righteousness to my Maker. 

Ps. xi. 7. He is the righteous Lord, 
that loveth righteousness. Ps. xxxiii. 5. 

xxxvi. 6. Tliy righteousness is like 
tlie great mountains ; thy judgments are 
a great deep. 

_ xlviii. 10. Thy right hand is full of 
righteousness. 

Ixxi. 19. Thy righteousness, O God, is 
very high. 

xcii. 15. There is no unrighteousness 
in the Lord. 

xcvii. 2. Righteousness and judgment 
are the habitation of his tlirone. 

cxi. 3. His righteousness endureth for 
ever. Ps. cxii. 3. 9. 

cxix. 137. Righteous art thou, O Lord, 
and upright are thy judgments. (Jer. xii. 
I.) Vcr. 142. Thy righteousness is an 
everlasting righteousness, and thy law is 
the truth. 

cxlv. 17. The Lord is righteous in all 
his ways, and holy in all his works. 

Jer. ix. 24. I am the Lord, which 
exercise loving-kindness, judgment and 
righteousness in the earth. 

LXXX. God is righteous in punishing 
the wicked. Gen. xviii. 23. Abraham 
said, Wilt thou also destroy the righteous 
with the wicked ?— Ver. 25. That be far 
from thee, to slay the righteous with the 
wicked ; and that the righteous should 
be as tlie wicked, that be far from thee : 
Shall not the Judge of all the earth do 
right? 

Exod. ix. 27. Pharaoh said, Tiic Lord is 
righteous ; I and my ])(;ople arc wicked. 

Nch. ix. 33. TJiou art just in all that is 
brought upon us; for tliou hast done 
right, but we have done wickedly. — Lam. 
i. 18. Dan. ix. 14. 


Job xxxiv. 23. He will not lay upon 
man more than right. 

Ps. xcviii. 2. His righteousness hath 
he openly shewed in the sight of the 
heathen. 

exxix. 4, The Lord is righteous ; he 
hath cut asunder the cords of the wicked. 

Isa. xxviii. 17. Judgment will I lay 
to the line, and righteousness to the 
plummet. 

Dan. ix. 7. O Lord, righteousness be- 
longeth unto thee, but unto us confusion 
of face, as at this day. Ver. 14. Mic. vi. 5. 

Rev. xvi. 5. The angel said, Thou art 
righteous, O Lord, because thou hast 
judged thus. Ch. xviii. 6. 

LXXXI. Men shall reap as they sow. 
For this see the following texts : Job iv. 
8. Prov. xxii. 8. Jer. ii. 19. Hos. x. 13. 
Gal. vi. 7, 8. Whatsoever a man soweth, 
that shall he also reap. 

LXXXII. In rewards to the righteous. 
1 Sam. xxvi. 23. The Lord render to 
every man his righteousness, and his 
faithfulness. 

2 Sam. xxii. 21, The Lord rewarded me 
according to my righteousness Ps. xviii. 
20 See 1 Kings viii. 32. Job xxxiii. 26. 

Matt. XX. 4. What is right, that shall 
ye receive. 

LXXXIII. Things of God declared to 
he right. 

Righteous are his judgments. Neh. ix. 
13. Thou gavest them right judgments, 
and true laws, good statutes and com- 
mandments. Sec Deut. iv. 8. Ps. xix. 9.— 
cxix. 62. 106. 137. 160. 164. Jer. xii. 1. 

Statutes. Ps. xix. 8. The statutes of 
the Lord are right. 

Precepts. Ps. cxix. 128. I esteem all 
thy precepts concerning all things to be 
right. 

Testimonies. Ps. cxix. 138. Thy testi- 
monies that thou hast commanded are 
righteous. Ver. 144. 

Commands. Ps. cxix. 172. All thy 
commandments are righteousness. 

Word. Ps. xxxiii. 4. The word of the 
Lord is right, and all his works are done 
in truth. Isa. xlv. 19. 

Ways. Hos. xiv. 9. The ways of the 
Lord are right, and the just shall walk 
therein. Acts xiii. 10. 

JUSTICE OF GOD. 
LXXXIV. Justice ascribed to God. 


Chap. I. 


GocVs Truth — Faithfulness. 


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Deut. xxxii. 4. A God of truth, with- 
out iniquity: just and right is he. 

Neh, ix. 33. Thou art just in all that is 
brought upon us. Lara. i. 18. 

Job iv. 47. Shall mortal man be more 
just than God ? 

viii. 3. Doth God pervert' judgment, or 
doth the Almighty pervert justice? 

xxxvii. 23. He is excellent in power, 
and in judgment, and in plenty of justice. 

Ps. Ixxxix. 14. Justice and judgment 
are the habitation of his throne; mercy 
and truth shall go before his face. Ps. 
xcvii. 2. 

Isa. xlv. 21. I the Lord, a just God, and 
a Saviour. 

Jer. 1. 7. They have sinned against the 
Lord, the habitation of justice. 

Zeph. iii. 5. The just Lord is in the 
midst thereof 

1 John i. 9. He is just to forgive us our 
sins. 

Rev. XV. 3. Just and true are thy ways, 
O thou King of saints. 

LXXXV. Injustice and iniquity denied 
concerning God. Deut. xxxii. 4. See 
above. 

2 Chron. xix. 7. There is no iniquity 
with the Lord. 

Job xxxiv. 12. Surely God will not do 
wickedly; neither will the Almighty per- 
vert judgment. See Jer. ii. 5. Zeph. iii. 5. 

GOD'S TRUTH. 

LXXXVI. Truth ascribed to God. 
Exod. xxxiv. 6. The Lord God, merciful 
and gracious, abundant in goodness and 
truth. 

Deut. xxxii. 4. A God of truth, with- 
out iniquity ; just and right is he. 

Ps. XXV. 10. All the paths of the Lord 
are mercy and truth, to such as keep his 
covenant and his testimonies. 

Ivii. 3, God shall send forth his mercy 
and his truth. — Ver. 10. Thy mercy is 
great unto the heavens, and thy truth unto 
the clouds. 

Lxxxv. 10. Mercy and truth are met 
together; righteousness and peace, &c. 

Ixxxvi. 15. Thou, O Lord, art a God 
full of compassion, and gracious, long- 
suffering, and plenteous in mercy and 
truth. 

Ixxxix. 14. Justice and judgment are 
the habitation of thy throne : mercy and 
truth shall go before thy face. 

xci. 4. His trutli shall be thy shield and 
buckler. 

4 


Ps. xcvi. 13. He shall judge the world 
with his righteousness, and the people 
with his truth. 

xcviii. 3. He hath remembered his 
mercy and his truth towards the house of 
Israel. 

c. 5. The Lord is good; his mercy is 
everlasting, and his truth endureth to all 
generations. Ps. cxvii. 2. 

cxlvi. 6. He keepeth truth for ever. 

See Gen. xxiv. 27. — xxxii. 10. Ps. xxxi. 
5. — cxv. 1. — cxxxviii. 2. Numb, xxiii. 19. 

John vii. 28 viii. 26. 2 Cor. i. 8. Rev. 

iii. 7.— vi. 10. 

LXXXVII. Things of God called truth. 
Ps. xxxiii. 4. The word of the Lord is 
right; and all his works are done in 
truth. Ps. cxi. 8. 

Dan. iv. 37. All his works are truth, 
and his ways judgment. 

Ps. cxix. 142. Thy righteousness is an 
everlasting righteousness, and thy law is 
the truth. Ps. xix. 9. — cxix. 160. 

Isa. XXV. 1. Thy counsels of old are 
faithfulness and truth. 

Rev. XV. 3. Just and true are thy ways, 
O thou King of saints. 

LXXXVIII. Lying denied of God. 
Numb, xxiii. 19. God is not a man that 
he should lie. 

1 Sam. XV. 29. The strength of Israel 
will not lie. Ps. Ixxxix. 35. 

Tit. i. 2. God cannot lie. Heb. vi. 18. 

GOD'S FAITHFULNESS. 

LXXXIX. The faithfulness of God. 
Deut, vii. 9. He is the faithful God, 
which keepeth covenant and mercy 
with them that love him and keep his 
commandments, to a thousand genera- 
tions. 

Ps. xxxvi, 5. Thy mercy, Lord, is in 
the heavens ; and thy faithfulness reach- 
eth unto the clouds. 

Ixxxix. 8. O Lord God of hosts, wlio is 
a strong Lord like unto thee, or unto 
thy faithfulness round about thee ? Ver. 2. 

Ver, 33. My loving-kindness will I not 
take from him, nor suffer my faithfulness 
to fail. Ver. 24. 

cxix. 90. Thy faithfulness is unto all 
generations. Ver. 75. 

cxliii. 1. In thy faithfulness answer me, 
and in thy righteousness. 

Isa. xlix. The Lord is faithful. 

Lam. iii. 23. Great is thy faithfulness. 

1 C]!or. i. 9. God is faithful, by whom 


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God's Faithfulness — Purity — Holiness, Chap. I. 


ye were called into the fellowship of his 
Son Jesus Christ. Ch. x. 12. 

1 TJiess. V. 24. Faithful is he that 
calleth you. 

2 Thess. iii. 3. The Lord is faithful, 
w^ho shall establish you, and keep you 
from evil. 

2 Tim. ii. 13. He abideth faithful. 

Heb. X. 23. He is faithful that hath 
promised. 

1 Pet. iv. 19. The faithful Creator. 

1 John i. 9. He is faithful and just to 
forgive us our sins. 

XC. Things of God called faithful. 
Commands and testimonies. Ps. cxix. 
138. Thy commandments are righteous, 
and very faithful. Ver. 86. 

Word. Tit. i. 9. The scriptures are his 
faithful word. Rev. xxi. 5. — xxii. 6. 

Counsels. Isa. xxv. 1. Thy coimsels of 
old are faithfulness and truth. 

Christ. Rev. i. 5. He is the faithful 
witness. Ch. xbc. 11. 

God to he praised for his faithfulness. 
Ps. xl. 10. I have declared thy faithful- 
ness and thy salvation. 

Ixxxix. 1. With my mouth will I make 
known thy faithfulness. — Ver. 5. The 
heavens shall praise thy wonders, O 
Lord, and thy faithfulness also in the 
congregation of the saints. 

xcii. 2. It is a good thing to show forth 
thy loving-kindness every morning, and 
thy faithfulness every night. Ps. Ixxxviii. 

XCI. God^s faithfulness in fulfilling 
his promises. Josh. xxi. 45. There failed 
not ought of any good thing which the 
Lord had spoken unto the house of Isra- 
el : all came to pass. Ch. xxiii. 14, 15. 
1 Kings viii. 15. 20. 24. 

Mic. vii. 20. Thou wilt perform the 
truth to Jacob, and thy mercy to Abra- 
ham, which thou hast sworn to our fathers 
from the days of old. Jer. xi. 5. Com- 
pare Gen. xxvi. 3. Deut. ix.*5. 

Acts iii. 18. These things which God 
showed by the mouth of all his prophets, 
that Christ should suffer, he hath fulfilled. 
Ch. xiii. 32. Luke i. 72, 73. Ps. Ixxxix. 34. 

XCII. Infuljilling threatenings. Lam. 
ii. 17. Tlic Lord hath fulfilled his word 
that he commanded in the days of old ; he 
hath thrown down and hath not pitied, he 
hath caused thine enemy to rejoice over 
ihcc, &c. See Isa. Ixvi. 11. Jer. i. 12. — 
xxxix. 16.— Ii. 29. Ezek. xii. 25. 


GOD'S PURITY. 

XCIII. God is pure. Job iv. 17. Shall 
man be more pure than his Maker. Ver. 18. 

XV. 15. Behold he putteth no trust in 
his saints ; yea the heavens are not clean 
in his sight. 

xxv. 5. Behold to the moon, and it shin- 
eth not, yea the stars are not pure in his 
sight. 

Hab. i. 13, Thou art of purer eyes than 
to behold evil, and canst not look upon 
iniquity. 

1 John iii. 3. God is pure. 

Ps. xix. 8. His commandment is 
pure. 

Ps. xii. 6, Ps. cxix. 140. Prov. xxx. 5, 
His word is pure. 

GOD'S HOLINESS. 

XCIV. Holiness of God. Exod. xv. 11. 
Who is like unto thee, O Lord, glorious 
in holiness, fearful in praises, doing 
wonders. 

Lev. xi. 44. Ye shall be holy, for I the 
Lord your God am holy. Ch. xix. 2. — xx. 
26.— xxi. 8. 

Josh. xxiv. 19. He is an holy God, a 
jealous God. 

1 Sam. ii. 2. There is none holy as the 
Lord. 

Ps. xxii. 3. Thou art holy, O thou that 
inhabitest the praises of Israel. 

xeix. 5. Worship at his footstool, for 
he is holy. Ver. 9. 

cxlv. 17. The Lord is holy in all his 
works. 

Isa. V, 16. God that is holy shall be 
sanctified in righteousness. 

vi. 3. Holy, holy, holy, is the Lord of 
hosts, the whole earth is full of his glory. 
Rev. iv. 8. 

Ixiii. 15. Look down from heaven, and 
behold from the habitation of thy holiness, 
and of thy glory. 

Amos iv. 2. The Lord hath sworn by 
his holiness. 

John xvii. 11. Holy Father, keep 
througli thine own name, tlaose whom 
thou hast given me. 

Rev. iii. 7. These things saitli he that 
is holy. 

vi. 10, How long, O Lord, holy and 
true, dost thou not avenge our blood on 
them that dwell on the earth. 

XV. 4. Who shall not fear thee, O 
Lord, and glorify thy name, for thou only 
art holy; for all nations shall come and 
worship belbre thee. 


Chap. L 


God^s Holiness. 


53 


XCV. The same otherwise expressed. 
Job iv. 17. Shall man be more pure than 
his Maker ? Ch. ix. 2. 

Ver. 18. Behold he putteth no trust in 
his servants, and his angels he chargeth 
with folly. 

XV. 15. He putteth no trust in his 
saints, yea the heavens are not clean in 
his sight. 

XXV. 5. Behold even to the moon, and 
it shineth not, yea the stars are not pure 
in his sight. 

xxxiv. 10. Far be it from God that 
he should do vs^ickedness, and from the 
Almighty that he should commit ini- 
quity. 

Ps. v. 4, 5. Thou art not a God that 
hath pleasure in vi^ickedness, neither shall 
evil dvrell with thee. The foolish shall 
not stand in thy sight : thou hatest all the 
workers of iniquity. 

Lam. iii. 38. Out of the mouth of 
the Most High proceedeth not evil and 
good. 

Hab. i. 13. Thou art of purer eyes 
than to behold evil, and canst not look on 
iniquity. 

James i. 13. God cannot be tempted 
with evil, neither tempteth he any man. 

1 John i. 5. God is light, and in him 
is no darkness at all. 

XCVI. God is the holy one hy way of 
cminency, Isa, xliii. 15. I am the Lord, 
your holy one. 

Hab. i. 12. Art not thou from ever- 
lasting, O Lord, my holy one ? See 2 
Kings xix. 2. Isa. xxix. 23. — ^xxxvii. 23. — 
xlix. 7. Jer. 1. 29. 

The holy one of Israel. Ps. Ixxi. 22. 
I will praise thee, O thou holy one of 
Israel. Ps. Ixxxix. 18. Isa. i. 4. — x. 20. 
— ^xii. 6. — xvii. 7. — xxix. 19. — xxxi. 1. 
Jer. li. 5. Ezek. xxxix. 7. 

XCVII. Things pertaining to God de- 
dared holy. 

His name. Ps. cxi. 9. Holy and re- 
verend is his name. Lev. xxii. 32. Ps. 
xcix. 3. Isa. Ivii. 15. Ezek. xxxix. 7. 

Throne. Ps. xlvii. 8. God sitteth on 
the throne of his holiness. 

Heaven. Ps. xx. 6. He will hear from 
his holy heaven, with the saving strength 
of his right hand. 2 Chron. xxx. 27. 

Place. Ps. xxiv. 3, 4. Who shall ascend 
into the hill of the Lord? who shall stand 
in his holy place ? He that hath clean 
hands and a pure heart. Ps. xlvi. 4. — 
Ixviii. 17. 35. 


Hill. Ps. iii. 4. I cried, God heard me 
out of his holy hill. Ps. ii. 6. — xv. 1. — 
xliii. 3. — xcix. 9. 

Habitation. Deut. xxvi. 15. Look down 
from thy holy habitation, from heaven, 
and bless thy people. Ps. Ixviii. 5. Jer- 
XXV. 30. Zech. ii. 13. 

Mountain. Isa. xlv. 25. They shall not 
hurt nor destroy in all my holy mountain. 
Ch. xi. 9.— Ivi. 7.— Ivii. 13.— Ezek. xx. 
40. Deut. xi. 45. Joel iii. 17. Zech. 
viii. 3. 

House. Ps. xciii. 5. Holiness be- 
cometh thine house, O Lord. 1 Chr. 
xxix. 3. 

Oracle. Ps. xxviii. 2. Hear the voice 
of my supplication, when I cry unto 
thee, when I lift up my hands toward 
thine holy oracle. Isa. xxvii. 13. — Ixiv. 
11. 

Promise. Ps. cv. 42. He remembered 
his holy promise. 

Covenant. Luke i. 72. God remem- 
bered his holy covenant. Dan. xi. 28. 
30. 

Law. Rom. vii. 12. The law and 
the commandment is holy, just and 
good. 

Scriptures. Rom. i. 2. Promised in the 
holy scriptures. 2 Tim. iii. 15. 

Calling. 2 Tim. i. 9. God hath saved 
us, and called us with an holy call- 
ing. 

Sabbath. Exod. xvi. 23. To-morrow 
is the rest of the holy Sabbath. Ch. xxxi. 
14, 15. Neh. ix. 14. Isa. Iviii. 13. 

People. Deut. vii. 6. Thou art an holy 
people to the Lord your God. Ch. xiv. 2. 
21. See Exod. xix. 6. and 1 Pet. ii. 1. 
Lev. X. 10. Num. xv. 40. 1 Cor. iii. 17. 
Eph. i. 4.— V. 27. Heb. iii. 1. 1 Pet. i. 
15.— ii. 5.-2 Pet. iii. 11. 

Prophets. Luke i. 70. God spake by 
the mouth of his holy prophets. 2 Pet. iii. 
2. Rev. xxii. 6. 

Priests. Exod. xxii. 31. Ye priests 
shall be holy unto me. — Isa. Iii. 11. Be 
ye clean that bear the vessels of the 
Lord. 

Jesus. Acts iv. 30. Signs and wonders 
done by the holy child Jesus. Heb. vii. 
26. Ps. xvi. 10.— Ixxxix. 19. Acts ii. 27. 
— iii. 14. — xiii. 35. 

Spirit. Ps. li. 11. Take not thy holy 
Spirit away. Isa. Ixiii. 10, 11. Luke xi. 
13. Rom. i. 4. Eph. i. 13.— iv. 30.-1. 
Thess. iv. 8. 

Angels. Mark viii. 38. The son of 
man cometh with his holy angels. Acts 
x. 20. Rev. xiv. 10. 


54 


God^s Goodness. 


Chap. I. 


GOODNESS OF GOD. 

XCVIII. Goodness ascribed to God. 
Exod. xxxiv. 6. The Lord, the Lord 
God, merciful and gracious, long-suffer- 
ing-, and abundant in goodness and truth. 

1 Chron. xvi. 34. O give thanks to the 
Lord, for he is good, his mercy endureth 
for ever. 2 Chron. v. 13. — vii. 3.. Ezra iii. 
IL Ps. c. 5. — cvi. 1. — cvii. 1. — cxviii. 1. 
29. — cxxxv. 3. — cxxxvi. 1. — cxlv. 9. Jer. 
xxxiii. IL Lam. iii. 25. Nah. i. 7. 

Ps. XXV. 8. Good and upright is the 
Lord ; therefore will he teach sinners in 
the way. 

xxxiv. 8. O taste and see that the Lord 
is good : blessed is the man that trusteth 
in him. 

iii. 1. The goodness of God endureth 
continually. 

Ixxxvi. 5. Thou, Lord, art good, and 
ready to forgive, and plenteous in mercy 
to all that call upon thee. Ps. cxix. 
68. 

cxlv. 7. Men shall abundantly utter 
the memory of thy great goodness, and 
shall sing of thy righteousness. 

Zech. ix. 17. How great is his good- 
ness ! how great is his bounty ! 

Matt. xix. 17. There is none good but 
one, that is, God. Luke xviii. 19. 

Rom. ii. 4. The goodness of God, 
ieadeth to repentance. 

xi. 22. Behold the goodness and seve- 
rity of God. 

XCIX. The Lord doth good. Gen. 
xxxii. 12. Tlie Lord said to Jacob, I will 
surely do thee good, &c. 

1. 20. Joseph said to his brethren. Ye 
thought evil against me, but God meant 
it for good. 

Exod. xxxiii. 19. The Lord said, I will 
make all my goodness to pass before 
tliee. 

Deut. XXX. 9. The Lord will rejoice 
over thee for good. 

xxxiii. 16. Blessed be Joseph, for 
the good will of him that dwelt in the 
hush. 

2 Sam. vii. 28. O Lord, thou hast 
promised this goodness unto thy servant. 
Vcr. 29. 

1 Kings viii. 66. The people rejoiced 
for all the goodness the Lord liad done 
for David his servant, and for Israel his 
people. 

Ezra viii. 22. The hand of our God is 
upon all them for good that seek him. 
Ver. 18. Ch. vii. 9. Noh. ii. 8. 18. 


Neh. V. 19. Think upon me, O my 
God, for good. Ch. xiii. 31. 

ix. 25. Thy people delighted themselves 
in thy great goodness. 

Job ii. 10. Shall we receive good at 
the hand of God, and shall we not receive 
evil. 

Ps. iv. 6. Many say. Who will shew 
us any good ? Lord lift thou up the light 
of thy countenance upon us. 

xxi. 3. Thou preventest with the bless- 
ings of thy goodness. 

xxiii. 6. Goodness and mercy shall 
follow me all the days of my life, and I 
shall dwell in the house of the Lord for 
ever.* 

XXV. 7. According to thy mercy, re- 
member me for thy goodness' sake. 

xxvii. 13. I had fainted unless I had 
believed, to see the goodness of tlie Lord 
in tlie land of the living. 

xxxiii. 5. The earth is full of the 
goodness of the Lord. 

xxxiv. 10. They that seek the Lord 
shall not want any good thing. 

Ixv. 4. We shall be satisfied witli the 
goodness of thy house, even of thy holy 
temple. 

Ixix. 16. Hear me, O Lord, for thy 
loving-kindness is good. 

Ixxiii. 1. Truly God is good to Israel, 
to sucli as are of a clean heart. 

Ixxxiv. 11. The Lord is a sun and 
shield ; he will give grace and glory : no 
good thing will he withhold from them 
that walk uprig-litly. 

Ixxxvi. 17. Show me a token for good. 

ciii. 5. Bless the Lord, O my soul ; 
who satisfieth -thy mouth with good 
things. 

cvii. 8. O that men would praise the 
Lord for his goodness, and for his won- 
derful works to the children of men. Ver. 
15. 21. 31. 

cxix. 122. Be surety for thy servant for 
good. 

cxliii. 10. Thy Spirit is good, lead me 
into the land of uprightness. 

cxliv. 2. The Lord is my goodness, 
my fortress, and high tower, &c. 

Isa. Ixiii. 7. I will mention the loving- 
kindness of the Lord, and the praises of 
the Lord, according to all that the Lord 
hath bestowed on us, and the great good- 
ness toward the house of Israel, which he 
he hath bestowed on them. 

.Ter. xxiv. 5. I sent tlicm captives out 
of tlijis place for their good. — Ver. 6. I 
will set mine eyes upon them for good, 
and I will build them, and plant them . 


Chap. I. 


Mercy of God, 


55 


Jer. xxix. 32. The wicked shall not 
behold the good that I will do for my 
people. 

xxxi. 12. They shall come and sing 
in the height of Zion; and shall flow 
together to the goodness of the Lord, 
for wheat and for wine, &c. — Ver. 14. 
My people shall be satisfied with my 
goodness, saith the Lord. 

xxxii. 39. I will give them one heart 
and one way, that they may fear me for 
ever ; for the good of them, and of their 
children after them.— Ver. 42. I will 
bring upon this people all tlie good that I 
have promised. 

xxxiii. 9. The nations of the earth 
shall hear the good that I do unto my 
people, and they shall fear and tremble, 
for all the goodness, and for all the 
prosperity. , 

Ver. 14. Behold the days come, saith 
the Lord, that I will perform that good 
thing which I have promised unto the 
house of Israel. See Josh. xxi. 45. — 
xxiii, 14. — xxiv. 20. and 1 Kings viii. 56. 

Hos. iii. 5. The children of Israel shall 
fear the Lord, and his goodness, in the 
latter days. 

Matt. vii. 11. If ye, being evil, know 
how to give good gifts to your children, 
how much more shall your Father which 
is in heaven, give good things to them 
that ask him ? 

XX. 15. Is thine eye evil because I am 
good? 

Luke i. 53. He hath filled tlie hungry 
with good things. 

. ii. 14. Glory to God in the highest, 
and on earth peace and good will towards 
men. 

xii. 32. It is your Father's good plea- 
sure to give you the kingdom. 

Acts xiv. 17. God left not himself 
without witness, in that he did good, 
and gave us rain fi-om heaven, and fruit- 
fiil seasons. Ps. civ. 28. — Ixviii. 10. — 
Ixxxv. 12. 

Rom. viii. 28. All things work toge- 
ther for good to them that love God, to 
them that are the called according to 
his purpose. 

James i. 17. Every good gift, and 
every perfect gift is fi-om above, and 
Cometh down from the Father of lights. 

MERCY OF GOD. 

C, God is merciful. Exod. xxxiv. 6, 
7. The Lord God, mercifiil and gra- 
cious, long-suffering, and abundant in 
goodness and truth; keeping mercy 

4* 


for thousands, forgiving iniquity, trans- 
gression and sin. 

Numb. xiv. 18. The Lord is long- 
sufffering, and of great mercy, forgiving 
iniquity. 

Neh. ix. 17. Thou art a God ready to 
paidon, gracious and merciful, slow to 
anger, and of great kindness. Ver. 19. 
27, 28. 31. 

Ps. xxxvi. 5. Thy mercy, Lord, is in 
the heavens, and thy faithfulness reach- 
eth unto the clouds. 

Ivii. 10. Thy mercy is great unto the 
heavens, and thy truth reacheth unto 
the clouds. Ps. cviii. 4. 

Ixii. 12. Unto thee, O Lord, belong, 
eth mercy. 

Ixxxvi. 15. Thou, O Lord, art a God 
ftill of compassion, and gracious, long- 
suffering, and plenteous in mercy and 
truth. ■ Ver. 5. 

c. 5. The Lord is good, his mercy is 
everlasting and his truth endureth to 
all generations. 

ciii. 8. The Lord is mercifiil and gra- 
cious, slow to anger, and plenteous in 
mercy. Ps. cxi. 4. 

cxvi. 5. Gracious is the Lord, and 
righteous ; yea, our God is merciful. 

cxix. 156. Great are thy tender mer- 
cies, O Lord. 2 Sam. xxiv. 14. 

cxxxviii. 8. Thy mercy, O Lord, en- 
dureth for ever. 

cxlv. 8. The Lord is gracious, and 
full of compassion; slow to anger, and 
of great mercy. 

Dan. ix. 9. To the Lord our God be- 
long mercies and forgivenesses, though 
we have rebelled against him. 

Lam. iii. 22. It is of the Lord's mer- 
cies that we are not consumed, because 
his compassions fail not. — Ver. 32. 
Though he cause grief, yet will he 
have compassion, according to the mul- 
titude of his mercies. 

Jonah iv. 2. Thou art a gracious God, 
and merciful, slow to anger, and of great 
kindness, and repentest thee of the 
evil. 

Mic. vii. 18. Who is a God like unto 
thee, that pardoneth iniquity, and pass- 
eth by the transgression of the remnant 
of his heritage ? he retaineth not his 
anger for ever, because he delighteth in 
mercy. 

2 Cor. i. 3. The Father of mercies, 
and God of all comfort, 

Eph. ii. 4, God is rich in mercy. 

James ii. 13. Mercy rejoiceth against 
judgment. 


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Mercy of God, 


Chap. I. 


James v. 11. The Lord is very pitiful, 
and of tender mercy. 

1 Pet. ii. 3. If ye have tasted that tJie 
Lord is gracious. 

CI. Mercy promised. Ps. v. 7. I will 
come mito thy house in the multitude of 
tliy mercy. 

Ivii. 3. God shall send forth his mercy 
and his truth. 

lix. 10. The God of mercy shall pre- 
vent me. 

Ps. Ixxxix. 2. Mercy shall be built 
for ever ; thy faithfulness slialt thou es- 
tabhsh in the heavens. — Ver. 14. Mercy 
and truth shall go before thy face. — 
Ver. 28. My mercy will I keep for him 
for evermore. 

cii. 13. Thou shalt have mercy on 
Zion. 

Isa. xiv. 1. TJie Lord will have mercy 
on Jacob, and will clioose Israel. 

XXX. 18. Therefore will the Lord 
wait, that he may be gracious unto you ; 
and therefore will he be exalted tliat he 
may have mercy upon you. 

liv. 7, 8. For a small moment have I 
forsaken thee, but with great mercies 
will I gather thee. In a. little Avrath I 
hid my face from thee, for a moment, 
but with everlasting kindness will I 
have mercy on thee, saith the Lord thy 
Redeemer. — Ver. 10. For the moun- 
tains shall depart, and the hills be re- 
moved, but my kindness shall not depart 
from thee, neither shall the covenant of 
my peace be removed, saith the Lord 
that hath mercy on thee. 

xUi, 21. The Lord is well pleased for 
his righteousness' sake ; he will magnify 
the law, and make it honourable. 

Iv. 3. I will make an everlasting co- 
venant with you, even the sure mercies of 
David. 

xlix. 10. He that hath mercy on them 
shall lead them, even by the springs of 
water shall he guide them, 

Ix. 10. In my wrath I smote thee, but 
in my favour have I had mercy on thee. 

Jcr. XXX, 18. I will bring again the 
captivity of Jacob's tents, and will have 
mercy on his dwelling-places. Ch. xxxiii. 
26. Ezek. xxxix. 25. Hos. i. 7.— xii. 23. 

xlii. 21. I will shew mercies unto you, 
that the king of Babylon may have mercy 
upon you, and cause you to return to 
your own land. 

Lam. iii. 32. Tbough the Lord cause 
grief, yet will he have comi)a8sion, ac- 
cording to the multitude of liis mercies. 

Hos. ii. 19. I will betroth thcc unto 


me in righteousness, and in judgment, 
and in loving-kindness, and in mercies. 

Mie. vii. 20. Thou wilt perform the 
truth unto Jacob, and the mercy unto 
Abraham, which thou hast sworn unto 
our fathers. 

Zech. i. 16. Thus saith the Lord, I 
am returned to Jerusalem with mercies. 

X. 6. I will bring them again to this 
place, for I have merc}'^ upon them ; and 
they shall be as though I had not cast 
them off. 

Rom. ix. 15. I will have mercy on 
whom I will have mercy. (Exod. xxxix. 
19.) Ver. 16. It is not of him that 
willeth, nor of him that runneth, but of 
God that sheweth mercy. 

CII. Personstowhomilfercij is promised. 
Mercy is* promised to the ohedient. See 
the foUcAving texts on promises to the 
obedient : Exod. xx. 6. Deut. v. 10. — 
xiii, 17, 18. Ps. XXV. 10. 

To the penitent. See in promises to 
conversion, or turning to God, the fol- 
lowing texts : 2 Chron, xxx. 9. Prov. 
xxviii. 13. Isa. Iv. 7. Jer. iii. 12. — xxxi. 
19, 20. 

To them that fear God. See in pro- 
mises to them that fear God, the follow- 
ing texts : Ps. ciii. 11. 13, 17. Luke 
i.50. 

To them that love God. See in pro- 
mises to loving God, the following texts : 
Exod. XX. 6. Deut. v. 10. Ps. cxix. 132. 
Jude 21. 

To them that trust in God. See in 
promises to them that trust in God, the 
following texts : Ps. xxxii. 10. — xxxiii. 
22. 

CIII. Mercy prayed for. Numb. vi. 
24, 25, 26. On this wise the priests shall 
bless (or pray for) the people : The 
Lord bless thee, and keep thee : The 
Lord make his face shine upon thee, 
and be gracious unto thee : The Lord 
lift up his countenance upon thee, and 
give thee peace. 

xiv. 19. Pardon, I beseech thee, the 
iniquity of this people, according to the 
greatness of thy mercy. 

Deut. xxi. 8. Be merciful, O Lord, 
unto thy people, whom thou hast re- 
deemed. 

Neh. xiii, 22. Remember me, O my 
God, and spare me, according to the 
greatness of thy mercy. 

Ps. iv. 1. Have mercy upon me, and 
hear my prayer. 

vi. 2. Have mercy upon me, O Lord, 


Chap. I. 


Mercy of God. 


57 


fori am weak: O Lord, heal me. — Ver. 
4. O save me for thy mercies sake. Ps. 
XXX. 10.— Ixix. 13, 14. 16, 17.— Ivii. 1.— 
xliv. 26. — ^Ivi. 1. — cxxiii. 3. 

Ps. ix. 13. Have mercy upon me, O 
Lord; consider my trouble. 

XXV. 6, 7. Remember, O Lord, thy 
tender mercies and thy loving- kindnesses ; 
for they have been ever of old. — Remem- 
ber not the sins of my youth, nor my 
transgressions: according to thy mercy 
remember thou me. Ps. Ixxxvi. 6. 

Ver. 16. For thy goodness' sake, O 
Lord, turn thee unto me, and have 
mercy upon me; for I am desolate and 
afflicted. Ps. Ixxxvi. 16. 

xxvi. 11. I will walk in mine inte- 
grity: redeem me, and be merciful unto 
me. 

xl. 11. Withhold not thou thy tender 
mercies from me, O Lord : let thy loving- 
kindness and thy truth, continually pre- 
serve me. 

xli. 4. Lord, be merciful unto me ; and 
heal my soul, for I have sinned against 
thee. 

li. 1. Have mercy upon me, O God, 
according to thy loving-kindness; accord- 
ing to the multitude of thy tender mercies 
blot out my transgressions. 

Ixi. 7. O prepare mercy and truth, 
which may preserve the king. 

Ixxix. 8. O remember not against us 
former iniquities: let thy tender mercies 
speedily prevent us. — Ver. 9. Help us, 
O God of our salvation, for the glory of 
thy name; and deliver us, and purge 
aw^ay our sins for thy name's sake. 

Ixxxv. 7. Show us thy mercy, O Lord, 
and grant us thy salvation. 

Ixxxvi. 3. Be merciful unto me, O 
Lord, for I cry unto thee daily. — Ver. 5. 
For thou. Lord, art good and ready to 
forgive; and plenteous in mercy to all 
that call upon thee. Ps. xxvii. 7. 

xc. 14. O satisfy us early with thy 
mercy, that we may rejoice and be glad 
all our days. 

cix. 21. Because thy mercy is good, 
deliver thou me, for I am poor and 
needy. — Ver. 26. Help me, O Lord my 
God, and save me according to thy 
mercy. 

cxix. 41. Let thy mercies come also 
unto me, O Lord, even thy salvation, 
according to thy word.— Ver. 58. Be 
merciful unto me, according to thy word. 
— Ver. 77. Let thy tender mercies come 
unto me, that I may live. — Ver. 124. Deal 
with thy servant according unto thy 


mercy ; and teach me thy statutes. — Ver. 
132. Look thou upon me, and be merciful 
unto me, as thou usest to do unto those 
that love thy name. 

Hos. xiv. 2. Take away all our iniquity, 
and receive us graciously. 

Hab. iii. 2. O Lord, revive thy work in 
the midst of the years ; in wratli remem- 
ber mercy. 

Mai. i. 9. Beseech God that he will be 
gracious unto us. 

Luke xviii. 13. God be merciful to me 
a sinner. 

Gal. vi. 16. As many as walk according 
to this rule, peace be on them, and mercy, 
and upon the Israel of God. 

1 Tim. i. 2. Grace, mercy, and peace, 
from God the Father, and the Lord Jesus 
Christ. 2 Tim. i. 2. Tit. i. 4. 2 John 3. 

2 Tim. i. 16. The Lord give mercy 
unto the house of Onesiphorus. — Ver. 18. 
The Lord grant that he may find mercy 
of the Lord in that day. 

Heb. iv. 16. Let us come boldly unto 
the throne of grace, that we may obtain 
mercy, and find grace to help in time of 
need. 

Jude 2. Mercy unto you, and peace 
and love be multiplied. 

CIV. Mercy acknowledged in vatious 
instances. Gen. xix. 16. The Lord being 
merciful unto Lot, brought him forth, and 
set him without the city. — Ver. 19. Lot 
said, Thou hast magnified thy mercy In 
saving my life. 

Exod. XV. 13. Thou in thy mercy hast 
led forth the people which thou hast re- 
deemed. 

2 Sam. xxii. 51. He sheweth mercy to 
his anointed, unto David, and to his seed 
for evermore. Ps. xviii. 50. 1 Kings iii. 
6. 2 Chron. vi. 42. 

Ezra vii. 28. Blessed be the Lord, who 
hath extended mercy unto me, before the 
king and his counsellors. Ch. ix. 9. 

Ps. xciv. 18. When I said, My foot 
slippeth; thy mercy, Lord, held me up. 

xcviii. 3. The Lord hath remembered 
his mercy, and his truth, toward the 
house of Israel. Luke i. 54. 72. 77. 

cvi. 45. He remembered for them his 
covenant, and repented according to the 
multitude of his mercies. 

cxix. 64. The earth, O Lord, is full of 
thy mercy. 

Rom. ix. 23. That God might make 
known the riches of his glory on the 
vessels of mercy, that he had afore prd- 
pared unto glory. 


58 


Mercy of God. 


Chap. I. 


1 Cor. vii. 25. Paul said, I obtained 
mercy of the Lord to be faithful. 

1 Tim. i. 13. Paul said, I who was a 
blasphemer, and a persecutor, and injuri- 
ous, obtained mercy. 

Tit. iii. 5. According to his mercy he 
saved us. 

1 Pet. i. 3. His abundant mercy. 

ii. 10. Ye have obtained mercy. 

CV. Thanks for mercy. Gen. xxiv. 47. 

Abraham's servant said. Blessed be the 
Lord God, who hath not left destitute my 
master, of his mercy and his truth. 

1 Chron. xvi. 34. O give thanks unto 
the Lord, for he is good: for his mercy 
endureth for ever. 2 Chron. v. 13. — vii. 
36.— XX. 21. Ezra iii. 11. Ps. cvi. 1.— 
cvii. 1. — cxviii. 1. — cxxxvi. 1. Jer. iii. 
11. 

Ps. lix. 16. I will sing aloud of thy 
mercy. Ps. Ixxxix. 1. 

Ixvi. 20. Blessed be God, who hath not 
turned away my prayer, nor his mercy 
from me. 

ciii. 1. Bless the Lord, O my soul. — 
Ver. 4. Who crowneth thee with loving, 
kindness and tender mercies. 

cxv. 1. Not unto us, but unto thy name 
give glory, for thy mercy and thy truth's 
sake. 

CVI. Mercy in the pardon of sin. See 
in Sect. 1. texts, Exod. xxxiv. 6, 7. Numb, 
xiv. 18. Neh. ix. 17. Ps. Ixxxv. 5. Dan. 
ii. 9. 

Ps. xxxii. 1, 2. Blessed, is he whose 
transgression is forgiven, and whose sin 
is covered. Blessed is the man to whom 
the Lord imputeth not iniquity. 

Ixv. 3. As for our transgressions, thou 
wilt purge them away. 

Ixxxv. 2. Thou hast forgiven the ini- 
quity of thy people; thou hast covered 
all their sin. 

ciii. 3. The Lord forgiveth all thine 
iniquities; he hcaleth all thy diseases. — 
Ver. 10. He hath not dealt with us after 
our sins. 

cxxx. 4, There is forgiveness with 
thee, that tliou mayest be feared. 

Isa. i. 18. Though your sins be as scarlet 
or crimson, they shall be as snow, or as 
wool. 

xxxiii. 24. The inhabitants'shall not say, 
I am sick ; the people that dwell there 
shall be forgiven their iniquity. 

xliii. 25. I, even 1, am he that blotteth 
out thy transgressions for mine own sake, 
and will not remember thy sins. 


xliv. 22. I have blotted out as a thick 
cloud thy transgressions, and as a cloud 
thy sins. 

Iv. 7. Let the wicked forsake his way, 
and the unrighteous man his thoughts ; 
and let him return unto the Lord, and he 
will have mercy upon him: and to our 
God, for he will abundantly pardon. See 
promises to repentanceandturning to God. 

Jer. iii. 12. Return, thou backsliding 
Israel, saith the Lord, and I will not 
cause mine anger to fall upon you: for 
I am merciful, saith the Lord, I will not 
keep anger for ever. — Ver. 22. Return, ye 
backsliding children, and I will heal your 
backslidings. 

xxxiii. 8. I will cleanse them from all 
their iniquity, whereby they have sinned 
against me; and I will pardon all their 
iniquities, whereby they have sinned, and 
whereby they have transgressed against 
me. 

1. 20. In those days, and in that time, 
saith the Lord, the iniquity of Israel 
shall be sought for, and there shall be 
none; and the sins of Judah, and they 
shall not be found; for I will pardon 
them. 

Ezek. xxxiii. 15, 16. If the wicked 
restore the pledge, give again that he 
hath robbed, walk in the statutes of life, 
none of his sins that he hath committed 
shall be mentioned unto him; he shall 
surely live. 

Hos. xi. 8. How shall I give thee up, 
Ephraim? how shall I deliver thee, 
Israel ? &c. — Ver. 9. I will not execute 
the fierceness of mine anger, I will not 
return to destroy Ephraim; for I am God, 
and not man. 

xiv. 4. I will heal their backslidings, I 
will love them freely : for mine anger is 
turned away. 

Matt. xii. 31. All manner of sin and 
blasphemy shall be forgiven unto men, 
but the blasphemy against the Holy 
Ghost. — Ver. 32. Whosoever shall speak 
a word against tlie Son of man, it shall be 
forgiven liim. 

Heb. X. 17. Their sins and their ini- 
quity will I remember no more. Ch. viii. 
12, Jer. xxxi. 34. 

CVII. Pardon and forgiveness prayed 
for. Exod. xxxii. 31, 32. Moses said, 
TJiis people have sinned a great sin. 
Yet now, if thou wilt, forgive their sin ; 
if not, blot me out of thy book, which thou 
hast written. 

xx.xiv. 9, O Lord, pardon our iniquity 


Chap. I. 


God is Compassionate. 


59 


and our sin, and take us for thine inhe- 
ritance. 

Numb. xiv. 19. Pardon, I beseech thee, 
the iniquity of this people, according to 
the greatness of thy mercy. Ver. 20. 

1 Kings viii. 30. Solomon prays for 
forgiveness to the people. 

2 Chron. xxx. 18. Good Lord, pardon 
every one, &c. 

Job vii. 20. I have sinned, what shall 
I do unto thee, O thou preserver of men ? 
Ver. 21. Why dost thou not pardon my 
transgression ? 

Ps. XXV. 18. Look upon mine affliction 
and my pain, and forgive all my sins. Ver. 
11. Ps. xxxi. 3. 

Dan." ix. 19. O Lord hear, O Lord for- 
give ; hearken and do, defer not for thine 
own sake, O my God. 

Amos vii. 2. O Lord God, forgive I 
beseech thee. 

Luke xxiii. 34. Jesus said. Father, 
forgive them; for they know not what 
they do. 

Acts viii. 22. Peter said to Simon 
Magus, Repent, and pray God, if perhaps 
tlie thought of thine heart may be for- 
given thee. See Naaman's prayer, 2 Kings 
V. 18. Hezekiah's prayer, 2 Chron. xxx. 
18, 19. 


GOD IS COMPASSIONATE. 

CVIII. Compassion ascribed to God. 
Ps. Ixxxvi. 15. Thou, O Lord, art a God 
full of compassion, and gracious : long-suf- 
fering, and plenteous in mercy and truth. 

cxlv. 8. The Lord is gracious and full 
of compassion ; slow to anger and of great 
mercy. Ps. cxi. 4. — cxii. 4. 

God excited compassion toward his peo- 
ple in the hearts of their enemies. Ps. 
evi. 46. 1 Kings viii. 50. 2 Chron. xxx. 9. 

CIX. Compassion, to whom promised. 
Deut. xxx. 2, 3. When thou shalt return 
unto the Lord thy God, and shalt obey 
his voice; then the Lord will return thy 
captivity, and have compassion on thee. 
Ch. xiii. 17. 

Jer. xii. 15. After I have plucked 
them out I will return, and have compas- 
sion on them, and will bring them again 
every man to his heritage, and to his 
land. 

Lam. iii. 32. Though he cause grief, 
yet will he have compassion, according 
to the multitude of his mercies. 

Mic, vii, 18. Who is a God like unto 


thee, who pardoneth iniquity ? &c. — Ver. 
19. He will turn again, he will have com- 
passion upon us ; he will subdue our ini- 
quities ; and thou wilt cast all their sins 
into the depths of the sea. 

Rom. ix. 15. I Avill have compassion 
on whom I will have compassion. Ex. 
xxxiii. 19. 

ex. Instances of divine compassion. 
2 Kings xiii. 23. The Lord was gracious 
unto Israel, and had compassion on them, 
when they were oppressed by enemies. 

2 Chron. xxxvi. 15. The Lord God of 
their fathers sent to them by his messen- 
gers, rising up betimes and sending ; be- 
cause he had compassion on his people, 
and on his dwelling-place. 

Ps. Ixxviii. 38. He being full of com- 
passion,' forgave their iniquity, and de- 
stroyed them not ; yea, many times, turned 
he his anger away, and did not stir up his 
wrath. 

Lam. iii. 32. It is of the Lord's mercies 
that we are not consumed : because his 
compassions fail not. 

Matt, xviii. 27. The Lord of that ser- 
vant, moved with compassion, forgave him 
the debt. 

Mark v. 19. Jesus said to the man out 
of whom he had cast a devil. Go tell 
how great things the Lord hath done 
for thee, and hath had compassion on 
thee. 

Luke XV. 20. The father saw the pro- 
digal son returning, and had compassion 
on him, and ran and fell on his neck, and 
kissed him. " 

God excited compassion towards his 
people in the hearts of their enemies. 
Ps. cvi. 46. 1 Kings viii. 50. 2 Chron. 
xxx. 9. 

CXI. Compassion ascribed to Christ. 
Instances in which it was excited. Matt, 
ix. 36. At seeing the multitude scattered 
as sheep without a shepherd. Mark vi. 
34. 

xiv. 14. At seeing a multitude of sick 
persons, whom he healed. 

XV. 32. At seeing a multitude without 
bread, whom he fed. Mark viii. 2. 

XX. 34. At seeing blind men whose 
eyes he opened. 

Mark i. 41. At seeing a leper, whom 
he healed. 

ix. 22. 25. At seeing a child possessed 
of a dumb spirit, whom he cast out. 

Luke vii. 13. At seeing a mother's 
grief, whose son he restored to life. 


60 God pitieth — Long- Suffering of God — his Kindness. Chap. I. 


GOD PITIETH. 

CXI I. God hath pity on his people. Ps. 
ciii. 13. Like as a father pitieth liis chil- 
dren, so the Lord pitieth tliem that feaf 
Iiim. 

Isa. Ixiii. 9. In his love and in his pity 
he redeemed his people; and he bare 
them, and carried them all the days of old. 

Ezek. xxxvi. 21 . I had pity for mine 
holy name, which the house of Israel had 
profaned among the heathen. 

Joel ii. 18. The Lord will be jealous 
for his land, and pity his people. 

James v. 11. The Lord is very pitiful, 
and of tender mercy. 

CXIII. God will not pity the wicked, 
Ezek. V. 6. She hath changed my judg- 
ments into wickedness : they have refused 
my judgments and statutes, and have not 
walked in them. — Ver. 11. I will not 
spare, neither will mine eyes pity. (Ch. 
vii. 49.— viii. IS.— ix. 10.) Ver. 13. I 
jvill cause my fury to rest upon them. 

Jer. xiii. 10. This evil people refuse to 
hear my words, and I will not pity, nor 
spare, nor have mercy upon them, but 
destroy them, saith the Lord. Zech. xiv. 

LONG-SUFFERING OF GOD, AND 
FORBEARANCE. 

CXIV. Long-suffering ascribed to God. 
Rom. ii. 4. Despisest thou the riches of 
his goodness and forbearance, and long- 
fiuffering, not knowing that the goodness 
of God leadeth thee to repentance. 

ix. 22, 23. God endm-ed, with much 
long-suffering, the vessels of wrath fitted 
to destruction: That he might make 
known the riches of his glory on the ves- 
sels of mercy, which he had afore pre- 
pared unto glory. 

1 Pet. iii. 20. The long-suffering of 
God waited in the days of Noah, while 
the ark was preparing. 

2 Pet. iii. 9. The Lord is long-sufFer- 
ing to US-ward, not willing tiaat any should 
perish, but that all sliould come to repent- 
ance. — Ver. 15. The long-suffering of our 
Lord is salvation. 

1 Tim. 1. 16. I obtained mercy, that in 
rac Christ might shew all long-suffering, 
for a pattern to tlicm whicli sliould herc- 
aflcr believe on him to life everlasting. 
See Numb. xiv. 18. Ps. Ixxxvi. 15. 

CXV. Forhearance ascrihed to God. 
Numb, jjv. 27. The Lord said, How long 


shall I bear this evil congregation which 

murmur against me ? 

Neh. ix. 30. Many years didst thou 
forbear them. 

Jer. xliv. 22. The Lord would no 
longer forbear, because of the evil of their 
doings. 

Luke xviii. 7. The Lord will avenge 
his own elect, though he bear long. 


KINDNESS OF GOD. 

CXVI. Kindness ascrihed to God, and 
promised and exercised towards his peo- 
ple. Neh. ix. 17. Thou art a God ready 
to pardon, gracious and merciful, slow to 
anger, and of great kindness. 

Ps. xxxvi. 7. How excellent is thy 
loving-kindness, O God! therefore the 
sons of men put their trust under the 
shadow of thy wings. 

xlii. 8. The Lord will command his 
loving-kindness in the day time, and in 
the night his song shall be with me, and 
my prayer to tlft; God of my salvation. 

Ixxxix. 33. My loving-kindness will I 
not utterly take from him, nor suffer my 
faithfulness to fail. 

cvii. 43. The wise, they shall under- 
stand the loving-kindness of the Lord. 

cxvii. 2. His marvellous kindness is 
great toward us. 

Isa. liv. 8. In a little wrath I hid my 
face from thee for a moment, but with ever- 
lasting kindness will I have mercy on thee. 
Ver. 10. The mountains shall depart, and 
the hills be removed, but my kindness 
shall not. depart from thee, neither shall 
the covenant of my peace be removed, 
saitli the Lord, that hath mercy on thee. 

Jer. ix. 24. I am the Lord, which ex- 
ercise loving-kindness, judgment, and 
righteousness in the earth : for in these 
things I delight, saith the Lord. 

xxxi. 3. I have loved thee with an ever- 
lasting love, therefore with loving-kind- 
ness have I drawn thee. 

xxxii. 18. Tliou shewest loving-kind- 
ness unto thousands. 

Hos. ii. 19. I will betroth tliee unto 
me in rigljteousness, and in judgment, 
and in loving-kindness, and in mercies. 

Joel ii. 13. The Lord your God is 
gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and 
of great kindness, and rcpcnteth him of 
the evil. 

L^ke vi. 35. God is kind unto the un- 
thankful, and to the evil. 
I Eph. ii. G, 7. God hath raised us up, 


Chap. I. 


Grace of God. 


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and made us sit together in heavenly 
places in Christ Jesys ; that in the ages 
to come he might shew the exceeding 
riches of his grace, in his kindness to- 
wards us, through Christ Jesus. 

Tit. iii. 4, 5. The kindness of God our 
Saviour towards men, appeared, not by 
works of righteousness which we have 
done, but according to his mercy he saved 
us, &,c. 

CXVII. Kindness prayed for. Gen. 
xxiv. 12. Abraham's servant prayed, and 
said, O Lord God of my master Abraham, 
I pray thee send me good speed, and 
shew kindness to my master. 

Ruth i. 8. Naomi said, The Lord deal 
kindly -with you as you have dealt with 
the dead, and with me. 

2 Sam. ii. 6. David said. The Lord 
shew kindness and truth unto you. 

Ps. xvii. 7. Shew thy marvellous loving, 
kindness, O thou that savest by thy right 
hand, them that put their trust in thee. 

XXV. 6. Remember, O Lord, thy tender 
mercies, and thy loving-kindnesses, for 
they have been ever of old. 

xxxvi. 10. O continue thy loving-kind- 
ness unto them that know thee, and thy 
righteousness to the upright in heart. 

xl. 11. Let thy loving-kindness and thy 
truth continually preserve me. 

li. 1. Have mercy upon me, O God, ac 
cording to thy loving-kindness. 

Ixix. 16. Hear me, O Lord, for thy 
loving-kindness; turn to me according to 
the multitude of thy tender mercies. 

Ixxxviii. 11. Shall thy loving-kindness 
be declared in the grave, or thy faithful- 
ness in destruction ? 

Ixxxix. 49. Lord, where are thy loving- 
kindnesses? 

cxix. 76. Let, I pray thee, thy merciful 
kindness be for my comfort, according to 
thy word. — Ver. 88. Quicken me after 
tliy loving-kindness; so shall I keep the 
testimonies of thy mouth. Ver. 149. 159. 

cxliii. 8. Cause me to hear thy loving- 
kindness in the morning; for in thee do 
I trust. 

CXVIII. Thanks for God^s kindness. 
Ps. xxvi. 3. Thy loving-kindness is be- 
fore mine eyes, and I have walked in thy 
truth. 

xxxi. 21. Blessed be the Lord, for he 
hath shewed me his marvellous kindness. 

Ps. xl. 10. I have not concealed thy 
loving-kindness, and thy truth. 

xlviii. 9. We have thought of thy 


loving-kindness, O God, in the midst of 
thy temple. 

Ixiii. 3. Because thy loving-kindness is 
better than life, my lips shall praise 
thee. 

xcii. 2. It is a good thing to shew 
forth thy loving-kindness in the morning, 
and thy faithfulness every night. 

ciii. 4. Bless the Lord, O my soul, who 
crowneth thee with loving-kindness and 
tender mercies. 

cxxxviii. 2. I will worship toward thy 
holy temple, and praise thy name, for 
thy loving-kindness and for thy truth; for 
thou hast magnified thy word above all 
thy name. 

Isa. Ixii. 7. I will mention the loving- 
kindness of the Lord, and the praises of 
the Lord, according to all that he hath 
bestowed on us ; and the great goodness 
he hath bestowed, &-c. 


GRACE OF GOD. 

CXIX. God is gracious. Gen. vi. 8. 
Noah found grace in the eyes of the 
Lord. Moses found grace, Exod. xxxiii. 
12, 13. 16. 

Exod. xxii. 27. The Lord said, When 
the poor crieth, I will hear; for I am 
gracious. 

xxxiii. 19. I will be gracious to whom 
I will be gracious, and I will have mercy 
on whom I'will have mercy. 

xxxiv. 6. The Lord God, merciful and 
gracious, long-suffering, and abundant in 
goodness and truth. 2 Chron. xxx. 9. 

2 Kings xiii. 23. The Lord was gra- 
cious unto Israel (in their distress), and 
had compassion on them, and had re- 
spect unto them, because of his covenant 
with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, and 
would not destroy them ; neither cast he 
them from his presence. 

Ezra ix. 8. For a little space, grace 
hath been shewed from the Lord our 
God, to leave us a remnant to escape, and 
to leave us a nail in his holy place, that 
our God may lighten our eyes, and give 
us a reviving. 

Neh. ix. 17. Tliou art a God ready to 
pardon, gracious, merciful, slow to anger, 
and of great kindness, and forsookest not 
thy people. 

Ps. Ixxvii. 9. Hath God forgotten to be 
gracious ? 

Ixxxvi. 15. Thou, O Lord, art a God 
full of compassion, and gracious, long- 
suffering, and plenteous in mercy and 


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Grace of God, 


Chap. I. 


txuth. Ps. ciii. 8. — cxi. 4. — cxii. 4. — cxvi. 
5.— cxlv. 8. Joel ii. 13. 

Isa. XXX. 18. Therefore will the Lord 
wait, that he may he gracious unto you; 
and therefore will he be exalted, that he 
may have mercy upon you. — Ver. 19. He 
will be gracious unto thee, at the voice of 
tliy cry ; when he heareth it he will an- 
swer thee. 

Jonali iv. 2. Thou art a gracious God, 
ajid merciful, slow to anger, and of great 
kindness, and rcpentest thee of the evil. 
See Amos v. 5. Zech. iv. 7. Grace, grace. 

CXX. God's throne is a throne of grace. 
Heb. iv. 16. Let us come boldly to the 
throne of grace, that we may obtain 
mercy, and find grace to help in time of 
need. 

CXXI. GoiVs Spirit is a Spirit of grace. 
Heb. X. 29. The Spirit of grace. ^Zech. 
xii. 10. The Spirit of grace and supplica- 
tion. 

CXXIL Christ is gracious. Luke iv. 
32. Gracious words proceed out of his 
mouth. 

Jolm i. 14. He was full of grace and 
truth. — Ver. 16. Of his fulness have all 
we received, and grace for grace. 

Acts XV. 11. We believe that through 
the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ we 
shall be saved. 

Rom. xvi. 20. The grace of our Lord 
Jesus Christ be with you. 1 Cor. xvi. 23. 
Phil. iv. 23. 1 Thess.v.28. 2 Thess. iii. 18. 

2 Cor. viii. 9. Ye know the grace of 
our Lord Jesus Christ, that though he was 
rich, yet for your sakes he became poor, 
that ye through his poverty miglit be rich. 

Eph. i. 7. We have redemption through 
his blood, the forgiveness of sins, accord- 
ing to the riches of his grace. 

1 Pet. ii. 3. If so be ye have tasted that 
llie Lord is gracious. 

CXXIII. The grace of God in the eco- 
nomy of man''s salvation. In election. — 
Rom. xi. .5, 6. There is a remnant ac- 
cording to the election of grace. And 
if by grace, then it is no more of works ; 
otherwise grace is no more grace. 

CXXIV. Our calling is of grace. Gal. 
i. 15. God, who separated me from my 
mother's womb, 
grace, &c. 


and called me ,by his 


2 Tim. i. 9. 'God hath saved us, and 
called us with an holy calling ; not ac- 


cording to our works, but according to 
his own purpose and grace, which was 
given us in Christ Jesus before the 
world began. 

1 Pet. v. 10. The God of all grace, 
who hath called us unto his eternal glory 
by Jesus Christ, make you perfect, stablish, 
strengthen, settle you. 

CXXV. Justification is of grace. Rom. 
iii. 24. Being justified freely by his grace, 
through^the redemption thiat is in Clirist 
Jesus. 

Gal. ii. 21. I do not frustrate the grace 
of God ; for if righteousness came by the 
law then is Christ dead in vain. 

v. 4. Christ is become of none effect to 
you, whosoever of you are justified by the 
law ; ye are fallen from grace. See Rom. 
V. 15. 17. 20, 21. 

CXXVL Par donof sin is through grace, 

Eph. i. 7. In Christ we have redemption 
through his blood, the forgiveness of sin, 
according to the riches of iiis grace. 

CXXVII. Adoption through grace, 
Epii. i. 5, 6. God having predestinated us 
to the adoption of children, by Jesus Christ, 
to himself, according to the good pleasure 
of his will, to the praise of the glory of 
his grace, wherein he hatli made us ac- 
cepted in the Beloved. 

CXXVIII. Sanctifying grace, or sancli- 
Jication through grace. "Ps. Ixxxiv. 11. 
The Lord God is a sun and shield; tlic 
Lord will give grace and glory ; and no 
good tiling will he withhold from them 
that walk uprightly. 

Prov. iii. 24. He scorneth the scorners,:' 
but giveth grace to the lowly. 

James iv. IG. He resisteth the proud, 
but giveth grace to the humble. 

2 Cor. ix. 8. God is able to make all 
grace abound toward you ; that ye, always 
having all-sufficieny in all things, may 
abound to every good work. Ver. 14. 

xii. 9. The Lord said, My grace is 
sufficient for thee: for my sti'cngth is 
made perfect in weakness. 

CXXIX. The gospel is of grace given. 
John i. 17. The law was given by Mo 
ses, but grace and truth came by Jesus 
Christ. 

Acts xiii. 43. Paul and Barnabas ex- 
horted C'hristians to continue in the 
grace of God. 

xiv. 3. The Lord gave testimony to 


I. 


Grace of God. 


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the word of his grace, and granted signs 
and wonders to be done in confirmation 
of it. 

Acts XX. 24. I testify the gospel of 
the grace of God. — Ver. 32. I commend 
you to God, and to the word of his grace, 
which is able to build you up, and to 
give you an inheritance among all them 
that are sanctified. 

Rom. V. 2. By Jesus Christ we have 
access by faith into this grace wherein 
we stand, and rejoice in hope of the glory 
of God. 

vi. 14. Sin shall not have dominion 
over you ; for ye are not under the law, 
but under grace. Ver. 15. 

2 Cor. vi. 1. We beseech you, that ye 
receive not the grace of God in vain. 

viii. 1. We do you to wit, (we make 
known to you) of the grace of God be- 
stowed on the churches. 

Gal. i. 6. I marvel that ye are so soon 
removed from him that called you into 
the grace of Christ. 

Phil. i. 7. Ye are all partakers of my 
grace. 

Col. i. 6. The gospel bringeth forth 
fruit in you, since the day ye heard of it, 
and knew the grace of God. 

Tit. ii. 11, 12, 13. The grace of God 
that bringeth salvation hath appeared 
unto all men, teaching us that, denying 
ungodliness and worldly lusts, we should 
live soberly, righteously, and godly, in 
this present world ; looking for the bless- 
ed hope, &c. 

Heb. xii. 15. Looking diligently, lest 
any man fail of the grace of God. 

1 Pet. i. 10. The prophets prophesied 
of the grace that should come unto you. 

V. 12, This is the true grace of God 
wherein ye stand. 

Jude 4. Ungodly men turn the grace 
of God into lasciviousness. 

CXXX. Giving alms called grace. 2 
Cor. iv. 15.— viii. 6, 7. 19. 

CXXXI. Ministerial abilities for pub- 
lishing the gospel, are of grace. Acts 
xiv. 26. The apostles had been recom- 
mended to the grace of God, for the work 
of the ministry which they fulfilled. Ch. 
XV. 40. 

Rom. i. 5. By whom (Christ) we 
have received grace and apostleship, 
for obedience to the faith among all 
nations. 

xii. 3. I say through the grace given 
unto me, to every man that is among 
you, not to think of himself more highly 
o 


than he ought to think. — Ver. 6. Having 
gifts differing, according to the grace 
that is given to us, let us, &c. 1 Pet. iv. 
7.10. 

Rom, XV. 15, 16. I have written the 
more boldly unto you, because of the 
grace that is given to me of God : That I 
should be a minister, &c. 

1 Cor. iii. 10. According to the grace 
of God given unto me, as a wise master 
builder, I have laid the foundation. 

Gal. ii. 9. When the brethren per- 
ceived the grace of God given unto me, 
they gave the right hand of fellov/sliip. 
See Eph. iii. 2. 7, 8. 

CXXXII. The effects of the gospel in 
a sanctijied nature and practice, called 
grace. Acts iv. 33. Great grace was 
upon them all. 

xi, 23, When Barnabas had seen the 
grace of God, he was glad, and exhorted 
them all, that with purpose of heart they 
would cleave unto the Lord. 

1 Cor. i. 4, I thank my God always 
on your behalf, for the grace of God 
which is given you by Jesus Christ. 

XV. 10. By the grace of God I am 
what I am : and his grace which was 
bestowed on me was not in vain, but. I 
laboured more abundantly than they all ; 
yet not I, but tiie grace of God which 
was with me, 

2 Cor. i, 12. Our rejoicing is this, the 
testimony of our conscience, that in 
simplicity and godly sincerity, not with 
fleshly wisdom, but by the grace of God, 
we had our conversation in the world. 

1 Tim, i, 14. The grace of our Lord 
was exceeding abundant, with faith and 
love, which is in Christ Jesus. 

2 Tim, ii. 1. Be strong in the grace 
which is in Christ Jesus. 

2 Pet. iii. 18. Grow in grace and in 
the knowledge of our Lord and Saviour 
Jesus Christ. 

Heb. xii. 28. Wherefore we receiving 
a kingdom that cannot be moved, let us 
have grace, whereby we may serve God 
acceptably, with reverence and godly fear. 

xiii. 9. Be not carried about with di- 
verse and strange doctrines ; for it is a 
good thing that the heart be established 
with grace. 

CXXXIII. Faith through grace. Acts 
xviii. 27. ApoUos helped them much 
who had believed through grace. 

CXXXIV, Hope through grace. 2 


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Chap. I. 


Thess. ii. 16, 17. Now the Lord Jesus 
Christ himself, and God even our Father, 
which Jiath loved us, and hatli given 
us everlasting consolation, and good hope 
through grace, comfort 3'our hearts, and 
stablish you in every good word and work. 

CXXXV. Prayer and praise throucrh 
grace. Zech. xii. 10. I will pour upon 
the house of David, and upon the inha- 
bitants of Jerusalem, the spirit of grace 
and supphcation. 

Col. iii, 16. Singing with grace in 
your hearts. 

CXXXVI. Salvation is of grace. Eph. 
ii. 5. 7, 8. When we were dead in sins, he 
hath quickened us together with Christ ; 
(by grace ye are saved ;) that in the ages 
to come he might shew the exceeding 
riches of his grace, in his kindness towards 
us, through Jesus Christ. For by grace 
are ye saved through faith, and that not 
of yourselves, it is the gift of God. 

Heb. ii. 9. Jesus Christ, by the grace 
of God, did taste death for every man. 

1 Pet. i. 13. Be sober, and hope unto 
the end, for the grace that is to be 
brought imto you at the revelation of 
Jesus Christ. 

iii. 7. Husbands and wives, live toge- 
ther, as being heirs of the grace of life. 

CXXXVII. Gi-ace prayed for. Gen. 
xliii. 29. Joseph said to Benjamin, God 
be gracious unto thee my son. 

Numb. vi. 23—26. On this wise ye 
shall bless the children of Israel, saying, 
The Lord bless thee, and keep tliee : Tlie 
Lord make his face shine upon thee, and 
be gracious unto thee: The Lord lift up 
his countenance upon thee, and give thee 
peace. 

Ps. cxix. 29. Grant me thy law gra- 
ciously. 

Isa. xxxiii. 2. Lord be gracious unto 
us ; we have waited for thee. 

Hos. xiv. 2. Take away all iniquity, 
and receive us graciously. 

Mai. i. 9. Beseech God that he will 
be gracious unto us. 

Rom. i. 7. Grace to you, and peace, 
from God our Father, and the Lord Jesus 
Christ. 1 Cor. i. 3. 2 Cor. i. 2. Gal. 
i. 3. Eph. i. 2. Phil. i. 2. Col. i. 2. 
1 Thess. i. 1. 2 Thess. i. 2. Philcm. 3. 

2 Cor. xiii. 14. The grace of our Lord 
Jesus Christ, and the love of (iod, and 
the communion of the Holy Ghost, be 
with you all. Amen. 


Gal. vi. 18. The grace of our Lord 
Jesus Christ be with your spirit. Rev. 
xxii. 21. 

Eph. vi. 24. Grace be with all them 
that love our Lord Jesus Christ in sin- 
cerity. Amen. 

Col. iv. 18. Grace be with you. 2 Tim. 
iv. 22. Tit. iii. 1.5. Heb. xiii. 25. 

1 Tim. i. 2. Grace, mercy, and peace, 
from God our Father, and Jesus Christ 
our Lord. 9 Tim. i. 2. Tit. i. 4. 

vi. 21. Grace be with thee. 

1 Pet. i. 2. Grace to you, and peace 
be multiplied. 2 Pet. i. 2. 

Rev. i. 4. Grace be unto you, and 
peace, from Him which is, and which 
was, and which is to come. 

GOD'S FAVOUR. 

CXXXVIII. God's favour. 2 Sam. 
XV. 25. David said, If I have found fa- 
vour in the eyes of the Lord, he will bring 
me again, and shew me both the ark and 
his habitation. 

Job X. 12. Thou hast granted me life 
and favour, and thy visitation hath pre- 
served my spirit. 

xxxiii. 26. The penitent shall pray 
unto God, and he will be favourable unto 
him, and he shall see his face with joy: 
for he will render unto every man his 
righteousness. 

Ps. V. 12. Thou, Lord, wilt bless the 
righteous; with favour wilt thou com- 
pass him about, as with a shield. 

XXX. 5. In his favour is life. — Ver. 7. 
Lord, by thy favour thou hast made my 
mountain to stand strong. 

xli. 11. By this I know that thou fa- 
vourcst mc, because mine enemy doth 
not triumph over me. 

xliv. 3. Thy right hand, and thine 
arm, and the light of thy countenance 
saved them, because thou hadst a favour 
for them. 

Ixxvii. 7. Will the Lord cast off for 
ever ? Will he be favourable no more ? 

Ixxxv. 1. Lord, thou hast been favour- 
able unto thy land ; thou hast brought 
back the captivity of Jacob. 

Ixxxix. 17. Thou art the glory of 
their strength ; and in thy favour shall 
our horn be exalted. 

cii. 13. Thou wilt liave mercy on Zion ; 
for the time to favour her, yea the set 
time is come. 

cvi. 4. Remember me, O Lord, with 
the favour that thou bearcst unto thy 
people. 

cxix. 58. I entreated thy favour wiUi 


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65 


sny whole heart : be merciful unto me ac- 
cording to thy word. 

Prov. iii. 3, 4. Let not mercy and truth 
forsake thee : So shalt thou find favour, 
and good understanding in the sight of 
God and man. 

viii. 35. Whoso findeth wisdom findeth 
life, and shall obtain favour of the Lord. 

xii. 2. A good man obtaineth favour of 
the Lord : but a man of wicked devices 
will he condemn. 

Song viii. 10. I was in his eyes as one 
that found favour. 

Isa. Ix. 10. In my favour have I had 
mercy on thee. 

Luke i. 28. The angel said to Mary, 
Hail, thou that art highly favoured, the 
Lord is with thee : blessed art thou among 
women. — Ver. 30. Thou hast found favour 
with God. 

ii. 52. Jesus increased in wisdom and 
stature, and in favour with God and man. 

Acts vii. 46. David found favour be- 
fore God. See 1 Sam. ii. 22. 

CXXXIX. God^s favour denied to the 
wicked. Isa. xxvii. 11. It is a people of 
no understanding ; therefore he that made 
them will not have mercy on them, and 
he that formed them will shew them no 
favour. See Jer. xvi. 13. 

CXL. God giveth or withholdeth the 
favour of men. Gen, xxxix. 21. The Lord 
was with Joseph, and showed him mercy, 
and gave him favour in the sight of the 
keeper of the prison. Acts vii. 10. 

Exod. iii. 21. The Lord said, I will 
give this people favour in the sight of the 
Egyptians. Ch. xi. 3. — xii. 36. 

Dan. i. 9. God had brought Daniel 
into favour and tender love with the prince 
of the eunuchs. 

CXLI. God withholdeth from man the 
favour of man. Deut. xxviii. 49, 50. Josh, 
xi. 20. Ps. cix. 12. 

CXLII. God is hountiful. Ps. Ixxiii. 6. 
The Lord hath dealt bountifully with 
me. 

cxvi. 7. Return unto thy rest, O my 
soul, for the Lord hath dealt bovmtifuUy 
with thee. 

cxix. 17. Deal bountifully with thy 
servant, that I may live, and keep thy 
word. See Ps. cxlii. 7. 

CXLIII. Man ought to he bountiful. 
Prov. ii. 9. He that hath a bountiful eye 


shall be blessed; for he giveth of his 
bread to the poor. Ps. xli. 1. 

2 Cor. ix. 6. He that soweth bounti- 
fully shall reap bountifully. Ver. 5, 11. 

GOD'S BLESSING. 

CXLIV. God hlesseth his people. Ex. 
XX. 24. In all places where I record niy 
name, I will come unto thee and I will 
bless thee. 

Numb. vi. 27. They shall put my 
Name upon the children of Israel, and I 
will bless them. 

xxii. 12. God said to Balaam, Thou 
shalt not curse the people, for they arg 
blessed. Ch. xxiii. 20. 

Deut. xxiii. 5. The Lord turned the 
curse of Balaam into a blessing, because 
he loved thee. Neh. xiii. 2. 

xxvi. 15. Look down from thy holy 
habitation, from heaven, and bless thy 
people Israel. 

2 Sam. vii.' 29. David prayed, and said, 

Lord God, with thy blessing let the 
house of thy servant be blessed for ever. 

1 Chron. xvii. 22. 

1 Chron. iv. 10. Jabez prayed, and 
said, O that thou wouldst bless me indeed, 
and enlarge my coast; and that thine 
hand might be with me, and that thou 
wouldst keep me from evil. 

Ps. iii. 8. Thy blessing is upon thy 
people. 

xxviii. 9. Save thy people, and bless 
thine inheritance : feed them also, and lift 
them up for ever. Ps. cix. 28. 

xxix. 11. The Lord will bless his peo- 
ple with peace. 

Ixvii. 1. God be merciful to us and bless 
us, and cause his face to shine upon us. 

Ixvii. 7. God shall bless us, and all the 
ends of the earth shall fear him. 

cxv. 12. The Lord hath been mindful 
of us, and he will bless us : he will bless 
the house of Israel, he will bless the house 
of Aaron. See Ps. cxxviii. 5. — cxxxii. 15. 
— cxxxiv. 3. 

CXLV. Persons pronounced hlessedi 
their graces and duties. Ps. i. 1. Blessed 
is the man that walketh not in the coun- 
sel of the ungodly. 

ii. 12. Blessed are all they that put 
their trust in him (Christ.) 

V. 12. Thou, Lord, wilt bless the righ- 
teous ; with favour wilt thou compass him' 
as with a shield. 

xxiv. 4, 5. He that hath clean hands 
and a pure heart, <fcc. he shall receive the 
blessing from the Lord. 


66 


GocVs Blessing. 


Chap. I. 


Ps. xxxii. 1, 2. Blessed is he whose 
transgression is forgiven, wliose sin is 
covered. (Rom. iv. 7.) Blessed is the man 
unto wliom the Lord imputeth not ini- 
quity, and in Avliose spirit there is no 
guile. Rom. iv. 7, 8. 

xxxiii. 12. Blessed is the nation whose 
God is tlie Lord. 

xxxiv. 8. Blessed is the man who trust- 
eth in the Lord. Ps. Ixxxiv. 12. 

xl. 4. Blessed is the man who makcth 
the Lord Jiis trust. 

xli. 1, 2. Blessed is he that considereth 
tlie poor. Prov. xxii. 9. 

Lxv. 4. Blessed is the man whom 
tliou chastenest, and causest to approach 
unto thee, that he may dwell in thy 
courts. 

Ixxxiv. 4, 5. Blessed are they that dwell 
in thy house. Blessed is the man whose 
strength is in thee. 

Ixxxix. 15. Blessed is the people 
who know the joyful sound: they shall 
walk, O Lord, in the light of thy counte- 
nance. 

xciv. 12. Blessed is the man whom 
thou chastenest, O Lord, and teachest 
him out of thy law. 

cvi. 3. Blessed are they that keep judg- 
ment ; and he that doth righteousness at 
all times. 

cxii. 2. The generation of the upright 
shall be blessed. 

cxix. 1, 2. Blessed arc the unde filed in 
the way, who walk in the law of the Lord. 
Blessed are they that keep God's testimo- 
nies, and that seek him with their whole 
heart. 

cxxviii. 1. Blessed is every one that 
feareth the Lord, and walketh in his ways. 
Ver. 4. Ps. cxv. 1.3. 

Prov, iii. 2.3. The Lord blessetli the 
habitation of the just. 

viii. 32. Wisdom saitli. Blessed are 
they that keep my ways. — Ver. 34. Bless- 
ed is the man that heareth me, watching 
daily at my gates. 

X. 6, 7. Blessings are upon the head of 
the just. (Isa. xix. 25.) The memory of 
tlie just is blessed. 

xi. 2G. Blessings shall be Upon the 
head of him tliat selleth corn, (that is, on 
liim who is good to tiie poor.) 

xxii. 1). He that hath a bountiful eye 
shall be blessed ; for lie giveth of his 
bread to the i)oor. 

XX. 7. Tlie just man's children are 
blessed afler him. 

xxviii. 20. A faithful man shall abound 
with blessings. 


Isa. XXX. 18. Blessed are all they that 
wait for the Lord. 

xxxii. 20. Blessed are they tliat sow 
beside all waters. 

Ivi. 2. Blessed is the man that kcepeth 
the Sabbath from polluting it, and keepeth 
his hand from doing evil. 

Matt. v. 3. — 11. Blessed are the poor 
in spirit: for theirs is the kingdom of 
heaven. Blessed are they tliat mourn : 
for they shall be comforted. Blessed are 
the meek : for they shall inherit the earth. 
Blessed are they which do hunger and 
thirst after righteousness : for they shall 
be filled. Blessed are the merciful : for 
they shall obtain mercy. Blessed are the 
pure in heart: for they shall see God. 
Blessed are the peace-makers : for they 
shall be called the children of God. 
Blessed are they which are persecuted 
for righteousness' sake : for theirs is the 
kingdom of heaven. Blessed are ye 
when men shall revile you, and persecute 
you, and shall say all manner of evil 
against you falsely for my sake. Luke 
vi. 22. 

xi. 26. Jesus said. Blessed is he who- 
soever shall not be offended in me. Luke 
vii. 23. 

xxiv. 45, 46. Blessed is that faithful 
and Vv'ise servant, whom his Lord when 
he Cometh shall find — giving his house- 
hold their meat in due season. Luke xii. 
43. 

XXV. 34, 35. Christ will say. Come yc 
blessed of my Father, inherit the king- 
dom prepared for you from the founda- 
tion of the world : For I was an hunger- 
ed and ye gave me meat, &c. — Ver. 40. 
Inasmuch as ye have done it unto my 
brethren, ye have done it unto me. Cora- 
pare Luke vi. 20 to 24. and Matt, 
xiii. 6. 

Luke xi. 28. Blessed are they that hear 
the word of God and keep it. James i. 
25. Rev. xxii. 14. Deut. xi. 26. — xxx. 19. 

xiv. 13. When thou makest a feast, 
call the poor, the maimed, the lame and 
tlie blind : And thou shalt be blessed, &,c. 
Deut. XV. 10. 

Ver. 15. Blessed is he that shall eat 
bread in the kingdom of God. 

xii. 37. Blessed arc those servants 
whom their Lord when he cometh shall 
find watching. Ver. 38. 

John XX. 29. Blessed are they that have 
, not seen, and yet have believed. Matt. 
I xvi. 17. — xiii. 1(3. Blessed are your eyes 
I for they see, and your cars for they 
' hear. 


Chap. I. 


God's Blessing. 


67 


Gal. iii. 9. They which be of faith are 
blessed with faithful Abraham. 

James i. 12. Blessed is the man that 
endureth temptation, for when he is tried 
he shall receive a crown of life. 

Rev. i. 3. Blessed is he that readeth, 
and they that hear the words of this pro- 
phecy, and keep those things that are 
written therein. 

xiv. 13. Blessed are the dead which die 
in the Lord. 

xvi. 15. Blessed is he that watcheth and 
keepeth his garments ; lest he walk naked, 
and they see his shame. 

xix. 9. Blessed are they who are called 
to the marriage supper of the Lamb. 

XX. 6. Blessed and holy is he that hath 
part in the first resurrection. 


CXLVI. God's Messing promised by 
way of covenant; or covenant blessings. 
Deut. vii. 9. He keepeth covenant and 
mercy with them that love him, and 
keep his commandments, to a thousand 
generations. 

2 Sam. xxiii. 5. David said, Although 
my house be not so with God, yet hath he 
made with me an everlasting covenant, 
ordered in all things and sure. 

Ps. XXV. 14. The secret of the Lord is 
with them that fear him, and he will show 
them his covenant. 

Ixxxix. 3. I have made a covenant with 
my chosen. — Ver. 28. My covenant shall 
stand fast with him. — Ver. 34. My cove- 
vant will I not break. 

Isa. xlii. 6, I will give thee (Christ) for 
a covenant of the people, for a light of the 
Gentiles. Ch. xlix. 8.— Iv. 4. 

liv. 10. The mountains shall depart, and 
the hills be removed, but my kindness 
shall never depart from thee, neither shall 
my covenant of peace be removed, saith 
the Lord, that hath mercy on thee. 

Iv. 3. Incline your ear and come unto 
me, hear and your souls shall live ; and I 
will make an everlasting covenant with 
you, even the sure mercies of David. 

Jer, xxxi. 33. This shall be the cove- 
nant that I v/ill make with the house of 
Israel, saith the Lord, I will put my law 
in their inward parts, and write it in 
their hearts, and will be their God, and 
they shall be my people. Heb. viii. 10. 

xxxii. 40. I will make an everlasting 
covenant with them, that I will not turn 
away from them to do them good; but I 
will put my fear in their hearts, that 
they shall not depart from me, Ver. 38. 

xxxiii, 20, 21. Thus saith the Lord, 
5* 


If you can break my covenant of the 
day, and my covenant of the night, and 
that there should not be day and night 
in their season ; then may also my cove- 
nant be broken with David my servant, 
and that he should not have a son to 
reign upon his throne, and with the 
Levites, the priests my ministers. Ver. 
25, 26. 

Jer.^1. 5. They shall say, Come, and let 
us join ourselves to the Lord, in a per- 
petual covenant that shall not be forgot- 
ten. 

Kzek. xi. 19, 20. I will give them one 
heart, and I will put a new spirit within 
you: and I will take the stony heart out 
of your flesh, and I will give them an^ 
heart of flesh ; that they may walk in my 
statutes, and keep mine ordinances and 
do them: and they shall be my people, 
and I will be their God. Jer. xxiv. 7. 

xvi. 8. When I passed by thee, and 
looked upon thee, behold thy time was 
a time of love, and I spread my skirt 
over thee, and covered thy nakedness; 
yea, I sware unto thee, and entered into 
a covenant with thee, saith the Lord, 
and thou becamest mine. — Ver. 60. I 
will remember my covenant with thee 
in the days of thy youth, and I will esta- 
blish unto thee an everlasting covenant, 
— Ver. 62. I will establish my covenant 
with thee, and thou shalt know that I am 
the Lord. 

XX. 37. I will cause you to pass under 
the rod, and I will bring you into the bond 
of the covenant. 

xxxvi. 25 — 28. I will sprinkle clean 
water upon you. — A new heart will I 
give unto you. — I will put my Spirit 
within you. — And ye shall be my people, 
and I will be your God. 

xxxvii. 26, 27. I will make a covenant 
of peace with them ; it shall be an ever^ 
lasting covenant with them ; and will set 
my sanctuary in the midst of them for 
evermore. My tabernacle shall be with 
them ; yea, I will be their God, and they 
shall be my people. Ver. 23, 24. 2 Chron. 
xxxiv. 24, 25. 31. 

Hos. ii. 19, 20. I will betroth thee unto 
me for ever, in righteousness, in judg- 
ment, and in loving-kindness, and in 
mercies : I will even betroth thee to me 
in faithfulness, and thou shalt know [that 
I am] the Lord. Isa. liv. 5. Thy Maker 
is thine husband. 

New Covenant. Heb. viii. 8. I will 
make a new covenant with the house of 
Israel. Jer. xxxi. 31, 32, 33, 34, 


68 


GocVs Ano-er — Wrath. 


Chap. I. 


Heb. xi. 24. Jesus the Mediator of the 
new covenant. 

GOD'S ANGER. 

CXLVII. Anger ascribed to God. Neh. 
ix. 17. Thou art a God ready to pardon, 
gracious, slow to anger, and of great kind- 
ness. See Ps. ciii. 8. Joel ii. 13. 
Nah.i.3. 

CXLVIII. God^s anger threatened 
against the wicked. Numb, xxxii. 14. Ye 
are risen up in your father's stead, a race 
of sinful men, to augment the fierce anger 
of the Lord. 

Deut. xxix. 19, 20. If one say, I shall 
have peace, though I walk in the imagi- 
nation of mine heart, to add drmikenness 
to thirst: The Lord will not spare him; 
but the anger of the Lord, and his jea- 
lousy, shall smoke against that man, and 
all the curses that are written in this book 
shall lie upon him, and the Lord shall 
blot out his name from under heaven. 

xxxii. 21, 22. They have moved me to 
jealousy; they have provoked me to anger. 
A fire is kindled in mine anger, that shall 
burn to the lowesthell, and shall consume 
the earth with her increase, and set on fire 
the foundations of the mountains. 

Job xxi. 17. God distributeth sorrows 
in his anger. Ch. ix. 13. 

Ps. vii. 11. God is angry with the 
v.'icked every day. Ps. xxxviii. 3. 

Ixxvi. 7. Wlio may stand in thy sight, 
when once thou art angry. Ps. xc. 7. 11. 
Nah. i. 6. 

Ixxviii. 41. Tliey tempted God ; they 
remembered not his hand. — Ver. 49. He 
cast upon them the fierceness of his anger, 
wrath, and indignation. — Ver. 50. He 
made a way for his anger; he spared not 
their soul from death. Isa. v. 24, 25. See 
Isa.x. 25.— xiii. 9. 13.— xxx. 27. 30.— xUi. 
24, 25.— Ixvi. 15. Jcr. xviii. 23.— xxv. 38. 
— xlix. 37.— li. 44. Lam. ii. 1.— iii. 43. 
— iv. 21.— Ezek. v. 13.— vii. 3.— xiii. 13. 
— xxii. 20, 21. Mic. v. 15. 

GOD'S WRATH. 

CXLIX. God^s wrath threatened against 
sinners. Ezra viii. 22. His power, and 
his wrath, is against all that forsake 
liim. 

Job XX. 23. God shall cast the fury of 
Ills wrath upon the wicked. Ch. xxi. 20. 
30. Ps. Ixxviii. 49. 

Ps. ii. 12. When his wrath is kindled but 


a little, blessed are all they that put 
their trust in him. Ps. xc. 7. 9. 11. — 
cii. 10. 

Prov. xi. 4. Riches profit not in the day 
of wrath. Job xx. 28. Ezek. vii. 19. 
Zeph. i. 18. 

Isa. ix. 19. Through the wrath of the 
Lord of hosts is the land darkened, and 
tlie people shall be as tlie fuel of the fire. 
Jer. 1. 13.— vii. 29. 

Jer. X. 10. At his wrath the earth shall 
tremble, and the nations shall not be able 
to abide his indignation. Hos. v. 10. 

Nah. i. 2. The Lord reserveth wrath 
for his enemies. 

Rom. i. 18. The w^ath of God is re- 
vealed from heaven, against all ungodli- 
ness and unrighteousness of men. 

ii. 8, 9. Indignation and wrath, tribula- 
tion and anguish, shall be upon every soul 
of man that doeth evil. Ver. 5. Ch. iv. 
15.— ix. 22. 

Eph. ii. 3. We were by nature children 
of wrath. 

V. 6. The wrath of God cometh upon 
the children of disobedience. Col. iii. 6. 

Rev. vi. 16, 17. The wicked said to the 
mountains and rocks. Fall on us, and hide 
us from tlic face of him that sitteth on the 
throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb : 
For the great day of his wrath is come; 
and who shall be able to stand? See Rev. 
xiv. 10.— xvi. 19. 

CL. God is ivroih. Isa. xlvii. 6. I was 
wroth with my people, and polluted mine 
inheritance. 

Isa. Ixiv. 5. Behold thou art wroth ; for 
we have sinned. 

Ps. Ix. 1. O Lord, thou hast cast us off; 
thou hast been displeased. 

Prayers deprecating his wrath. Ps. vi. 1. 
O Lord, rebuke me not in thine anger; 
neither chasten me in thy hot displeasure. 
Ps. xxxviii. 1. 

Isa. Ixiv. 9. Be not wroth very sore, 
O Lord; neither remember iniquity for 
ever : behold, we are all thy people. 

Promises. Isa. Ivii. 16. I will not con- 
tend for ever, neither will I be always 
wroth: for tlie spirit should fail before 
me, and the souls that I have made. 

CLI. God^sindignationagainst sinners. 
Isa. Ixvi. 14. Tlie hand of the Lord 
shall be known towards his servants, and 
his indignation towards his enemies. Ch. 
xxx. 30. 

Jer. X. 10. At his wrath the earth 
shall tremble, and the nations shall not 


Chap. I. 


God^s Jealousy. 


69 


be able to abide his indignation. Job 
xxvi. 11. The pillars of heaven tremble, 
and are astonished at his reproof. Ch. ix. 
6. He shaketh the earth out of her place, 
and the pillars thereof tremble. See Nah. 
i. 5, 6. 8. 

Mic. vii. 9. I will bear the indignation 
of the Lord, because I have sinned against 
him. 

Rom. ii. 8. To those tliat obey unrigh- 
teousness, God will render indignation 
and wrath, tribulation and anguish upon 
every soul of man that doeth evil. 

Heb. X. 27. A fearful looking for of 
judgment, and fiery indignation, which 
shall devour the adversaries. 

CLII. God's fury. Lev. xxvi. 27, 28. 
If ye will walk contrary to me, then will 
I walk contrary to you in fury. 

Job XX. 23. God shall cast the fury of 
his wrath upon the wicked, and shall rain 
it upon him. 

Isa. lix. 18. God will repay fury to his 
adversaries. Ch. Ixiii. 3. 

Jer. iv. 4, Circumcise yourselves to the 
Lord, and take away the foreskins of your 
hearts, lest my fury come forth like fire, 
and burn that none can quench it, be- 
cause of the evil of your doings. 

Ezek. V. 15. I will execute judgments 
on thee in anger, and in fury, and in furi- 
ous rebukes. Ch, vi. 12. — ^xxxviii. 18. 
Nah. i. 2. 6. 

CLIIL His vengeance. Deut. xxxii. 35. 
To me belongeth vengeance and recom- 
pense. Ps. xciv. 1. Heb. x. 30. 

Deut. xxxii. 41 . I will render vengeance 
to mine enemies. Ver. 43. 

Rom. iii. 5, The Lord taketh vengeance. 
Ch. xii. 19. 

2 Thess. i. 8. The Lord Jesus Christ 
shall be revealed from heaven, in flaming 
fire, taking vengeance on them that know 
not God, and obey not the gospel of our 
Lord Jesus Christ. 

CLIV. God ahhorreth. Ps. v. 6. The 
Lord will abhor the bloody man. 

X. 3. The covetous man the Lord ah- 
horreth. 

CLV. Loatheth. Zech. xi. 8. My soul 
loathe th them. 

Prov.xiii.S. A wicked manis loathsome. 

Despiseth. Amos v. 21. I hate, I de- 
spise your feast-days. 

CLVL God hateth. Ps. v. 5. Thou 


hatest all the workers of iniquity. Ps. 
xi. 5. 

Jer. xliv. 8. Do not the abominable 
thing I hate (viz. sin). 

Hos. ix. 15. I hate them for their wick- 


CLVII. TheLordisaterriUeGod. Deut. 
vii. 21. The Lord your God is among you, 
a mighty God and terrible. Jer. xx. 11. 

Job xxxvii. 22. With God is terrible 
majesty. 

Ps. xlvii. 2. The Lord most high is 
terrible. Ps Ixviii. 35. 

Deut.x. 21. He hath done terrible things. 
1 Chron. xvii. 21. See Ps. Ixv. 5.— Ixvi. 3. 
5. — cvi. 22. — cxlv. 6. Isa. Ixiv. S.Joel ii. 11. 

CLVIIL Dreadful. Dan.ix.7. OLord, 
the great and dreadful God. 

Heb.'x. 31. It is a fearful thing to fall 
into the hands of the living God. See Job 
xiii. 11. Isa. viii. 13. Mai. i. 14. 


GOD'S JEALOUSY. 

CLIX. God is jealous for his people. 
Promises. Ezek. xxxix. 25. Thus saith the 
Lord, I will bring again the captivity of 
Jacob, and have mercy upon the whole 
house of Israel, and I will be jealous for 
my holy name. 

Joel ii. 18. The Lord will be jealous 
for his land, and pity his people. 

Zech. i. 14. Thus saith the Lord of 
hosts, I am jealous for Jerusalem, and for 
Zion, with a great jealousy. Ch. viii. 2. ^ 

God's jealousy in threats against sin- 
ners. Exod. xx. 5., I the Lord your God 
am a jealous God, visiting the iniquities 
of the fathers upon the children, unto the 
third and fourth generation of them that 
hate me. Ch. xxxiv. 14. Deut. iv. 24.— v. 
9. — vi. 15. Josh. xxiv. 19. 

Numb. XXV. 11. Phineas turned away 
my wrath, that I consumed not the chil- 
dren of Israel in my jealousy. 

Deut. xxix. 20, The anger of the Lord 
and his jealousy shall smoke against the 
man that promiseth himself peace in his 
wickedness. 

Ps. Ixxix. 5. Wilt thou be angry for 
ever, shall thy jealousy burn like a fire ? 

Ezek. xvi. 38. I will judge thee, and 
give thee blood in fury and jealousy. Ver. 
41,42. Ch. xxiii. 25.— xxxvi. 5, 6. — ^xxxviii. 
19. Nah. i. 2. Zeph. i. 18.— iii. 8. The 
wicked provoke God to jealousy. See 
Deut. xxxii. 16. Ps. kxviii. 5Q. 


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Chap. II. 


CLX. Zeal ascribed to God. Isa, ix. 7. 
The zeal of the Lord of hosts will perform 
this. (viz. to exalt Christ and promote his 
kingdom.) 


Isa. xxxvii. 32. The zeal of tlie Lord 
will defend Jerusalem. 

lix. 17. He was clad with zeal as a 
cloak. See Isa. Ixiii. 15. Ezek. v. 13. 


CHAPTER II. 


CREATION. 


I. God created all things. See the 
Wisdom of God. Also, Power of God in 
creation. 

Prov. xxvi. 10. The great God that 
formed all tilings. Eccl. iii. 11. — xi. 5. 

Isa. xliv. 24. I am the Lord that 
maketh all things. Jer. x. 16. 

Heb. iii. 4. He that built all things is 
God. 

Rev. iv. 11. Thou art worthy, O Lord, 
to receive glory, and honour, and power ; 
for thou hast created all things, and for 
thy pleasure they are and were created. 

II. God created the heavens and the 
earth. Gen. i. 1. In the beginning God 
created the heavens and the earth. Ch. ii. 
4. Exod. XX. 11- — xxxi. 17. 2 Kings xix. 
15. 1 Chron. xvi. 26. Ps. xcvi. 5. Isa. 
xxxvii. 16. Heb. i. 10. 

Neh. ix. 6. Thou hast] made heaven, 
and the heaven of heavens, with all their 
hosts, the earth, and all things that arc 
therein, the seas, and all that is therein, 
and thou prescrvcst them all ; and the host 
of heaven worshippcth thee. 

Job ix. 8. He alone spreadcth out the 
heavens, and trcadeth upon the waves of 
the sea. 

xxxviii. 4 — 7. Where wast thou when 
I laid the foundations of the earth ? Who 
hath laid the measures thereof, or who 
hath stretched the line upon it? Where- 
upon are the foundations thereof fastened, 
or who In id the corner stone thereof? 
Wlicn all llic morning stars sang together, 
and all the sons of God shouted for joy. 

Ps. xxiv. 2. He hath founded the cartli 
upon the seas, and cstablislied it upon tiie 
floods. Ps. Ixxviii. 69. — civ. 5. — cxix. DO, 
91. — cxxxvi. 6, 


Ps. xxxiii. 6. By the word of the Lord 
were the heavens made, and all the host 
of them by the breath of his mouth. 

Ixxxix. 11. The heavens are thine, the 
earth also is thine ; as for the world, and 
tlie fulness thereof, thou hast founded 
them. 

civ. 2. Thou stretchest out the heavens 
like a curtain. Job xxxvii. 18. Like a 
molten looking-glass. 

Isa. xl. 28. He is the Creator of the 
ends of the earth. 

xlii. 5, The Lord created the heavens, 
and stretched them out : he spread forth 
the earth, and that which cometh out of it. 

li. 13. Tlie Lord hath stretched forth 
the heavens, and laid the foundations of 
the earth. Ver. 16. 

Rev. xiv. 7. Worship him that made 
heaven and earth, and the sea, and the 
fountains of waters. Acts xiv. 15. — ^xvii. 
24. Ps. cxlvi. 6. 

See Wisdom of God in Creation. See 
also Power of God in Creation. 

III. Sun and moon created. Gen. i, 16. 
God made two great liglits, the greater 
light to rule the day, and the lesser light 
to rule the night ; he made the stars also. 
Job xxxviii. 12. 19. 24. 

Gen. i. 3. God said. Let tliere be light, 
and there was light. Ps. Ixxiv. 16, 17. 

Job ix. 9. Which maketh Arcturus, 
Orion, and Pleiades, and the chambers of 
the soutli. Ver. 7. Amos v. 8. 

Ps. viii. 3, 4. Wlien I consider the hea- 
vens, the work of thy fingers, the moon 
and the stars, which tliou hast ordained : 
What is man, that thou art mindful of 
liim? and the son of man, that thou 
visitest him ? 


Chap. II. 


Creation. 


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Ps. xix. 4. In the heavens hath he set 
a tabernacle for the sun. 

civ. 19, He hath appointed the moon 
for seasons, and the sun knoweth his 
going down. 

cxlviii. 3. Praise ye him sun, moon 
and stars : praise him all ye stars of light. 
— Ver. 5. For he commanded, and they 
were created. Ver. 6. 

Jer. xxxi. 35. He giveth the sun for 
a light by day, and the ordinances of the 
moon and stars for a light by night ; which 
divideth the sea, wlien the waves thereof 
do roar : the Lord of hosts is his name. 

IV. The sea. Gen. i. 9, 10. God said. 
Let the waters under the heaven be ga- 
thered together into one place, and let the 
dry land appear: and it was so. And 
God called the dry land earth, and the 
gathering together of the waters called he 
seas : and feod saw that it was good. 

Job xxvi. 10. He hath compassed the 
waters with bounds, until the day and 
night come to an end. 

xxxviii. 8 — 11. Who shut up the sea 
with doors, when it brake forth as if it 
had issued out of the womb ? I made the 
cloud the garment thereof, and thick 
darkness a swaddling band for it; and 
brake up for it my decreed place, and set 
bars and doors ; and said Hitherto shalt 
tliou come and no further, and here shall 
tliy proud waves be stayed. See Ver. 
16. 22. 25. 28. 

Ps. xxxiii. 7. He gathereth the' waters 
of the sea together as an heap, and lay- 
eth up the depth in store-houses. 

xcv. 5, The sea is his, and he made it : 
his hands formed the dry land. 

civ. 10. He sendeth the springs into 
tlie valleys. 

Prov. viii. 27 — 29. He prepared the 
heavens : he set a compass upon the 
face of the depth: He established the 
clouds above : he strengthened the foun- 
tains of the deep : he gave the sea his 
decree, that the waters should not pass 
his commandment. 

Isa. xl. 12. Who hath measured the 
waters in the hollow of his hand. 

xliii. 16. The Lord maketh a way in 
the sea, and a path in the mighty waters. 
— Ver. 20. I give waters in the wilder- 
ness, and rivers in the desert. Ch. xlviii. 21. 

Jonah i. 9. I fear the Lord God of 
heaven, which hath made the sea and the 
diy land. 

Nah. i. 3, 4. The Lord hath his way 
in the whirlwind, and in the storm, and 


the clouds are the dust of his feet. He 
rebuketh the sea, and maketh it dry, and 
drieth up all the rivers. 

V. Summer and winter. Ps. Ixxiv. 16, 
17. The day is thine and the night also is 
thine : thou hast prepared the light and the 
sun. Thou hast set all the borders of the 
earth : thou hast made summer and winter. 

VI. North and south. Job xxvi. 7. He 
stretcheth out the north over the empty pla- 
ces, and hangeth the earth upon nothing. 

Ps. Ixxxix. 12. The north and south 
thou hast created them. 

VII. Clouds and wind. Job xxxi. 8. 
He bindeth up the waters in his thick 
clouds, and the cloud is not rent under 
them. Ver. 9. 

xxxvi. 29. Can any understand the 
spreading of the clouds ? Ver. 30. 32. 
See Ps. civ. 3. — cxlvii. 8. Prov. viii. 28. 

Job xxviii. 25. He maketh the weight 
for the winds ; and he weigheth the 
waters by measure. Ch. xxxvii. 16. The 
balancing of the clouds. Prov. xxx. 4. 
Amos iv. 13. 

VIII. Rain. Job xxviii. 26. He made 
a decree for the rain, and a way for the 
lightning of the thunder. 

Ps. cxxxv. 7. He maketh lightnings 
for the rain, and bringeth the wind out of 
his treasures. Jer. li. 16. 

Jer. X. 13. When he uttereth his voice, 
there is a multitude of waters in the 
heavens, and he causeth the vapours to 
ascend from the ends of the earth : he 
maketh lightnings with rain, and bring- 
eth forth the wind out of his treasures. 
Ch. xiv. 22. Ch. li. 16. 

IX. The inhabitants of the sea. Gen. i. 
20, 21. God said. Let the waters bring 
forth abundantly, the moving creature 
that hath life ; and fowl that may fly 
above the earth, in the open firmament 
of heaven. And God created great 
whales, and every living creature that 
movetli, which the waters brought forth 
abundantly after their kind ; and every 
winged fowl after his kind : and God saw 
that it was good. Ps. viii. 8. 

X. The inferior creatures of the dry 
land. Gen. i. 24, 25. God said. Let the 
earth bring forth the living creature after 
his kind, cattle, and creeping things, and 
beast of the earth after his kind : and it 
was so, And God made the beast of the 


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Chap. II. 


earth after his kind, and cattle after their 
kind : and every thing- that crecpeth upon 
the cartli, after liis kind ; and God saw 
that it was good. 

XI. Grass, herbs, and trees. Gen. i. 
11, 12. And God said, Let the earth bring 
forth grass, the herb jnelding seed, and the 
fruit tree yielding fruit after his kind, 
whose seed is in itself upon the earth : and 
it was so. And the earth brought forth 
grass and herb, yielding seed after his 
kind, and the tree yielding fruit whose 
seed was in itself after his kind : and God 
saw tliat it was good. Gen. ii. 4, 5. 

CREATION OF MAN. 

XII. Creation of Man''s body. Gen. ii. 
7. God formed man of the dust of the 
ground. Job xxxiii. 6. 

iii. 19. Dust thou art and to dust 
shalt thou retunn. Job x. 9. 

Job X. 8. Tliine hands have made me, 
and fashioned me together round about. 
Ps. cxix. 73. — cxxxviii. 8. 

Ver. 11. Thou hast clothed me with 
skin and flesh, and hast fenced me with 
bones and sinews. 

Ps. cxxxix. 14 — 16. I am fearfully and 
wonderfully made. My substance was 
not hid from thee, when I was made in 
secret, and curiously wrought in the lowest 
parts of the earth. Thine eyes did see my 
substance, yet being unperfcct; and in thy 
book all my members are written : which 
in continuance were fashioned, when as 
yet there was none of them. 

Acts xvii, 20. He made of one blood 
all nations that dwell on the face of the 
earth. Job xxxi. 15. 

XIII. His soul. Gen. ii. 7. The Lord 
breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, 
and man became a living soul. Job x. 12. 

Job xxxiii. 4. The Spirit of God hath 
made me, and the breath of the Almighty 
hath given me life. Isa. xlii. 5. 

Isa. Ivii. 16. I will not contend forever, 
(saith the Lord,) for the spirit should fail 
before me, and the souls which I have 
made. 

Jer. xxxviii. 16. The Lord made us 
tliis souL 

Zech. xii. 1. He formed the spirit of 
man within him. 

1 Cor. XV. 14. Adam was made a liv- 
ing soul. 

XIV. Man^s spiritual state after his 


creation. Gen. i. 37. God created man 
in his own image. Ch. ix. 6. 

V. 1. In the likeness of God made he him. 

Ps. viii. 5, 6. Thou madest man a lit- 
tie lower than the angels, and crowned 
him with glory and honour. (Heb. ii. 7.) 
Thou madest him to have dominion over 
the works of thy hands. 

Eccl. vii. 29. God made man upright, 

James iii. 9. Men are made after the 
similitude of God. 

Col. iii. 10. The new man is renewed 
in knowledge, after the image of him 
that created him. 

XV. Marl's first disobedience, or fall 
from his happy state. Gen. ii. 16, 17. 
The Lord God commanded the man, say- 
ing. Of every tree of the garden thou 
mayest freely eat. But of the tree of the 
knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt 
not eat of it : for the day thou eatest tliereof, 
thou shalt surely die. 

iii. 6. The woman took of the fruit 
thereof and did eat, and gave also unto 
her husband with her, and he did eat. 
2 Cor. xi. 3. See sentence pronounced 
against the offenders, ver. 14 to 20. 

XVI. See the above sin and its conse- 
quences referred to, Rom. v. 12. By one 
man sin entered into the world, and death 
by sin. 

V. 15. Through the offence of one many 
be dead. — Ver. 17. By one man's offence 
death rCigned. — Ver. 18. By tlie offence 
of one, judgment came upon all men to 
condemnation, — Ver. 19. By one man's 
disobedience many were made sinners. 

ANGELS. 

XVII. Number of the Angels. Gen. 
xxxii, 1, 2. They are God's host. 1 
Kings xxii. 19. 2 Chron. xviii. 18. Hea- 
venly host. Luke ii. 13. 

Ps. Ixviii. 17. Tlie chariots of God 
are twenty thousand, even thousands of 
angels. 

Dan, vii. 10. Thousands of thousands 
ministered unto him, and ten thousand 
times ten thousand stood before him. 

Heb. xii. 22. An innumerable com- 
pany of angels. 

XVIII. Their names. Eph. i. 21. An- 
gels, authorities, principalities, powers, 
inigljts, tlirones, dominions. 1 Pet. iii. 
22. Col. i, 16, &.C. 

Cherubims. 1 Sam.iv. 4. 2 Sam. vi. 2. 


Chap. II. 


Angels. 


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2 Kings xix. 15. Ps. xviii. 10. — Ixxx. 1. j 
— xcix. 1. Seraphims. Isa. vi. 2. 6. 

Angels of God. Gen. xii. 17, Matt, 
xxii. 30. Sons of God, Job i. 8. — ii. 1. — 
xxxviii. 7. Christ's angels. Rev. xxii. 16. 
Michael's angels. Rev. xii. 7. 

XIX. Their nature ; they are superior 
to men. Ps. viii. 5. Heb. ii. 7. 9. They 
are spirits. Ps. civ. 4. Heb. i. 7. Holy. 
Rev. xiv. 10. Elect. 1 Tim. v. 21. 

They excel in wisdom and knowledge. 
2 Sam. xiv. 20. 

They excel in utterance, or speaking 
tongues. 1 Cor. xiii. 1. 

XX. They excel in strength. Ps. ciii. 4. 
They were created by Christ. Col. i. 16. 

They are fellow servants to the pro- 
phets and apostles, and are not to be 
worshipped. Judges xiii. 16. Col. ii. 18. 
Rev. xix. 10. — xxii. 9. 

They look into gospel mysteries con- 
cerning Christ. Eph. iii. 10. 

They are present in Christian assem- 
blies. 1 Cor. xi. 10. 

They see the behaviour of Christians, 
1 Tim, V. 21. 

They see the treatment Christians re- 
ceive in the world, 1 Cor, iv. 9. 

They behold the face of God, for 
Christians. Matt, xviii. 10. 

They rejoice at the conversion of sin- 
ners. Luke XV. 10. 

XXI. Their employment for the good of 
God^s people, in various instances. Gen 
xix. 15. An angel hastened Lot out of 
Sodom. Ver. 29. 

xxii. 11. An angel saved Isaac from 
being slain. Ver. 12. 

xxiv. 40. Abraham said to his servant. 
The Lord, before whom I walk, will send 
his angel with thee, and prosper thy way. 
Ver. 1. 

xxviii. 12. Jacob dreamed, and beheld 
a ladder, and the angels of God ascend- 
ing and descending. Heb. i. 14. Are 
they not ministering spirits, sent forth to 
minister for them who shall be heirs of 
salvation ? 

xlviii. 16. The angel redeemed Jacob 
out of all evil. Ch. xxxi. 11. 

XXII. Instances of the care and ser- 
vice 'of angels for God^s people, coming 
from Egypt. Exod. xix. 20. An angel 
of God went before the camp of Israel. 
Ch. xiii. 21.— xxiii. 20. 2,3,— xxxii. 34— 
xxxiii. 2, 

Numb, XX, 16, God sent his Angel and 
brought us out of Egypt. Zech. xii, 8, 


Isa, Ixiii, 9. The Angel of his presence 
saved them. 

1 Kings xix. 5. 7. An angel feeds and 
refreshes Elijah when persecuted. 

2 Kings vi. 17. Angels deliver Elisha 
from enemies. 

Ps. xxxiv. 7, The angel of the Lord 
encampeth round about them that fear 
him, and delivereth them, 

xci. 11, 12. He shall give his angels 
charge over thee, to keep thee in all thy 
ways. They shall bear thee up in their 
hands, lest at any time thou dasli thy foot 
against a stone, 

Dan, iii, 25, 28. The angel saved three 
Jews, viz. Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed- 
nego, from being burned in the fiery fur- 
nace. 

vi. 22. An angel saved Daniel from 
being hurt in the lion's den. 

Matt, xviii. 10. Take heed that ye de- 
spise not one of these little ones ; for I 
say unto you, that in heaven their angels 
do always behold the face of my Father 
which is in heaven. 

Luke xvi. 22. The beggar died, and was 
carried by angels into Abraham's bosom. 

John V. 4. An angel went down at a 
certain season, and troubled the water, 
and whosoever stepped in first was 
healed. 

Acts V. 19, 20. An angel delivered the 
apostles from prison. Ch. xii. 7. 11. 

XXIII. Revelations of God's will and 
directions given by angels. Gen, xvi, 7. 
An angel directs Hagar to return home, 
and intbrms her of the future greatness 
of her son's posterity. Ch. xxi. 17, 18. 

xviii. 2. 10. Angels foretell to Abraham 
the birth of a son, and the destruction of 
Sodom and Gomorrah, 

xxii. 17. An angel informs Abraham of 
the future greatness of his posterity, 

xxxi. 11. An angel directs Jacob to re- 
turn to his country. 

Exod. iii. 2. 10. The angel directs Mo- 
ses to deliver Israel. Deut. xxxiii. 16. 
Acts vii. 30. 35. 38. 

vi. 11 to 22. An angel directs Gideon 
to deliver Israel from enemies. 

xiii. 3. to 21. An angel foretells the 
birth of Samson. 

2 Kings iii. 1. 15, 16. An angel directs 
Elijah to deliver a message full of reproof 
to the king of Samaria, for consulting 
heathen gods about his recovery. 

Dan. viii. 17. 19. The angel Gabriel 
explains to Daniel a vision, concerning 
the delivery of the Jews. Ch. ix. 21, 22. 


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Angels. 


Chap. IL 


Dan. X. 11. An angel expounds to 
Daniel, and encourages him. See to 
ver. 22. 

Zcch. i. 9 to 20. An angel expounds to 
tlie prophets. See Ch. ii. iii. iv. Ver. 1 to 
8. Ch. V. vi. Ver. 1 to 9. 

Acts vii. 53. The law was delivered 
on INIount Sinai by angels. Ver. 38. Gal. 
iii. 19. Heb. ii. 2. 

viii. 26. By direction of an angel, 
Philip joins the eunuch, and instructs 
and baptizes him. See from verse 30 to 
39. 

X. 3, By direction of an angel Corne- 
lius sends for Peter, to receive from him 
the knowledge of Christ. Ver. 4. 6. 22. 
30. Ch. xi. 13, 14. 

xxvii, 24. By information'from an angel, 
Paul declares the safety of himself, and 
those who sailed with him. 

Rev.i. 1. The revelation of Jesus Christ, 
which God gave unto him, and he sent 
and signified it by his angel unto his 
servant John. Ch. xxii. 16. 

xxii. 9. The angel said, I am thy^fel- 
low servant, and of thy brethren, the 
prophets, and of them which keep the 
sayings of this book. 

See other revelations by angels : Rev. 
x. 1. 5, 6, 7. — xi. 15. — xiv. 6 to 19. — xw'n. 
1.— xviii. 1. 21. 

XXIV. Angels inflict God's judgments 
on the wicked. Gen. iii. 24. When Adam 
and Eve had been turned out of paradise, 
God planted cherubims and a flaming 
sword to keep the way of the tree of 
life. 

xix. 1. to 29. Sodom is destroyed by 
angels. 

Exod. xii. 29. The first-born in Egypt 
slain by a destroying angel. Ver. 23. 

Numb. xxii. 22, The angel of the Lord 
stood in the way for an adversary against 
Balaam. See to ver. 36. 

Judg. ii. 1. 4. An angel is sent to re- 
prove Israel for disobedience. 

2 Sam. xxiv. 16. An angel stretched 
out his hand upon Jerusalem to destroy it, 
after he had slain in other parts seventy 
tliousand men by pestilence. Ver. 15. 

2 Kings xix. 35. An angel of the Lord 
smote in tlie camp of the Assyrians, an 
hundred four score and five thousand. 
Isa. XXX vii. 36. 

Ps. XXXV. 5, G. Let the angel of the 
Lord chase the wicked. Let the angel 
of the Lord persecute them. 

Ixxviii, 49. He cast upon tlicm the 
fierceness of his anger, wrath, and in- 


dignation and trouble, by sending evil 
angels among them. 

Acts xii. 23. An angel of the Lord 
smote Herod because he gave not God 
the glory, and he was eaten of worms. 

Rev. vii. 2. To four angels it was 
given to hurt the earth and the sea. 
See chapters 8th and 9th. 

XV. 1. Seven angels, having the seven 
last plagues. Ver. 6. Sec these plagues 
through the whole 16th chapter. 

XX. 1. An angel binds Satan. See also 
Ch. xix. 17. 

XXV. Their attendance on, and services 
to Christ. Luke i. 11 to 21. The angel 
Gabriel foretells the birth, manner of life, 
and ministry of John, the forerunner of 
Christ. — Ver. 26. The same angel foretells 
to the virgin Mary, the conception and 
birth of Jesus Christ, and his greatness. 
See to ver. 35. 

Matt. i. 20. An angel informs Joseph 
of Christ's conception, by the power of 
the Holy Ghost. 

Luke ii. 9. to 14. Angels publish the 
birtli of Christ to shepherds, and praise 
God on tliat occasion. 

Matt. ii. 13. An angel warns Joseph to 
carry Jesus and his mother into^Egyptfor 
safety. — Ver. 19. An angel directs Joseph 
and Mary to return with Jesus from 
Egypt. Ver. 28. 

Malt. iv. 11. Angels ministered unto 
Jesus when he was tempted of the devil. 
Mark i. 13. John i. 51. 

Luke xxii. 43. When Christ was in an 
agony, before he was apprehended by 
enemies, there appeared an angel imto 
him from heaven strengthening him. 

Matt. xxvi. 51, 52. When Jesus was 
apprelicnded, Peter drew his sword to 
fight for him. Jesus said, Put up thy 
sword ; thinkest thou that I cannot now 
pray to my Father, and he shall pre- 
sently give mc more than twelve legions 
of angels. 

xxviii. 2. At Christ's resurrection, an 
angel rolls back the stone froffi tlie door 
of the sepulchre, and 'sat on it. — Ver. 5. 
He declares Christ's resurrection to those 
who came to the sepulcln-e, and directs 
them where to publish it. Ver. 7. Luke 
xxiv. .5, 6, 7. John xx. 12, 13. 

Acts i. 10, 12. At Christ's ascension, 
angels declare to the apostles his coming 
again. *^ 

XXVI. They shall attend Christ at his 
coining to judgment. Matt. xvi. 21. Tho 


Chap. II. 


Devils. 


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Son of man shall come in the glory of his 
Father, with his angels ; and then shall 
he reward every man according to his 
work. Ch. XXV. 31, 32. Mark viii. 38. 
Luke ix, 26. 

Luke xii. 8, 9. Jesus said. Whosoever 
shall confess me before men, him shall 
the Son of man also confess before the 
angels of God. He that denieth me be- 
fore men, shall be denied before the an- 
gels of God. Rev. iii. 5. 

1 Thess.iv. 16. The Lord himself shall 
descend from heaven with a shout, with 
the voice of the archangel, and with the 
trump of God, and the dead in Christ 
shall rise first. 1 Cor. xv. 52. 

XXVII. Their employment at the day 
of judgment. Matt. xiii. 39. The harvest 
is the end of the world ; the reapers are 
the angels. 

xxiv. 31. The Son of man shall send 
his angels with a great sound of a trum- 
pet, and they shall gather together his 
elect from the four winds, from the one 
end of heaven to the other. Mark xiii. 27. 

xiii. 41, 42. The Son of man shall send 
forth his angels, and they shall gather out 
of his kingdom all things that offend, and 
them that do iniquity. And shall cast them 
into a furnace of fire ; there shall be wail- 
ing and gnashing of teeth. Ver. 49, 50. 

2 Thess. i. 7—9. The Lord Jesus shall 
be revealed from heaven with his mighty 
angels, in flaming fire, taking vengeance 
on them that know not God, and obey not 
the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ; who 
shall be punished with everlasting de- 
struction from the presence of the Lord, 
and .from the glory of his power. 

XXVIII. They are worshippers of God 
the Father. Vs. ciii. 20, 21. Bless the 
Lord all ye his angels. (Rev. vii. 11. — 
xix. 10. — xxii. 9.) Bless the Lord all ye 
his hosts, ye ministers of his that do his 
pleasure. Ps. cxlviii. 2. 

Isa. vi. 3. The seraphim s cried one to 
another, and said, Holy, holy, holy is the 
Lord of hosts : the whole earth is full of 
his glory. 

Dan. vii. 10. Thousand thousands mi- 
nistered unto him, and ten thousand times 
ten thousand stood before him. 

XXIX. They worship Christ, and are 
subject to him. Heb. i. 4. Christ was 
made better than the angels. — Ver. 6. 
God said. Let all the angels of God wor- 
ship him. 

6 


I Rev. V. 11, 12. Angels round about the 
I throne said, Worthy is the Lamb that was 

slain to receive power, and riches, and 

wisdom, and strength, and glory, and 

honour, and blessing. 

They are not to be worshipped. See 

Col. ii. 18. Rev. xix. 10, 11.— xxii. 8, 9. 

DEVILS. 

XXX. Of the angels some sinned, and 
are reserved unto punishment. 2 Pet. ii. 4. 
God spared not the angels that sinned, 
but cast them down to hell ; and dehvered 
them into chains of darkness, to be re- 
served unto judgment. 

Jude 6. The angels that kept not their 
first estate, but left their own habitation, 
God hath reserved in everlasting chains 
under dai^kness, unto the judgment of the 
great day. 

Rev. XX. 10. The devil that deceived 
the nations, was cast into the lake of fire 
and brimstone, where the beast and the 
false prophet are, and shall be tormented 
day and night for ever and ever. 

Matt. XXV. 41. Everlasting fire is pre- 
pared for the devil and his angels. 


XXXI. What their sin is 
have been. See above, Jude 6. 

1 Tim. iii. 6. Pride is called the con- 
demnation of the devil. 

Job xxxviii. 7. Morning stars, is the 
name of angels : this name is given to the 
proud king of Babylon, losing his power, 
as one of these morning stars falling. 

Isa. xiv. 9, Hell from beneath is moved 
for thee, to meet thee at thy coming. — 
Ver. 12. How art thou fallen from heaven, 

Lucifer, son of the morning. 

Luke X. 18. Jesus said, I beheld Satan 
fall as lightning from heaven. 

XXXII. Nam.es given to these in scrip, 
tare. The god of this world, 2 Cor. iv. 4. 
— The prince of this world, John xiv. 30. 
— xvi. 11. Beelzebub the prince of de- 
vils. Luke xi. 15. — The prince of the 
power of the air, Eph. ii. 2. — Belial, who 
hath his sons and children of the wicked. 
See Deut. xiii. 13. Judg. xix. 22. — xx. 13. 

1 Sam. ii. 12.— X. 27.— xxx. 22. 2 Sam. 
XX. 1. 1 Kings xxi. 10. 2 Chron. xiii. 7. 

2 Cor. vi. 15. — The devil and his angels, 
Matt. XXV. 41. 

The dragon and his angels, Rev. xii. 7. 9. 
The angel of the bottomless pit, Rev. ix.ll. 

Rev. xii. 9. The great dragon, that 
old serpent the devil, and Satan, the 


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Devils. 


Chap. II. 


deceiver, and his angels. — Ver. 10. The 
accuser of the brethren, compare Job i. 
9.— ii. 5. Zech. iii. 1. 

They are called principalities and 
powers. Rom, viii. 38. Eph. vi. 12. 

XXXIII. Devils are represented as 
enemies to all good, and promoters of sin 
and misery among mankind. Gen. iii. 1 
to 7. Satan called the serpent. 2 Cor. xi. 
3. And the old serpent, the devil. Rev. 
xii. 9. — XX. 2. Beguiled Eve. 

2 Sam. xxiv. 1. He moved David to 
number the people. 

Zech. iii. 2. Satan stood at Joshua's 
right hand to resist him. 

Matt, xiii, 38, 39. The tares are the 
children of the wicked one. The enemy 
that sowed the tares is the devil. 

Luke xxii. 31, 32. Satan desired to 
have Peter to sift him. 

John vi. 70. Jesus said [of Judas], 
One of you is a devil. 

xiii. 27. Satan entered into Judas, and 
and tempted him to betray his master. 
Luke xxii. 3. 

xvii. 12. Judas was the son of perdi- 
tion. 2 Thess. iii. 5. The man of sin is 
the son of perdition. 

viii. 44. To his enemies Jesus said. Ye 
are of your father tlie devil, and the lusts 
of your father ye will do ; he was a mur- 
derer from the beginning, and abode not in 
the trutli, because there is no truth in him. 

Acts V. 3. He put it into the hearts of 
Ananias and Sapphira to lie to the Holy 
Gliost. 

Eph. ii. 2. Satan is the spirit that work- 
eth in the children of disobedience. 

vi. 12. Devils are tlie rulers of the 
darkness of this world. 

1 Thess. iii. 5. Satan is the tempter. 
1 Tim. V. 1.5. Some turn aside after him. 

Jam. iii. 15. Envy and strife is the wis- 
dom that is eartlily, sensual, devilish. 

1 John iii. 8. He that committeth sin 
is of the devil. Ver. 11. 

Ver. 12. Cain was of that wicked one 
and slew his brother. 

Rev. xii. 9. Satan deceiveth the whole 
world. 

Satan's hurtfulness to the bodies and 
worldly interests of mankind : See Job i. 
6 to 20. and ii. 7. Also devils are cast out 
by Christ : See ChrisVs Miracles. 

XXXIV. The enmity and endeavours of 
Satan and his servants, to injure Christ 
and his servants. Matt. iv. 1. Satan 
tempted Christ. Mark i. 12. 


Matt. xiii. 19. When any one lieareth 
the word of the kingdom, and under- 
standeth it not, then cometh the wicked 
one, and catchcLli away that which was 
sown in his heart. Mark iv. 15. 

Luke viii. 12. The devil taketh away 
the word out of their hearts, lest they 
should believe, and be saved. 

Acts xiii. 10. They pervert the right 
ways of the Lord. 

2 Cor. iv. 4. The god of this world hath 
blinded the minds of those wIjo believe not. 

xii. 7. A messenger of Satan buffeted 
Paul. 

1 Thess. ii. 18. Satan hindered the 
apostles. Rev. ii. 10. 

2 Thess. ii. 9. The coming of the maV 
of sin, is after the working of Satan, with 
all power and signs, and lying wonders, 
and with all deccivableness of unrighte- 
ousness in them that perish ; because they 
received not the love of the truth, that 
they might be saved. 

1 Tim. iv. 1. Some shall depart from 
the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits, 
and doctrines of devils. 

Rev. iii. 9. They say they are Jews, 
and are not, but are of the synagogue of 
Satan. See Rev. ii. 9, 10.— xii. 13.— xx. 9. 

XXXV. Devils believe that there is a 
God. James ii. 19. The devils believe 
and tremble. 

They know Christ. Mark i. 24. They 
said to Jesus, Let us alone ; what have 
we to do with thee, thou Jesus of Naza- 
reth? we know thee who thou art, the 
holy one of God. 

Luke iv. 41. Devils came out of rriany, 
crying out, and saying. Thou art Christ, 
the Son of God. 

XXXVI. They knew Chrisfs servants. 
Acts xvi. 16, 17. A damsel possessed 
with a spirit of divination, wiiich brought 
her masters much gain by soothsaying, 
followed Paul and other apostles, saying. 
These men are servants of the most high 
God, which shew unto us the way of sal- 
vation. — Ver. 18. Paul commanded the 
evil s])irit to come out of Ijcr. 

xix. 13. Certain vagabond Jews, exor- 
cists, took upon them to call over them 
whicli had evil spirits, the name of 
Uie Lord Jesus, saying, We adjure 
you by Jesus, whom Paul preacheth. — 
Ver. 15, Ifi. Tlic evil spirit answered 
and said, Jesus I know, and Paul I 
know, but who are ye? And the man 
in \vhom tlie evil spirit was, leapt on 


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them, and overcame them, and prevailed 
against them, so that they fled out of that 
house naked and wounded. 

XXXVII, They know the sacred scrip- 
tures. Matt. iv. 6. They produce the 
words of Ps, xci. 11, saying, It is written. 
He shall give his angels charge concern- 
ing thee, and in their hands they shall 
bear thee up, lest at any time thou dash 
thy foot against a stone. 

XXXVIIL Satan was overcome hy 
Christ. Matt. iv. 1 to 12. When Jesus was 
forty days tempted of the devil, the devil 
leaveth him without succeeding. 

John xiii. 31. Jesus said, Now shall 
the prince of this world be cast out. 

xiv. 30. Jesus said, The prince of this 
world Cometh, and hath nothing in me. 

xvi. 11. The prince of this world is 
judged. 

Col. ii. 15. He spoiled principalities 
and powers, triumphing over them. 

Heb. ii. 14. Christ destroyed him that 
had the power of death, that is, the devil. 

1 John iii. 8. For this purpose the Son 
of God was manifested, that he might de- 
stroy the works of the devil. 

Rev. xvii. 14. The Lamb shall over- 
come them, i. e. the servants of Satan. 
See Rev. xii. 7. 9, 10, 11. 

XXXIX. Satan is overcome by Chris- 
tians,through divine power communicated. 
Matt. X. 1. Jesus gave his disciples pow- 
er against unclean spirits, to cast them 
out. Mark iii. 15. vi. 7. 

Luke X. 17, The disciples returned 
with joy, saying to Jesus, Even the de- 
vils are subject to us tlu-ough thy name. 

Acts xxvi, 17, 18. Jesus said to Paul, 
I send thee to open men's eyes, to turn 
tlaem from darkness to light, and from 
the power of Satan unto God, 

Rom, xvi. 20, The God of peace shall 
bruise Satan imder your feet. 

2 Tim. ii. 25, 26. If God will give them 
repentance to the acknowledgment of the 
truth ; that they may recover themselves 
out of the snare of the devil, who are taken 
captive by him at his will. Col, i. 13, 

1 John ii. 14. I have written unto you 
young men, because ye are strong, and 
the word of God abideth in you, and ye 
have overcome the wicked one. Ver, 13, 
Eph, vi. 10, 11, 

v, 18, He that is begotten of God, 
keepeth himself, and that wicked one 
toucheth him not. Ch. iv, 4. 


Rev. xii, 11, They overcame Satan 
by the blood of the Lamb, and by the 
word of their testimony. See Rom. viii. 
37, 38, 

XL, Promises to them that overcome 
Satan. Rev, ii. 7, They shall eat of the 
tree of life, — 11, Shall not be hurt of 
the second death. — 17. Shall have hid. 
den manna. — 26. Shall have power over 
the nations. Ch. iii. 5. Shall be clothed 
in white. — 12. Shall be made a pillar in 
the temple of God. — 21. Shall sit with 
Christ in his throne. Ch. xxi. 7. Shall 
inherit all things. 1 Cor, vi, 3, Shall 
judge fallen aiigels, 

XL I. Duties exhorted to in opposition 
to Satan. 1 Cor, vii. 5. Let the husband 
and wife come together, that Satan tempt 
you not for your incontinency. 

2 Cor, ii, 11, Let us receive an of- 
fender, when become penitent, lest Satan 
get an advantage of us ; for we are not 
ignorant of his devices. 

xi. 2. Paul said, I am jealous over you, 
with a godly jealousy. — Ver. 3. I fear 
lest by any means as the serpent beguiled 
Eve, through his subtlety, so your minds ' 
should be corrupted from the simplicity 
that is in Christ. 

Ver. 14, 15. For Satan himself is 
transformed into an angel of light. 
Therefore it is no great thing if his 
ministers also be transformed, as the 
ministers of righteousness ; whose end 
shall be according to their works. 

Eph. iv. 26, 27. Let not the sun go 
down upon your wrath. Neither give 
place to the devil. 

vi. 11, 12. Put on the whole armour 
of God, that ye may be able to stand 
against the wiles of the devil. For we 
wrestle not against flesh and blood, but 
against principalities, against powers, 
against the rulers of the darkness of this 
world, against spiritual wickedness in 
high places. — Ver. 16. Take the shield of 
faith wherewith ye shall be able to quench 
all the fiery darts of the wicked one. 

James iv. 7. Resist the devil, and he 
will flee from you. 

1 Pet. V. 8, 9. Be sober, be vigilant ; 
because your adversary the devil, as a 
roaring lion walketh about, seeking whom 
he may devour. Whom resist steadfast 
in the faith. 

Jude 9. Michael the archangel said, 
The Lord rebuke thee, Satan. Zech, 
iii. 2. 


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CHAPTER III. 


GOD'S GOVERNMENT. 


I. HE is the King^ Ruler, and Gover- 
nor of the world ; having a throne, king, 
dom, dominion, government. 2 Kings xix. 
15. Tiiou art the God of all the kingdoms 
of the earth. 

2 Chron. xxix. 11. Thine is the king- 
dom, the power, and the glory; and thou 
art exalted as head above all. Matt. 
vi. 13. 

XX. 6. Art thou not God in heaven ? 
and rulest not thou over all the kingdoms 
of the heathen ? and in tliine hand is 
there not power, and might, so that none 
is able to withstand thee ? 

Job XXV. 2. Dominion and fear are 
witli hira : he maketh peace in his liigh 
places. 

Ps. X. 16, The Lord is King for ever 
and ever. 

xi. 4. The Lord's throne is in heaven : 
his eyes behold, his eye-lids try the chil- 
dren of men. 

xxii. 28. The kingdom is the Lord's ; 
and he is the governor among the na- 
tions. 

xlv. 6. Thy throne, O God, is for ever 
and ever ; the sceptre of thy kingdom is a 
right sceptre. 

xlvii. 2. The Lord most high, is a 
great King over all tlie earth. — Ver. 8. 
God reigneth over the heathen : God sit- 
teth on the tlironc of his holiness. 

Lj:\'i. 7. He ruleth by his power for 
ever ; his eyes behold the nations. 

Ixxxix. 14. Justice and judgment are 
the habitation of thy throne. 

xcv. 2. The Lord is a great God, and 
a great King above all gods. 

xcvii. 9. Clouds and darkness are 
round about him ; righteousness and 
judgment arc the habitation of his 
throne. 

ciii. 19. The Lord hath prepared his 
throne in the heavens ; and his kingdom 
ruleth over all. 

cxlv. l.'i. Thy kingdom is an everlast- 
ing kingdom, and tliy dominion cndureth 
throughout all generations. 

Prov. viii. IG. By me princes rule, 
even all the nobles of the earth. 


Isa. xxxvii. 1 6. Thou art God, even tliou 
alone, of all the kingdoms of the earth. 
Ch. vi. 5. The King, the Lord of hosts. 

Ixvi. 1. The heaven is my throne, and 
the earth is my footstool. 

Jer. X. 10. The Lord, he is the true 
God, he is the living God, and an ever- 
lasting King : at his wrath the earth shall 
tremble, and the nations shall not be able 
to abide his indignation. 

Dan. iv. 3. Plis kingdom is an ever- 
lasting kingdom, and his dominion is 
from generation to generation. Ver. 34. 

vi. 26. He is the living God, and stead- 
fast for ever ; and his kingdom is that 
which shall not be destroyed, and his do- 
minion shall be ever unto the end. Ch. 
vii. 14. 27. 

1 Tim. vi. 15. He is the blessed and 
only Potentate, the King of kings and 
Lord of lords. 

II. God is the lawgiver. Isa. xxxiii. 22. 
The Lord is our lawgiver, the Lord is our 
king. 

James iv. 12. He is the one lawgiver, 
who is able to save and to destroy. 

III. God is the judge of the earth. 
Gen. xviii. 25. The judge of all the 
earth. Ps. xciv. 2. Hcb. xii. 23. 

Dcut. xxii. 16. The Lord shall judge 
his people. Eccl. iii. 17. He shall judge 
the righteous and the wicked. 

1 Sam. ii. 10. The Lord shall judge 
the ends of the earth. 

Ps. ix. 4. Thou sittest in the throne 
judging right. 

1. 6. God is judge himself Ps. Ixxvi. 8. 

xcvi. 13. He shall judge the world 
with righteousness, and the people with 
his truth. 

COUNSELS OF GOD. 

IV. God has his counsels. Ps. xxxiii. 
11. Tlie* counsel of the Lord standeth 
for ever, and the tlioughts of his heart to 
all generations. Prov. xix. 21. 

Prov. viii. 14. Counsel is mine, and 
sound wisdom ; I am understanding. 


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Isa. XXV. 1. Thy counsels of old are 
faithfulness and truth. 

xxviii. 29. The Lord of hosts is won- 
derful in counsel, and excellent in work- 
ing. Jer. xxxii. 19. 

xl. 14. With whom took he counsel, 
and who instructed him ? — Ver. 17. All 
nations before him are as nothing-. 

xh'i. 10. My counsel shall stand, and 
I. will do all my pleasure. 

Jer. xxxii. 19. The Lord of hosts, great 
in counsel, and mighty in work. 

Acts ii. 23. Jesus was delivered by the 
determinate counsel and fore-knowledge 
of God. 

iv. 27, 28, Against thy holy child Jesus, 
whom thou hast anointed, both Herod and 
Pontius Pilate, with the Gentiles and the 
people of Israel, were gathered together ; 
for to do whatsoever thy hand and thy 
counsel determined before to be done. 

Heb. vi. 17. God, willing to shew the 
immutability of his counsel, confirmed 
[his promise] by an oath. 

V. Purpose of God. Jer. li. 29. Every 
purpose of God shall be performed. See 
purposes of God concerning particular 
nations. Isa. xiv. 24. 27. — xix, 12. — ^xxiii, 
9.— xlvi. 11.— xlix. 20. 

Rom. viii. 28. All things work together 
for good to them that love God, to them 
who are the called according to his pur- 
pose. 

ix. 11, 12. That the purpose of God 
according to election might stand, it was 
said, The elder [brother] should serve the 
younger. — Ver. 17. Concerning Pharaoh 
God said. For this same purpose have I 
raised thee up, that I might shew my 
power in thee. 

Eph. i. 11. In Christ we have obtained 
an inheritance, being predestinated ac- 
cording to the purpose of him who work- 
eth all things after the counsel of his own 
will. 

iii. 11, According to the eternal pur- 
pose, which God promised in Christ Jesus 
our Lord. 

2 Tim. i. 9. God hath saved us, and 
called us with an holy calling ; not ac- 
cording to our works, but acording to his 
own purpose, and grace, which was given 
us in Christ Jesus before the world began. 


WILL OF GOD. 

VI. God doth will. Job xxiii. 13. He 
is of one mind, and who can turn him ? 
6* 


and what his soul desireth that he doeth. 
Ps. xxxiii. 11. 

Dan. iv. 35. All the inhabitants of the 
earth are reputed as nothing, and he doeth 
according to his will, in the army of hea- 
ven, and among the inhabitants of the 
earth ; and none can stay his hand, or say 
unto him, What dost thou ? Job xxxiii. 13. 

Isa. xlvi. 10, My counsel shall stand, 
and I will do all my pleasure. 

Iv, 11. My word shall accomplish" that 
which I please. 

VII. Deter minations of God. Job xiv. 
5. Man's days are determined, the num- 
ber of his months are with thee ; thou 
hast appointed his bounds that he cannot 
pass. Ver, 14, Acts xvii, 26, 

Isa, X. 23. The Lord God of hosts shall 
make a consumption, even determined in 
the midst of all the land. Ch. xxviii. 22. 
Zeph, iii, 8. 

Dan. ix. 24. Seventy weeks are deter- 
mined upon thy people, and upon thy holy 
city, to finish transgression, and to make 
an end of sins, and to make reconciliation 
for iniquity, to bring in everlasting righ- 
teousness, and to seal up the vision and 
prophecy, and to anoint the most holy. 
Ver. 26, 27. 

xi. 36. That that is determined shall 
be done, 

Zeph. iii, 8. My determination is to 
gather the nations, to pour upon them 
mine indignation. 

Matt, xxvi, 24. The Son of man goeth 
as it is determined of him. Acts iv. 28. 


ORDINATIONS OF GOD. 

VIII. Things ordained of God. Ps. 
cxxxii. 17. I have ordained a lamp for 
mine anointed. 

Jer, i, 5. I ordained thee to be a pro.!, 
phet to the nations. 2 Tim. ii. 7. 

Hab. ii. 12. Thou hast ordained them, 
[the enemy,] for judgment; and, O mighty 
God,thouhastordainedthem for correction. 

XV. 16. Jesus said, I have ordained you, 
that ye should go and bring forth fruit. 
Eph. ii. 10. 

Acts i. 21, 22. Of those men must one 
be ordained, a witness with us of Christ's 
resurrection. 

Ver. 23—26. And the apostles ap- 
pointed two, Joseph and Matthias. And 
they prayed, and said, Thou, Lord, which 
knowest the hearts of all men,^ shew 
whether of these two thou hast chosen ; 


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Decrees of God — Predestination — Election. Chap. III. 


that he may take part of this ministry. 
And tliey gave forth their lots, and the 
lot fell upon Matthias ; and he was num- 
bered with the eleven apostles. 

Jude 14. There are certain men crept in 
unawares, who were before of old ordained 
to this condemnation, ungodly men, turn- 
ing the grace of God into]asciviousness,&c. 


DECREES OF GOD. 

IX. Tilings decreed of God. Job xxviii. 
26. He made a decree for the rain. Ps. 
cxlviii. 6. 

xxxviii. 10. He broke up for the sea 
his decreed place, and set bars and doors. 
Prov. viii. 29. Jer. v. 22. 

Dan. iv. 24. This is the decree of the 
most high God, that is come upon the king. 

Zeph. ii. 2. Before the decree break 
forth, before the day of the Lord's anger 
come upon you. 

X. Things appointed of God\ 2 Sam. 
xvii. 14. The Lord had appointed to de- 
feat the counsel of Ahitophel. 

Job vii. 1. Is there not an appointed 
time for man upon the earth ? are not his 
days like the days of an hireling ? Ch. xiv. 
5.14. 

Prov. viii. 29. He appointed the foun- 
dations of the earth. 

Dan. viii. 19. At the time appointed, 
the end shall be. Ch. xi. 27. 35. 

Mic. vi. 9. He hath appointed the rod. 

Hab. ii. 3. The vision is for an ap- 
pointed time. 

Luke xxii. 29. He appointed unto 
Christ a kingdom. 

Acts xvii. 31. He hath appointed a 
day, in which he will judge the world by 
Jesus Christ. 

Gal. iv. 4. When the fulness of time 
was come, God sent forth his Son made 
of a woman. 

1 Pet. ii, 8. Christ is a stone of stum- 
bling, and a rock of offence, to them 
which stumble at the word, being disobe- 
dient ; whereunto also they were appoint- 
ed. Jude 4. 


PREDESTINATION. 

XI. Things predestinated of God. Rom. 
viii. 29, 30. Wliom God did foreknow he 
did prodestinate to be conformed to the 
image of his Son, that he might be the 
first-born among many brethren. More- 


over, whom he did predestinate, them he 
also called; and whom he called them he 
also justified; and whom he justified, 
them he also glorified. 

Eph. i. 5. God having predestinated us 
to the adoption of children, by Jesus Christ, 
according to the good pleasure of his will. 

Ver. 11, 12. In him we have obtained 
an inheritance, being predestinated ac- 
cording to the purpose of him who work- 
eth all things according to the counsel of 
his own will ; that we should be to the 
praise of his glory. 


ELECTION. 

XII. Election of the Jews. Neh. ix. 7, 
8. Thou are the Lord, the God who didst 
choose Abram, and broughtest him forth 
out of Ur of the Chaldees, and gavest him 
the name of Abraham: And madest a 
covenant with him. Compare Gen. xi. 31. 
— xii. 1, 2, 3. Acts xiii. 17. 

Deut iv. 37. Because the Lord loved 
thy fathers, therefore he chose their seed 
after them, and brought thee out of Egypt 

vii. 6. The Lord thy God hath chosen 
thee to be a special people unto himself^ 
above all the people that are upon the face 
of the earth. Cli. xiv. 2. 

Ver. 7, 8. The Lord did not set his love 
upon you, nor choose you because ye were 
more in number than any people, (for ye 
were the fewest of all the people :) But be- 
cause the Lord loved you, and because he 
would keep the oath which he had sworn 
to your fathers. Ch. x. 15. 

1 Kings iii. 8. Thy servant is in the 
midst of thy people, whom thou hast 
chosen. 

1 Chron. xvi. 13, 14. O ye seed of 
Israel his servant, ye children of Jacob 
his chosen ones : He is the Lord your 
God. Ps. cv. 6, 7. 

Ps. xxxiii. 12. Blessed is the nation 
whose God is the Lord, and the people 
whom he hath chosen for his own inhe- 
ritance. 

Ixv. 4. Blessed is the man whom thou 
choosest, and causest to approach unto 
thee, that he may dwell in thy courts. 

cv. 43. The Lord brought forth his peo- 
ple with joy, and his chosen with glad- 
ness. 

cvi. 4, 5. Remember me, O Lord, with 
the favour that thou bcarest unto thy 
people : O visit me with thy salvation : 
That I may see the good of thy chosen, 
that I may rejoice in the gladness of thy 


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nation, that I may glory with thine in- 
heritance. 

Ps. cxxxii. 13. The Lord hath chosen 
Zion, he hath desired it for his habitation. 
— Ver. 15. I will abundantly bless her 
provision, «Slc. Ps. Ixxviii. 68. 

cxxxv. 4. The Lord hath chosen Jacob 
unto himself, and Israel for his peculiar 
treasure. 

Isa. xiv. 1. The Lord will yet choose 
Israel, and set him in his own land. Ch. 
xlLx. 7. Zech. i. 17.— ii. 12. 

xli. 8, 9. Thou Israel art ray servant, 
Jacob whom I have chosen. I have 
chosen thee, and not cast thee away. 

xhii. 20. I give waters in the wilder- 
ness, and rivers in the desert, to give drink 
to my people, my chosen. 

xliv. 2 — 4. Thus saith the Lord that 
made thee, and formed thee from the 
womb, which will help thee, Fear not, O 
Jacob, my servant, and Jeshurun whom I 
liave chosen. For I will pour water upon 
him that is thirsty, and floods upon tlie 
dry ground ; I will pour my Spirit upon 
thy seed, and my blessing upon thine off- 
spring. And they shall spring up, &c. 

xlv. 4. For Jacob my servant's sake, 
and Israel mine elect, I have called thee 
by thy name [Cyrus] : I have surnamed 
thee, though thou hast not known me. 

xlviii. 10. I, have refined thee, but not 
with silver ; I have chosen thee in the 
furnace of affliction. — Ver. 17. I am the 
Lord thy God, which teacheth thee to 
profit, which leadeth thee by the way that 
thou shouldest go. 

Ixv. 9. Mine elect shall inherit my 
mountain, and my servants shall dwell 
here. — Ver, 22. Mine elect shall long 
enjoy the work of their hands. 

Ezek, XX, 5. Thus saith the Lord God, 
I chose Israel, and lifted up mine hand 
unto the seed of the house of Jacob, and 
made myself known unto them. 

Zech. iii. 2. O Satan, the Lord that 
hath chosen Jerusalem, rebuke thee : 
Is not this a brand plucked out of the 
fire? 

XIII. Election of Christians. Matt. 
XX. 16. Jesus said. Many be called, but 
few chosen. 

xxiv. 22. For the elect's sake, those 
days [of calamity] shall be shortened. 
Mark xiii. 20. 

Ver. 24. False Christs, and false pro- 
phets, shall shew great signs and M^on- 
ders, insomuch, that (if it were possible) 
they shall deceive the very elect,— Ver, 


31. The Son of man shall [at the last day] 
send his angels with a great sound of a 
trumpet, and they shall gather together 
his elect, from 'the four winds, from the 
one end of heaven to the other. 

Luke xviii. 7. Shall not God avenge 
his own elect, which cry day and night 
unto him ? 

John vi. 37. Jesus said. All that the 
Father hath given me, «fec. 

xiii. 18. Jesus said, I speak not of you 
all, I know whom I have chosen : but 
that the scripture might be fulfilled, He 
that eateth bread with me hath lifted up 
the heel against me. 

XV. 16. I have chosen you, and ordained 
you, that ye should go and bring forth 
fruit. — Ver. 19. I have chosen you out 
of the world, therefore the world hateth 
you. 

Rom. viii. 33. Who shall lay any thing 
to the charge of God's elect ? It is God 
that justifieth. 

ix. 6. They are not all Israel which are 
of Israel. 

Ver. 10 — 13. When Rebecca had con- 
ceived by Isaac, (the children being not 
yet born, neither having done any good 
or evil, that the purpose of God according 
to election might stand, not of works, but 
of him that calleth ;) it was said unto her. 
The elder shall serve the younger. As it 
is written, Jacob have I loved, but Esau 
have I hated. 

Ver. 16. It is not of him that willeth, 
or of him that runneth, but of God that 
sheweth mercy. — Ver. 18. He hath mercy 
on whom he will have mercy, and whom 
he will he hardeneth. 

Ver. 21. Hath not the potter power over 
the clay? 

xi. 2. God hath not cast away his peo- 
ple, which he foreknew. 

Ver. 4 — 6. Seven thousand were re- 
served in Israel, who had not bowed the 
knee to the image of Baal. So at this 
time there is a remnant according to the 
election of grace : And if by grace, it is 
no more of works. 

Ver. 7. Israel hath not obtained that 
which he seeketh for, but the election 
hath obtained it, and the rest were 
blinded. — Ver. 28. As touching the elec- 
tion, the Jews are beloved for the fathers' 
sake. 

Eph. i. 4, 5. God hath chosen us in 
Christ, before the foundation of the 
world, that we should be holy and with- 
out blame before him in love. Having 
predestinated us to the adoption of chil- 


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dren by Jesus Christ to himself, accord- 
ing to the good pleasure of his will. 

Col. iii. 12. Put on (as the elect of God, 
holy and beloved) bowels of mercies, 
kindness, humbleness, &c. 

1 Thess. i. 4. Knowing brethren, be- 
loved, your election of God. 

2 Thess. ii. 13. God hath from the be- 
ginning chosen you to salvation, through 
sanctification of the Spirit and belief of 
the truth. 

2 Tim. ii. 10. I endure all things for 
the elect's sake, that they may obtain the 
salvation which is in Christ Jesus, with 
eternal glory. 

Tit. i. 1 . Paul an apostle, according to 
the faith of God's elect. 

James ii. 5. Hath not God chosen the 
poor of this w^orld, rich in faith, and heirs 
of the kingdom which he hath promised 
to them that love him ? 

1 Pet. i. 2. Elect according to the fore- 
knowledge of God the Father, through 
sanctification of the Spirit unto obedience, 
and sprinkled of the blood of Jesus. 

ii. 9. Ye are a chosen generation, a 
royal priesthood, an holy nation, a pe- 
culiar people ; that ye should shew forth 
the praises of him who hath called you 
out of darkness to his marvellous light. 

V. 13, The church that is in Babylon, 
elected together with you. 

2 John, ver. 1. The elect lady. Ver. 
13. The elect sister. 

Rev. xvii. 14. They that are with the 
Lamb, are called and chosen, and faithful. 
See 1 Tim. v. 21. Elect angels. 
Christ is God's elect. Isa. Ixii. 1. 

XIV. Persons chosen or elected of God, 
to Jill offices in the church and state. 
Deut. xvii. 15. Thou shalt set him king 
over tliee, whom the Lord thy God shall 
choose. Kings chosen of God were Saul, 
1 Sam. X. 24.— David, 2 Sam. vi. 21. 1 
Kings viii. 16. Ps, Ixxviii. 70. Ixxxix. 3. 
19. — Solomon, 1 Chron. xxix. 1. 1 Sam. 
ii. 28. 

Priests chosen. Levi, Deut. x. 8. — 
Aaron, Num. xvi. 5. — xvii. 5. 8. 

Twelve apostles chosen. Luke vi. 13. 
—Matthias, Acts i. 24. 26.— Stephen, 
Acts vi. .'5. — Paul, Acts ix. 15. — xxii. 14. 

Place of worship chosen. Deut. xii. 5. 
— xi. 14.— xviii. 21. 26. The temple, 1 
Kings ix. 3.— 'Jerusalem, 1 Kings xi. 14. 
Neh. i. 9. 

CALLING. 

XV. God doth call ; his people are call- 


ed. Isa. xl. 1. Thus saith the Lord, 
that created thee, O Jacob, that formed 
thee O Israel, Fear not, for I have re- 
deemed thee, I have called thee by thy 
name, thou art mine. 

xlviii. 12. Hearken unto me, O Jacob 
and Israel my called, I am he ; I am the 
first, I also am the last. 

Isa. Iv. 5. Behold thou shalt call a na- 
tion that thou knowest not, and nations 
that knew not thee shall run unto thee. 

Ixii. 2. Thou shalt be called by a new 
name, which the Lord shall name. 

Joel ii. 32. In mount Zion, and in Je- 
rusalem shall be deliverance, as the Lord 
hath said, and in the remnant whom the 
Lord shall call. 

Matt. XX. 1. The kingdom of heaven is 
like unto a man that is an house-holder, 
which Avent out early in the morning to 
hire labourers tmto his vineyard. — Ver. 3 
— 6. He went out about the third, the 
sixth, the ninth, and eleventh hour, and 
sent those he found into his vineyard. — 
Ver. 9, 10. They received every man a 
penny. 

Ver. 11. When they murmured against 
the good man of the house, because the 
first received not more than they who 
entered last. — Ver. 13. He answered, and 
said. Friend I do thee no wrong. — Ver. 
15, 16, Is it not lawful for me to do what 
I will with mine own ? Is thine eye evil, 
because I am good? So the last shall be 
first, and the first last : for many be called 
but few chosen, (^h, xix. 30. 

Matt, xxii. 2, 3. The kingdom of heaven 
shall be like unto a king, which made a 
marriage for his son ; and sent forth his 
servants to call them that were bidden to 
the wedding. 

John X. 3. The good Shepherd calleth 
his own sheep by name. 

XV. 15. Jesus said, I call you not ser- 
vants. I have called you friends. Heb. 
iii. 11. Christ is not ashamed to call 
them brethren. 

Acts ii. 39. The promise is unto you, 
and to your children, and to all that are 
afar off, even as many as the Lord our 
God shall call. 

Rom. i. 6. Among whom are ye also 
the called of Jesus Christ. 

Ver, 7. To all that be in Rome, called 
to.be saints. 

iv, 17, God calleth those things that 
are not as tliough they were. 

viii. 28. All things work together for 
good, to them that love God, to them who 
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Ver. 30. Whom God did predestinate 
tliem he also called. 

ix. 11. Tliat the purpose of God ac- 
cording to election might stand, not of 
works, but of him that calleth. 

Ver, 23, 24. The vessels of mercy he 
hath prepared unto glory ; even us whom 
he hath called, not of the Jews only but 
also of the Gentiles. 

Ver. 25. God saith, I will call them 
my people, which were not my people ; 
and her beloved, which was not beloved. 
Hos. ii. 23. 

xi. 29. The gifts and calling of God 
are without repentance. 

1 Cor. i. 9. God is faithful, by whom 
we were called into the fellowship of his 
Son Jesus Christ our Lord. 

Ver. 24. Unto them who are called, 
both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power 
of God, and the wisdom of God. 

Ver. 26, 27. Ye see your calling bre- 
tliren, how that not many wise men after 
the flesh, not many mighty, not many 
noble are called : But God hath chosen 
the foolish things of the world to confound 
tjie wise. Ch. i. 

vii. 15. God hath called us to peace. 

Ver. 17. As the Lord hath called every 
man, so let him walk. See ver. 18. 20, 
21. 24. 

Gal. i. 6. I marvel that ye are so soon 
removed from him that called you into 
the grace of Christ. 

X. 8. This persuasion cometh not of 
him that calleth you. 

Ver. 13. Brethren, ye have been call- 
ed into liberty. 

Eph. i. 16. I cease not to give thanks, 
and to pray, &c. — Ver. 18. That ye may 
know what is the hope of his calling, 
and what the riches of the glory of his 
inheritance in the saints. 

iv. 1, Walk worthy of the vocation 
wherewith ye are called. 

Ver. 4. Ye are called in one hope of 
your calling. 

Phil. iii. 14. I press toward the mark, 
for the prize of the high calling of God in 
Christ Jesus. 

Col. iii. 15. Let the peace of God rule 
in your hearts, to the which you are 
calleriin one body. 

1 thess. ii. 12. Walk wortliy of God, 
who hath called you unto his kingdom 
and glory. 

iv. 7. God hath not called us unto 
uncleanness, but unto holiness. 

v. 24. Faithful is he that calleth you. 

8 Thess, i, 11. We pray that 6oA 


would count you worthy of this calling, 
and fulfil all the good pleasure of his 
goodness, and the work of faith with 
power. 

ii. 14. God hath called you, by our 
gospel, to the obtaining of the glory of 
our Lord Jesus Christ. 

1 Tim. vi. 12. Fight the good fight of 
faith, lay hold on eternal life, whereunto 
thou art called. 

2 Tim. i. 9. God hath saved us, and 
called us with an holy calling, not ac- 
cording to our works, but according to 
his own purpose, and grace, which was 
given us in Christ Jesus before the world 


Heb. iii. 12. Holy brethren, partakers 
of the heavenly calling. 

ix. 15. Jesus is the mediator of the 
New Testament, that they which are 
called might receive the promise of eter- 
nal inheritance. 

1 Pet. i. 15. As he which hath called 
you is holy, so be ye holy in all manner 
of conversation. 

ii. 9. Shew forth the praises of him 
who hath called you out of darkness, into 
his marvellous light. 

Ver. 20, 21. If ye do well, and suffer 
for it, and take it patiently, even hereunto 
were ye called. 

iii. 9. Not rendering evil for evil, or 
railing for railing, but contrariwise bless- 
ing ; knowing that ye are thereunto call- 
ed, that ye may inherit a blessing. 

v. 10. The God of all grace hath call- 
ed us uj:ito his eternal glory, by Christ 
Jesus. 

2 Pet. i. 3. His divine power hath giv- 
en unto us all things that pertain to life 
and godliness, through the knowledge 
of him that hath called us to glory and 
virtue. 

Ver. 10. Give diligence to make your 
calling and election sure. 

Jude 1, 2. To them that are sanctified 
by God the Father, and preserved in 
Jesus Christ, and called : Mercy unto you, 
and peace and love be multiplied. 

Rev. xvii. 12. They that are with the 
Lamb, are called and chosen, and faithful. 

xix. 9. Blessed are they that are call- 
ed unto the marriage supper of the 
Lamb. 

Abraham called. See Isa. Ii. 2. Heb. 
xi. 8. 

XVI. Particular persons called to offices. 

Priesf.s. Christ, Isa. xlii. Heb. v. 10. — 
Aaron, Heb. v. 4. 

Prophets, Isa. xlix. 1, 2. 


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Justification — Sanctification. 


Chap. III. 


Apostles. Actsxiii. 2. Rom. i. 1. ICor. 
i. 1, 2. Gal. i. 15. 

God^s people are called hy his name. 
xxviii. 10, Josh, xiv. 9. — xv. 16. Dan. ix. 
18, 19. Amos ix. 11, 12. Jam. ii. 7. 

TJie heathens not called by God's 
name. Isa. Ixiii. 19. — Ixv. 1. 

JUSTIFICATION. 

XVII. God Justiftelh. Isa. xlv. 25. 
In the Lord shall the seed of Jacob be 
justified, and shall glory. Rom. iii. 30. 

Rom. iii. 26. That God might be just, 
and the justifier of liim that believcth in 
Jesus. 

viii. 30. 31. Whom he called, them he 
also justified; and whom ho justified 
tliem he also glorified. If God be for us, 
who can be against us? 

Ver. 33, 34. Wlio shall lay anything to 
the charge of God's elect? It is God that 
justificth; who is he that condcmneth? 

XVIII. Men not justified hy the works 
of the law. Rom. iii. 20. By the deeds 
of the law, there shall no flesh be justified 
in God's siglit. 

Ver. 28. We conclude that a man is jus- 
tified by faith, without the deeds of the law. 

iv. 15. The law worketh wrath. 

Gal. ii. 16. A man is not justified by 
the works of the law, but by the faith of 
Jesus Christ. 

iii. 10. As many as are of the works of 
tlie law arc under the curse ; for it is 
written, Cursed is every one that continu- 
eth not in all things that are written in 
the book of the law to do them. Deut. 
xxvii. 26. Jam. ii. 10. 

Ver. 11. That no man is justified by 
tlac law in the siglit of God, is evident : 
for, The just shall live by faith. Hab. ii. 
4. Rom. i. 17. Ilcb. x. 38. 

Ver. 12. And the law is not of faith ; 
but. The man that doeth them, shall live in 
them. Lev. xviii. 15. Neh. ix. 29. Ezek. 
iii. 2L— xviii. 9. 17.— xx. 11. 13. 21.— 
xxxiii. 1.3. 15, 16. Matt. xix. 17. Rom. 
X. 5. 

James ii. 10. He that shall offend in 
one point is guilty of all. Compare Rom. 
iii. 19. Isa. Ixiv. 6. Ps. cxliii. 2. 

Gal. v. 'I. Christ is become of none ef- 
fect to you, whosoever of you arc justified 
by tlie law ; ye are fallen from grace. 

XIX- Men are justified freely; and hy 
prace, through Christ. Isa. liii. 11. By 
liis knowledge shall my righteous ser- 


vant justify many, for he shall bear their 
iniquities. 

Rom. iii. 24. Being justified freely by 
his grace, through the redemption that is 
in Jesus Christ. 


SANCTIFICATION. 

XX. God sanctified the Jews. Exod. 
xxxi. 13. The sabbath isa sign between 
me and you throughout your generations ; 
that ye may know that I am the Lord 
that doth sanctify you. Lev. xx. 8. — ^xxi. 
— viii. 15. Ezek. xx. 12. 

Ezek. xxvii. 28. The heathen shall know 
that I the Lord do sanctify Israel, when 
my sanctuary shall be in the midst of them. 

XXI. Jews were commanded to sanctify 
themselves. Lev. xi. 44. I am the Lord 
your God: ye shall therefore sanctify 
yourselves, and ye shall be holy : for I am 
holy. Ch. XX. 7. See Numb. xi. 18. Josh. 
iii. 5. — vii. 13. 1 Sam. xvi. 5. Joel ii. 16. 

XXII. God doth sanctify Christians. 
1 Thess. iv. 3. This is the wiU of God, 
even your sanctification. 

V. 23. The very God of peace sanctify 
you wholly : and I pray God, your whole 
spirit, and soul, and body, be preserved 
blameless unto the coming of our Lord 
Jesus. 

Col. i. 12. The Father hath made us 
meet to be partakers of the inheritance of 
the saints in light. 

Ps. Ixxxiv. 11. The Lord will give 
grace and glory. 

XXIII. God sanctifieth Christians hy 
his word and Spirit. John xvii. 17. Sane- 
tify tlicm through thy truth. Ver. 19. 

Rom. XV. 16. That the oifering of the 
Gentiles might be acceptable, being sane- 
tified by the Holy Ghost. 

2 Cor. iii. 18. We are changed into the 
image of Christ by the Spirit of the Lord. 

2 Thess. ii. 13. God has chosen you 
to salvation, through the sanctification of 
ilie Spirit and belief of the truth. Acts 
XX. 32. 1 Pet. i. 2. 

XXIV. Justification and sanctification 
expressed in other words. 

God doth vmsh. Ps. Ii. 2. Wash me 
tlioroughly from my initpiitics, and 
cleanse me from my sin. — Ver. 7. Wash 
thou mc, and I shall be whiter than the 
snow, ' 

Isa. i. 18. Though your sins be aa 


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scarlet, they shall be as white as snow ; 
though they be red like crimson, they 
shall be as wool. 

Isa. iv. 4. When the Lord shall have 
washed away the filth of the daughter of 
Zion. 

Ezek. xvi. 4. Thou wast not washed. — 
Ver. 9. I washed thee Avith water. 

Rev. i. 5, 6. Unto him [Christ] that 
loved us, and washed us from our sins in 
his own blood, and hath made us kings 
and priests unto God and his Father, to 
laim be glory and dominion for ever. 

vii. 14. These have washed their robes 
and made thenx white in the blood of the 
Lamb. 

Duty to v:ask ourselves. Ps. xxvi. 6. 
I will wash my hands in innocence. Ps. 
Ixsiii. 13. 

Isa. i. 16. Wash you, make you clean. 

Jer. iv. 14. O Jerusalem, wash thine 
heart from wickedness, that thou mayest 
be saved. 

Acts xxii. 16. Be baptized, and Wash 
away thy sins, calling upon the name of 
the Lord. 

Heb. X. 22. Let us draw near [unto 
God] with a true heart, in full assurance 
of faith, having our hearts sprinkled from 
an evil conscience, and our bodies washed 
with pure water. 

XXV. God doth cleanse. Ps. xix. 12. 
Cleanse thou me from secret faults. Ps. 
li. 10. 

Jer. xxxiii. 8. I will cleanse them from 
all iniquity, whereby they have sinned 
against me. Ezek. xxxvii. 23. 

Ezek. xxxvi. 25. Then will I sprinkle 
dean water upon you, and ye shall be 
clean from, all yom- filthiness. See Effi- 
cacy of Christ's blood. 

Eph. vi. 26. That he might cleanse the 
the church, <S6C. 1 John i. 9. 

Duty to cleanse ourselves. Matt, xxiii. 
26. Thou blind Pharisee, cleanse first 
that which is within. 

2 Cor. vii. 1. Let us cleanse ourselves 
from all filthiness of the flesh and spirit. 
See Isa. i. 16. — lii. 11. James iv. 8. Ps. 
cxix. 9. 

Promises to the cleansed. Job xvii. 9. 
Ps. xviii. 20. 24.— xxiv. 24.— Ixxiii. 1. 

XXVI. God doth purge. Ps. Ixv. 3. 
As for our transgressions thou wilt 
purge them away. See Ps. li. 7. — 
Ixxix. 9. 

Isa. i. 25. I will purely purge away 
thy dross. 


Isa. vi. 7. He said, thy iniquity is 
taken away, thy sin is purged. 

xxvii. 9. By this [affliction] shall the 
iniquity of Jacob be purged, and this is 
all the fruit to take away his sin. 

Ezek. xxiv. 13. Because I have purged 
thee, and thou wast not purged, thou shalt 
not be purged any more at all, till I have 
caused my fury to rest upon thee. 

Dan. xi. 35. Some of them shall fall, 
to try them, and to purge, and to make 
white. 

Mai. iii. 3. He slzall sit as a refiner and 
purifier of silver ; and he shall purify the 
sons of Levi, and shall purge them as gold 
and silver, that they may offer unto the 
Lord an offering in righteousness. 

Matt. iii. 11, 12. John the Baptist sai^, 
Jesus shall baptize you with the Holy 
Ghost, and with fire. Whose fan is in his 
hand, and he will purely purge his floor, 
and gather his wheat into his garner. 

Jolm XV. 2. Jesus said, Every branch in 
me that beareth fruit, my Father purgeth, 
that it may bring forth more fruit. 

Heb. i. 3. Christ by himself purged our 
sins. See Chrisfs blood. 

Duty. 1 Cor. v. 7. 2 Tim. ii. 21. 

XXVII. God purifieih. Acts xv. 9. 
God purifying their hearts by faith. 

Tit. ii. 14. Christ gave himself for us, 
that he might redeem us from all iniquity, 
and purify unto himself a peculiar people, 
zealous of good works. See Mai. iii. 3. 
above. 

Duty. James iv. 8. Cleanse your hands, 
ye sinners; and purify your hearts, ye 
double minded. 

1 Pet. i. 22. Ye have purified your 
souls in obeying the truth, through the 
Spirit. 1 Tim. i. 5. Charity out of a pure 
heart. 

1 John iii. 3. Every one that hath this 
hope in him purifieth himself, even as he 
is pure. 2 Tim. ii. 22. Call on the Lord 
out of a pure heart. 

XXVIII. God doth refine. Isa. xlviii. 
10. Behold, I have refined thee, but not 
with silver; I have chosen tlree in the 
furnace of afHiction. 

Zech. xiii. 9, I will refine them as 
silver is refined, and I will try them as 
gold is tried. 

Mai. iii. 2. He is like a refiner's fire, 
and like fuller's soap. Ver. 3. 

XXIX. The Lord is a God unto his 
people ; he is with them and among them. 


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Chap. III. 


Exod. xxix. 45, 56. 1 will dwell among 
tlie children of Israel, and I will be their 
God. (Ch. XX. 2.) And they shall laiow 
tliat I am the Lord their God, 

Lev. xxvi. 11, 12. I will set my taber- 
nacle among you, and my soul shall not 
abhor you. I will walk among you, and 
I will be your God, and ye shall be my 
people. 

Ps. xlviii. 14. This is our God for ever 
and ever : he will be our guide even unto 
death. 

Isa. xli. 10. Fear thou not, for I am 
with tliee : be not dismayed, I am thy 
God. 

Jer. vii. 23. Obey my voice, and I will 
be your God, and ye shall be my people. 
Ch. XXX. 18. 22. 

Zech. viii. 2. Thus saith the Lord of 
hosts, I am jealous for Zion. — Ver. 8. 
I will be their God in truth and in righ- 
teousness. 

2 Cor. vi. 1 6. I will dwell in them, and 
walk in them ; and I will be their God, 
and they shall be my people. 

Heb. xi. 16. God is not ashamed to be 
called their God. 

Rev. xxi. 3. Behold the tabernacle of 
God is with men, and he will dwell with 
them : and they shall be his people, and 
God himself shall be with them, and be 
their God. 

XXX. God forsaketh, not Ids people. 
Deut. iv. 31. The Lord thy God is a 
merciful God ; he will not forsake thee, 
neither destroy thee, nor forget the cove- 
nant of thy fathers. See Cla. xxxi. 6. 8. 
Josh. i. 5. 1 Chron. xxA'iii. 20. Neh. ix. 
17. 19. 31. 

1 Sam. xii. 22. The Lord will not for- 
sake Ifls people, for his great name's sake : 
because it hath pleased the Lord to make 
you his people. 

Ezra ix. 9. God hath not forsaken us 
in our bondage, but hath extended mercy 
to us in tlie sight of the kings of Persia. 

Ps. ix. 10. Thou hast not forsaken them 
that seek thee. 

xxxvii. 28. He forsaketh not his saints ; 
they are preserved for ever. Ver. 25. 

xciv. 14. The Lord will not cast off 
his people, neither will ho forsake liis in- 
heritance. 

Isa. xlii. 16. I will make darkness light 
before them, and crooked Lliings'straiglit, 
&c. These things will I do, and not for- 
sake them. 

xliv. 21. Remember these, O Jacob 
and Israel; for thou art my servant: 


I have formed thee ; thou art my servant : 
O Israel, thou shalt not be forgotten of me. 

Isa. xlix. 14, 15, 16. But Zion said, The 
Lord hath forsaken me, and my Lord 
hath forgotten me. Can a woman forget 
her sucking child, that she should not 
liave compassion on the son of her womb ? 
yea, they may forget, yet I will not for- 
get. Behold, I have graven thee on the 
palms of my hands ; thy walls are conti- 
nually before me. 

liv. 7. For a small moment have I for- 
saken thee, but with great mercies will I 
gather thee. Ver. 8, 9, 10. 

2 Cor. iv. 9. We are persecuted, but 
not forsaken. 

Heb. xiii. 5. Be content, for he hath 
said, I Mali never leave thee nor forsake 
thee. 

XXXI. Prayers that God would not 
forsake his people. 1 Kings viii. 57. Tlie 
Lord be with us : let him not leave us nor 
forsake us. 

Ps. xxvi'i. 9. Leave me not, neither for- 
sake me, O God of my salvation. See 
Ps. xxxviii. 21. — Ixxi. 9. 18. — cxix. 8. — 


XXXII. God forsaketh the wicked. 
Deut. xxxi. 16, 17. The Lord said, This 
people will forsake me, and break my co- 
venant. Then mine anger shall be kindled 
against them, and I will forsake them. 

Judg. vi. 13. The Lord hath forsaken 
us, and delivered us into the hands of 
enemies. 

2 Kings xxvi. 14. Thus saith the Lord, 
I will forsake the remnant of my inherit- 
ance, and deliver them into the hands of 
their enemies, because of their sins. 

2 Chron. xii. 5. Thus saith the I/ord, 
Ye have forsaken me, and therefore have 
I left you in the hand of your enemies. 

XV. 2. If ye forsake the Lord, he will 
forsake you. Ch. xxiv. 20. 

Ps. Ixx-v'iii. 60. He forsook the taber- 
nacle of Shiloh. Ver. 61. 

Jer. xii. 7. I have forsaken mine house, 
I have left mine heritage ; I liave given 
the dearly beloved of my soul into the 
hands of her enemies. 

xxiii. 39. I will utterly forget you, and 
forsake you, and tlie city that I gave you 
and your fathers. Ver. 33. 

XXXIII. God doth not cast off nor re- 
jrct his people. Lev. xxvi. 43, 44. When 
they laccept the punishment of their 
iniquity, I will not cast thera away, nei- 


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ther abhor them, to destroy them utter- 

2 Kings xiii. 23. The Lord had com- 
passion on his people, and would not 
destroy them, neither cast them off. 

Neh. i. 9. If ye turn unto me and keep 
my commandments, though ye were cast 
out, I will gather you. 

Job viii. 20. God will not cast away a 
perfect man. 

Ps. cxiv. 14. The Lord will not cast off 
liis people. Amos iii. 31. 

Isa. xli. 9. I have chosen thee, and 
not cast thee away. 

Jer. xxxiii. 25, 26. Thus saith the 
Lord, If my covenant be not with day 
and night, and if I have not appointed the 
ordinances of heaven and earth, then will 
I cast away the seed of Jacob ; for I will 
cause their captivity to return, and have 
mercy on them. Ver. 20. Ch. xxxi. 37. 
Lam. iii. 31, 32. 

Zech. X. 6. They shall be as though I 
had not cast them off ; for I am the Lord 
their God. Ezek. xi. 19. Mic. iv. 7. 

Rom. xi. 2. God hath not cast away 
his people, which he foreknew. Ver. 4. 

XXXIV. Prayers against being cast off. 
Ps. xliii. 2, 3. Why dost thou cast me 
off? why go I mourning ? O send out 
thy light and truth: let them lead me, 
&c, 

xliv. 9. O Lord cast us not off forever. 
Ps. Ixxiv. 1. Ps. Ixxvii. 7. Jer. xiv. 19. 
21. 

li. 11. Cast me not away from thy 
presence. 

Ixxi. 9. Cast me not off in time of old 
age. 

XXXV. God casteth off and rejecteth 
the wicked. 2 Kings xvii. 20. Because 
of their wickedness the Lord rejected the 
seed of Israel, and afflicted them, Ch. 
xxiii. 27. 

1 Chron. xxviii. 9. If thou forsake the 
Lord he will cast thee off for ever. 

Ps. xliv. 9. Thou hast cast off and put 
us to shame. Ps. Ix. 1. 10. — Ixxxix. 28. 
— cviii. 11. 

Lxxiii. 18. Thou castedst the wicked 
down to destruction. Ps. v. 10. 

Ixxxix. 44. Thou hast made his glory to 
cease, thou hast cast his throne dov^ra to 
the ground. Ps. cxlvii. 6. 

Jer. vi. 30. Reprobate silver shall men 
call them, because the Lord hath rejected 
them. 

vii. 15. Because ye have done these 
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evil works, saith the Lord, I will cast you 
out of my sight. Ver. 20. Ch. xv. 1, 2. 
— xxiii. 39. — Iii. 3. 

xvi. 12, 13. Ye have done evil. There- 
fore I will cast you out of this land, into 
another land, where I will show you no 
favour. Ch. xxii. 26. 

Lam. v. 22. Thou hast utterly rejected 
us, and art wroth against us. 

Ezek. xxviii. 16. I will cast thee as 
profane out of the mountain of God. 

xxxii. 4. I will cast thee forth upon 
the open field. — Ver. 8. The bright lights 
of heaven will I make dark over thee. 

Hos. ix. 17. God will cast them away, 
because they did not hearken unto him. 

Matt. iii. 10. Every tree that bringeth 
not forth good fruit, is hewn down and 
cast into the fire. 

viii. 12.' The children of the kingdom 
shall be cast into outer darkness. 

xiii. 48. See the parable of the net and 
fishers casting the bad fish away. 

Luke ix. 25. What is a man advantaged 
if he gain the whole world, and lose him- 
self, or be cast away ? 

John XV. 6. If a man abide not in me, 
he is cast forth as a branch, and is with- 
ered. 

1 Cor. ix. 27. I keep my body under, 
lest I be cast away. 

Heb. vi. 8. That ground -vj^hich bear- 
eth thorns and briers is rejected, and is 
nigh unto cursing, whose end is to be 
burned. 

xii. 17. Esau was rejected. 

GOD A FATHER. 

XXXVI. God a Father to his people. 
Exod. iv. 22. Thus saith the Lord, Israel 
is my son, even my first-born. Jer. xxxi. 
9. Rom. ix. 4. 

Exod. iv. 23. Let my son go. Hos. 
xi. 1. 

Deut. xiv. 1. Ye are the children of the 
Lord your God. 

Isa. xliii. 6. Bring my sons from afar, 
and my daughters from the ends of the 
earth. Ch. xiv. 11. 

Ixiii. 16. Doubtless thou art our Father, 
though Abraham be ignorant of us, and 
Israel acknowledge us not: thou, O 
Lord, art our Father, our Redeemer. 
Ver. 8. 

Ixiv. 8. Thou, Lord, art our Father: 
we are the clay, and thou our potter; 
we are all the work of thine hands. 

Jer. xxxi. 20. Is Ephraim my xJear son? 
is he a pleasant child? 


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Chap. III. 


Hos. i. 10. In the place where it was 
said, Ye are not my people, there shall it 
be said unto you, Ye are the sons of the 
living God. 

Mai. ii. 10. Have we not all one Father ? 
hath not one God created us ? 

Matt. vi. 9. Our Father which art in 
heaven. 

xxiii. 9. One is your Father which is in 
heaven. 

John XX. 17. Jesus said, I ascend to my 
Father, and your Father ; to my God and 
your God. 

Rom. ix. 25. To us there is but one 
God the Father, of whom are all things. 

2 Cor. vi. 18. I will be a Father unto 
you, and ye shall be my sons and daugh- 
ters, saith the Lord Almighty. Jer. xxxi. 
1.9. Hos. i. 10. 

Eph. iv. 6. There is one God and Fa- 
• ther of all, who is above all, and through 
all, and in all. 

XXXVII. How any of mankind come 
into the relation of children, of sons and 
daughters unto God, besides that of being 
created by God. John i. 12, 13. To as 
many as received Christ, to them gave he 
power to become the sons of God, even to 
them that believe on his name. Who 
were born, not of blood, nor of the will of 
the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of 
God. 

John iii. 3. Jesus said. Except a man 
be born again, he cannot enter into the 
kingdom of God. — Ver. 5, 6. Except a 
man be born of water and of the Spirit, 
he cannot enter into the kingdom of God. 
(Tit. iii. 5, 6.) That whicli is born of the 
flesh is flesh, and that which is born of 
the Spirit is spirit. 

Ver. 7, 8. Marvel not that I said, Ye 
must be born again. The wind blowcth 
where it listeth, and thou hcarest the 
sound thereof, but canst not tell whence 
it Cometh and whither it goeth ; so is every 
one that is born of the Spirit. 

Gal. iii. 26. Ye are all the children of 
God, by faith in Jesus Christ, iv. 4, 5. 
God sent forth his Son, made of a wo- 
man, made under the law, to redeem them 
that were under the law; that we might 
receive the adoption of sons. 

Eph. i. 4, 5, G. God hath chosen us in 
Christ before the foundation of the world, 
that we should bo hf)ly and witliout 
blame before hiin in love: Having pre- 
destinated us to tlic adoption of children 
by Jesus Christ, to himself, according to 
tlic good pleasure of his will; to the praise 


of the glory of his grace, wherein he hath 
made us accepted in the beloved. 

1 Pet. i. 22, 23. Love one another with 
a pure heart fervently : Ye being born 
again, not of corruptible seed, but of in- 
corruptible, by the word of God, which 
liveth and abideth for ever. 

James i. 8. Of his own will begat he 
us by the word of truth, that we should be 
a kind of first fruits of his creatures. 

2 Pet. i. 3. God hath begotten us to a 
lively hope by the resurrection of Jesus 
Christ. Luke xx. 36. The children of 
the resurrection. 

1 John iii. 1. Behold what manner of 
love the Father hath bestowed on us, 
that we should be called the sons of 
God! 


XXXVIII. Blessings from God as a 
Father, to Jiisj^eople as his children. Matt, 
vi. 6. Thy Father shall reward thee 
openly. 

Ver. 8. Your Father knoweth what 
things ye have need of before ye ask 
him. 

Ver. 14. Your heavenly Father will 
forgive your trespasses. 

X. 29, 30, 31. A sparrow shall not fall 
to the ground witliout your Father. The 
very hairs of your head are numbered. 
Fear ye not, therefore, ye are of more 
value than many sparrows. 

xiii. 43, The righteous shall shine 
forth as the sun in the kingdom of their 
Father. 

xviii. 14. It is not the will of your 
Father that one of these little ones should 
perish. 

Luke xii. 32. Fear not little flock, it 
is your Father's good pleasure to give you 
the kingdom. 

John xi. .51, 52. The high priest pro- 
phesied, that Jesus should die ; and ga- 
ther together in one tlie children of 
God. 

Rom. i. 7. Grace to you, and peace, 
from God our Father. 

viii. 15. Ye have received the Spirit 
of adoption, whereby we cry, Abba Fa- 
ther. Gal. iv. 6. Because ye are sons, 
God hath sent forth the Spirit of his 
Son into your hearts, crying, Abba, Fa- 
ther. 

Ver. 16, 17. The Spirit beareth wit- 
ness with our spirit, th.at we are the chil- 
dren of God. And if children then heirs; 
heirs of God, and joint heirs with Christ. 
Gal. iv. 7. if a son, then an heir of God 
1 tlirough Christ. 


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God a Father. 


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Rom. viii. 19. The earnest expectation 
of the creature waiteth for the manifesta- 
tion of the sons of God. (1 John iii. 2.) 
Ver. 21. The creature shall be delivered 
from the bondage of corruption, into the 
glorious liberty of the children of God. 

2 Cor. i. 3. God is to us the Father of 
mercies, a God of all comfort. 

Eph. ii, 8. Through Christ we have 
access, by the Spirit unto the Father. 

2 Thess. ii. 16. Our Father hath loved 
us, and given us everlasting consolation, 
and good hope through grace. 

Heb. ii. 10. Bringing many sons unto 
glory. 

James i. 17. Every good and perfect 
gift, Cometh from the Father of lights. 

1 John i. 3. Our fellowship is with 
the Father, and with his Son Jesus 
Christ. 

ii. 1. We have an advocate with the 
Father. 

iii. 2. Beloved, now are we the sons of 
God ; and it doth not yet appear what we 
shall be, but we know that when he shall 
appear, we shall be like him ; for we shall 
see him as he is. 

Jude 1. Sanctified by God the Fa- 
ther, preserved in Jesus Christ, and 
called. 

XXXIX. MarJcs and characters of God's 
children^ in the exercise of the graces^ and 
practice of the duties of religion. Mai. i. 
6. If I be a Father, where is mine ho- 
nour? saiththe Lord of hosts. 

Matt. V. 9. Blessed are the peace- 
makers : for they shall be called the chil- 
dren of God. 

Ver. 16. Let your light so shine before 
men, that they, seeing your good works, 
may glorify your Father which is in 
heaven. 

Ver. 44, 45. Love your enemies, bless 
them that curse you, do good to them 
that hate you, and pray for them which 
despitefully use you, and persecute you ; 
that ye may be the children of your Fa- 
ther which is in heaven : for he maketh 
his sun to rise on the evil and on the good, 
and he sendeth rain on the just and on 
the unjust. Luke vi. 35. 

vi. 14. If ye forgive men their tres- 
passes, your heavenly Father will also 
forgive you. 

' Luke vi. 36. Be ye merciful as your 
Father also is merciful. 

Ver. 48. Be ye perfect as your Father 
which is in heaven is perfect. 

John iv. 23. The true worshippers 


shall worship the Father in spirit and in 
truth. 

Rom. viii. 14. As many as are led by 
the Spirit, are the sons of God. Ver. 16. 
Eph. V. 1. Be ye followers of God as dear 
children ; and walk in love, as Christ also 
hath loved us. Ver. 2. 

Ver. 20. Giving thanks always for all 
things unto God the Father, in the name 
of our Lord Jesus Christ. James iii. 9. 
With the tongue bless we God, even the 
Father. Phil. iv. 20. Unto God our Fa. 
ther, be glory for ever and ever. 

Phil. ii. 14, 15. Do all things without 
murmurings, and disputings ; that ye may 
be blameless and harmless, the sons of 
God without rebuke, in the midst of a 
crooked and perverse nation, among whom 
ye shine as lights in the world. 

Heb. xii. 5, 6. The exhortation speaketh 
unto you as unto children. My son de- 
spise not thou the chastening of the Lord, 
neither faint when thou art rebuked of 
him ; for whom the Lord loveth, he chas- 
teneth, and scourgeth every son whom he 
receiveth. 

Ver. 7, 8. If ye endure chastening, 
God dealeth with you as with sons : for 
what son is he whom the father chas- 
teneth not? If ye be without chastise- 
ment, whereof all are partakers, then are 
ye bastards and not sons. 

Ver. 9. Shall we not be in subjection 
to the Father of spirits and live ? 

Ver. 10. He chasteneth us for our pro- 
fit, that we might be partakers of his 
holiness. 

1 Pet. i. 14, 15. As obedient children, 
not fashioning yourselves according to 
the former lusts in your ignorance : But 
as he which hath called you is holy, so 
be ye holy in all manner of conversation. 

Ver. 17. Call on the Father, and pass 
the time of your sojourning here in fear. 

Ver. 22, 23. Love one another with a 
pure heart fervently : Being born again, 
not of corruptible seed, but of incorrup- 
tible, by the word of God, which liveth 
and abideth for ever. 

1 John ii. 29. Every one that doth 
righteousness is born of God. 

iii. 9. Whosoever is born of God doth 
not commit sin ; for his seed remaineth 
in him : and he cannot sin because he is 
born of God. (Ch. v. 18.) Ver. 10. In 
this the children of God are manifest, 
and the children of the devil; who- 
soever doth not righteousness is not of 
God, neither he that loveth not his 
brother. tt 


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1 John iv. 7. Every one that loveth is 
born of God, and knowetli God. 

V. 1. Whosover beUevcth that Jesus is 
the Christ, is born of God. 

Ver. 4. Whosoever is born of God, 
overcometh the Avorld. — Ver. 18. He that 
is begotten of God keepeth himself, and 
that wicked one toucheth him not. 

Rev. xxi. 7. He that overcometh, shall 
be my feon. 

XL. The wicked are styled the children 
of lohatever evil principle reigns in them ; 
and so are called — 

Children of the devil. John viii. 44. 
Acts xiii. 10. 1 John iii. 10. 

Children of Belial. Deut. xiii. 13. 
Judg-. XX. 13. 1 Sam. x. 27. 1 Kings 
xxi. 10. 

Children of the wicked one. Matt, viii, 
36. 

Children of wickedness. 2 Sam. vii. 10. 

Children of transgression. Isa. Ivii. 4. 

Children of iniquity. Hos. x. 9. 

Children of disobedience. Eph. ii. 2. — 
V. 6. Col. iii. 6. 

Children of this world. Luke xvi. 8. — 
XX. 34, 1 John ii, 15. 

Children of the flesh. Rom. ix. 8. 

Children of Ethiopians. Amos ix. 7. 

Children in whom is no faith. Deut. 
xxxii. 20. 

Backsliding children. Jer. iii. 14. 

Foolish children. Jer. iv. 22. 

Impudent children. Ezek. ii. 4. 

Rebellious children. Isa. i. 2. Jer. 

XXX, 1, 

Lying children. Jer. xxx. 9. 
Children of wrath. Eph. ii. 3. 
Cursed children. 2 Pet. ii. 14. 

XLI. Under God, their heavenly Fa- 
ther, Christians are brethren and sisters, 
and owe to each other the duties of that 
relation. 

Matt, xviii. 35. Forgive every one his 
brother's trespass. 

Rom. xii. 10. With brotherly love pre- 
ferring one another. 

xiv. 13. Let no man put a stumbling- 
block, or an occasion to fall, in his bro- 
ther's way. 

xvi. 17. I beseech you, brethren, mark 
them which cause divisions and offences, 
and avoid them. 

1 Cor. vi, 11, If any one that is called 
a brother! be a fornicator, or covetous, or 
an idolater, or a railcr, or a drunkard or 
an extortioner, with such a one do not 
cat. 


1 Cor. vi. 5. Is there not one among 
3^ou able to judge between his brethren? 
Ver. 6. 8. 

viii. 12. When ye sin against the 
brethren, ye sin against Clirist. Ver. 11. 

1 Thess. iv. 6. Let no man go beyond, 
and defraud his brother in any matter, 
because the Lord is the avenger of all such. 

v. 25. Brethren, pray for us. 2 Thess. 
iii. 1. 

2 Thess. iii. 6. We command you, 
brethren, in the name of our Lord Jesus 
Christ, that ye withdraw yourselves from 
every brother that walketh disorderly. 

Heb, xiii, 1. Let brotherly love continue. 
1 Pet. iii, 8, Love as brethren. 

James ii. 15, 16. If a brother or sister 
be naked, and destitute of daily food, and 
one of you say unto them, Depart in 
peace, be ye warmed and filled ; notwith- 
standing ye give them not those things 
which are needful to the body, what doth 
it profit ? 

1 Pet. i. 22. Seeing ye have purified 
your souls, in obeying the truth through 
the Spirit, unto the unfeigned love of the 
brethren, see that ye love one another 
with a pure heart fervently. 

ii. 17. Love the brotherhood. 

1 John ii. 9. He that hateth his bro- 
ther is in darkness. Ch. iii. 15. He is a 
murderer. 

1 John iii. 15, 16. We know that we 
have passed from death to life, because 
we love the bretliren. We ought to lay 
down our lives for the brethren. 

Rev, xii, 10, Satan, the accuser of the 
bretlu-en, is cast out. 

XLII. Christ is the elder brother. John 
XX. 17. Jesus said. Go unto my brethren, 
and say unto them, I ascend unto my 
Father and your Father, to my God and 
your God. 

Rom. viii. 29. Whom he did foreknow, 
he also did predestinate to be conformed 
to the image of his Son, that he might be 
the first-born among many brethren. 

Heb. ii. 11, 12. He is not ashamed to 
call them brethren ; saying, I will declare 
thy name unto my brethren. 

Ver. 17. It belioved him to be made 
like unto his brethren. 


SALVATION. 

XLIII. Ood is a Saviour. 2 Sam. xxii. 
3. The God of my rock ; my Saviour. 


Chap. III. 


Salvation. 


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Ps. cvi. 21. They forgot God their 
Saviour. 

Isa. xhii. 3. I am the Lord thy God, 
the holy One of Israel, thy Saviour. Isa. 
Ix. 16. 

xlix. 26. I will feed them that oppress 
thee with their own flesh ; and they shall 
be drunken with their own blood : and all 
flesh shall know that I the Lord am thy 
Saviour, and thy Redeemer, the mighty 
One of Jacob. Zech. xiv. 12. 

Jer. xiv. 8. O the hope of Israel, the 
Saviour thereof in time of trouble, why 
shouldest thou be as a stranger in the 
land? 

Hos. xiii. 4. There is no saviour be- 
sides me, saith the Lord. Isa. xliii. 11. 
—xiv. 21. 

Luke i. 47. My spirit hath rejoiced in 
God my Saviour. 

1 Tim. ii. 3, 4. God our Saviour, who 
will have all men to be saved, and to 
come unto the knowledge of the truth. 

iv. 10. The living God is the Saviour 
of all men, especially of those that be- 
lieve. 

Jude 25. To the only wise God our 
Saviour, be glory and majesty, dominion 
and power, both now and ever. Amen. 

God saveth his people. Deut. xxxiii. 
29. Who is like thee, a people saved by 
the Lord ? Compare Exod. xiv. 13, 14. 
30.— XV. 2. Nmnb. x. 9. Deut. xx. 4. 
1 Sam. xi. 13. — xix. 5. 

1 Sam. xiv. 6. There is no restraint 
to the Lord, to save by many or by few. 
Ver. 39. 2 Chron. xiv. 11.— xx. 17. 

xvii. 14. The Lord saveth not with 
sword and spear. Ps. xx. 6. The Lord 
saveth with the saving strength of his 
right hand. Ps. cxxxviii. 7. 

2 Sam. xxii. 2, 3. David said, The 
Lord is my rock and my fortress, and 
my deliverer ; the God of my rock ; in 
him will I trust: he is my shield, and 
the horn of my salvation, my high tower, 
and my refuge, my Saviour; thou savest 
me from violence. 

Ver. 36. Thou hast given me the 
shield of thy salvation. 

Ver. 47. The Lord liveth, and blessed 
be my rock ; exalted be the God of my 
salvation. Ps. xviii. 2. — xxxv. 46. 

Ps. iii. 8. Salvation belongeth unto 
the Lord. Isa. xliii. 11. Hos. xiii. 4. 
Jonah ii. 9. 

xxvii. 1. The Lord is my light, and 
my salvation. Ps. Ixii. 6. Isa. xii. 2. 

Ixii. 7. God is my salvation and my 
glory ; the rock of my strength and my 
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refuge is in God. Ps. xxv. 5. — xl. 2. — 
Ixvii. 19, 20. 

Ps. Ixix. 35. God will save Zion, and 
will build the cities of Judah. 

Ixxi. 34. Thou hast given command- 
ment to save me. 

Ixxiv. 12. God is my King of old, 
working salvation in the earth. 

xcviii. 2, 3. The Lord hath made 
known his salvation : All the ends of 
the earth have seen the salvation of our 
God. 

cxl. 7. O God the Lord, the strength 
of my salvation, thou hast covered my 
head in the day of battle. 

cxliv. 10. He giveth salvation unto 
kings. Ps. xci. 16. 

Isa. xii. 2. Behold, Godis my salva- 
tion ; I will trust and not be afraid : for 
the Lord Jehovah is my strength and my 
song. 

xxv. 9. Lo, this is our God ; we have 
waited for him, and he will save us : 
this is the Lord ; we have waited for 
him, we will be glad and rejoice in his 
salvation. 

xxvi. 1. Salvation will God appoint for 
walls and bulwarks. Ch. xxxiii. 6. 22. 

xxxv. 4. Say to them that are of a 
fearful heart, Be strong, fear not; behold, 
your God will come with vengeance, even 
God with a recompense ; he will come and 
save you. 

xliii. 1, 2. Thus saith the Lord, that 
created thee O Jacob, and that formed 
thee O Israel, Fear not, I have re- 
deemed thee. When thou passest 
through the waters, I will be with thee ; 
and through the rivers, they shall not 
overflow thee: when thou walkest 
through the fire thou shalt not be 
burnt; neither shall the flame kindle 
upon thee. 

xliii. 3. I am the Lord thy God, the 
holy One of Israel, thy Saviour. — Ver. 
11. I, even I, am the Lord, and beside 
me, there is no Saviour. Ch. xiv. 21. 
Hos. xiii. 4. 

xiv. 8. Drop down, ye heavens, from 
above, and let the sliies pour down 
righteousness ; let the earth open, and 
let them bring forth salvation, and let 
righteousness spring up together : I the 
Lord have created it. Ver. 14, 15, 

xhx. 25, 26. Thus saith the Lord, I 
will contend with him that contendetli 
with thee, and I will save thy children. 
I will feed them that oppress thee with 
their own flesh; and they shall be 
drunken with their owji blood as with 


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sweet wine : and all flesh shall know that 
I the Lord am thy Saviour, and tliy Re- 
deemer, the mighty One of Jacob. Zech. 
xiv. 11. 

Isa. lix. 1. The Lord's hand is not 
shortened, that it cannot save. 

Jer. iii. 23. Truly in vain is salvation 
hoped for from the hills, and from the 
multitude of mountains : truly in tlie 
Lord our God is the salvation of Israel. 
Ps. cxxi. 1. 

XV. 20. I am with thee, to save thee, 
and to deliver thee, saith the Lord, Ch. 
XXX. 11. 15.— xlii. 11. 

xxiii. 6. In those days Judah shall be 
saved, and Israel shall dwell safely. 

XXX. 7. It is the time of Jacob's trou- 
ble ; but he shall be saved out of it. Ver. 
10. Ch. xiv. 8, 9. 

xlvi. 27, Fear not thou, O my servant 
Jacob ; and be not dismayed, O Israel : 
for, behold, I will save thee from afar 
off, and thy seed from the land of their 
captivity; and Jacob shall return, and 
be in rest and at ease, and none shall 
make him afraid. Zech. viii. 9. — x. 6. 
— xii. 7. 

Ezek. xxxiv. 22. I will save my flock, 
and they shall no more be a prey by the 
carelessness of their shepherds. 

xxxvi. 29. I will save them, from all 
tlieir unclearmess. 

xxxvii. 23. I will save tliem, and I 
will cleanse them ; so they shall be my 
people, and I will be their God. 

Hos. i. 7. I will have mercy on the 
house of Jacob, and I will save them by 
tlie Lord. Ch. xiii. 10. Zech. iii. 17. 19. 

XLIV. Persons to whom salvation is 
promised. Job xxii. 29. God shall save 
the humble person. See Promises to the 
Humble. 

Ps. vii. 10. God saveth the upright in 
heart. Prov. xxviii. 18. See Upright. 

xvii. 7. Thou savest them which put 
their trust in thee. See Trust in God. 

xxxiv. 18. The Lord saveth such as be 
of a contrite spirit. See Contrite. 

xxxvii. 40. He shall save the righteous 
because they trust in him. 

1. 23. To him that ordercth aright his 
conversation, I will shew the salvation of 
God. 

Ixxii. 13. He shall save the souls of 
the needy. Ver. 4. Job v. 15. Ps. xxxiv. 
C— cix. 31. 

Ixxxv. 9. His salvation is nigh them 
that fear him. Ps. cxlv. 19. 

cxix, 94. I am thine, save me ; for I 


have sought thy precepts. — Ver. 146. 
Save me, and I shall keep thy testimo- 
nies.— Ver. 166. I have lioped for thy 
salvation, and done thy commandments. 

cxlix. 4. He will beautify the meek 
with salvation. 

Prov. XX. 22. Vt^ait on the Lord, and 
he shall save thee. Isa. xxv. 9. 

Jer. iv. 14. O Jerusalem, wash thine 
heart from wickedness, that thou mayest 
be saved. 

Mark xvi. 16. He that believeth and 
is baptized, shall be saved. Lulic vii. 
50. Acts xvi. 31. Rom. x. 9. Heb. x. 39. 
See Salvation by Christ. 

Salvation prayed for. 1 Sam. vii. 8. 
The people said unto Samuel, Cease not 
to cry unto the Lord our God, timt he 
Avill save us out of the hands of the Phi- 
listines. — Ver. 10. The Lord discomfited 
the Philistines. 

2 Kings xix. 19. Hezekiah prayed, 
and said, O Lord, save us out of the hands 
of the king of Assyria, that all kingdoms 
of the earth may know that thou art the 
Lord God, even thou only. — Ver. 34, 35. 
And the Lord said, I wiU defend this 
city, to save it. (Isa. xxxvii. 20. 35.) 
And it came to pass that night, that the 
angel of the Lord went out, and smote 
in the camp of the Assyrians, an Imndred 
and fourscore and five thousand. 2 
Chron. xxxii. 22. 

2 Chron. vi. 41. Let thy priests, O 
Lord, be clothed with salvation. 

Ps. iii. 7. Save me, O my God. 

vi. 4. Deliver my soul ; O save me for 
thy mercies' sake. Ps. xxxi. 16. — cix. 26. 

vii. 8. Save me from all them that per- 
secute me. 

xiv. 7. O that the salvation of Israel 
were come out of Zion. 

xxvii. 9. Leave me not, neither for- 
sake me, O God of my salvation. Ps. li. 
14. — Ixxxviii. 1. 

xxviii. 9. Save thy people ; bless thine 
inheritance. Jer. xxxi. 7. 

xxxi. 2. Be thou for an house of de- 
fence to save me. 

XXXV. 5. Say unto my soul, I am thy 
salvation. 

xxxviii. 22. Make haste to help me, 
O Lord, my salvation. 

li. 12. Restore to me the joy of thy 
salvation. 

liv. 1. Save me, O God, by thy name, 
and judge me by tliy strength. 

Iv. 16. I will call upon God, and the 
Lprd will save me. 

lix. 2. Save me from bloody men, 


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God a Defence. 


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Ps. Ixix. 1. Save me, O God, for the 
waters are come into my soul. 

Ver. 13. Hear me, in the truth of thy 
salvation. — ^Ver. 29. Let thy salvation, O 
God, set me on high. 

Ixxi. 2. Incline thine ear unto me, and 
save me. 

Ixxix. 9. Help us, O God of our salva- 
tion, for the glory of thy name. 

Ixxx. 2, 3. Stir up thy strength, and 
come and save us. Cause thy face to 
shine, and we shall be saved. 

Ixxxv. 4. Turn us, O God of our salva- 
tion, and cause thine anger towards us to 
cease. — Ver. 7. Shew us thy mercy, O 
Lord, and grant us thy salvation. 

cvi. 4. O visit me with thy salvation. 

xlvii. Save us, O Lord our God, and 
gather us from among the heathen. 

cvii. 13. They cried unto the Lord in 
tlieir trouble, and he saved them out of 
all their distresses, Ver. 19. 

cxviii. 21. Save me, I beseech thee, O 
Lord. 

cxix. 41. Let thy mercies come also 
unto me, O Lord, even thy salvation, ac- 
cording to thy word. — Ver. 123. Mine 
eyes fail for thy salvation, and for the 
word of thy righteousness. Ver. 81. 174. 

Ver. 146. Save me, and I shall keep 
thy testimonies. — ^Ver. 155. Save us 
from the wicked, for they keep not thy 
statutes. 

Isa. xxxiii. 2. O Lord, be gracious to 
us : be thou their arm every morning, 
our salvation also in time of trouble. 

Jer. ii. 27. In the time of their trouble, 
they will say, Arise and save us. 

XLV. Salvation is of grace. Ps. vi. 4. 
O save me for thy mercies' sake. 

Lxxx. 3. Cause thy face to shine upon 
us, and we shall be saved. 

cvi. 4. He saved them for his name's 
sake. 

Acts ii. 47. The Lord added to the 
church daily such as should be saved. 

.E*ph. ii. 5. By grace ye are saved. 
Ver. 8. By grace ye are saved, through 
faith, and that not of yourselves, it is the 
gift of God. 

2 Tim. i. 9. God hath saved us, and 
called us with an holy calling ; not ac- 
pording to our works, but according to 
his own purpose and grace, which was 
given us in Christ Jesus before the world 
began. 

Tit. iii. 5. Not according to works of 
righteousness which we had done, but ac- 
cording to his mercy he saved us. 


XL VI. The word of God, a mean of 
salvation. Rom. i. 16. The gospel is th& 
power of God to salvation. 

1 Cor. i. 18. Unto us who are saved, 
the preaching of the cross of Christ is the 
power of God. — Ver. 21. It pleased God 
by the foolishness of preaching to save 
them that believe. 

XV. 2. Ye are saved by the gospel, if 
ye keep in memory what I preached unto 
you. 

James i. 21. The ingrafted word is 
able to save your souls. 

1 Pet. iii. 21. Baptism doth now save us. 

XLVII. The ministry a mean of salva- 
tion. 1 Cor. ix. 22. I am made all things 
to all men, that I might by all means save 
some. 

1 Tim. iv. 16. Take heed unto thyself, 
and unto thy doctrine ; continue in them : 
for in doing this thou shalt both save thy- 
self and them that hear thee. 

Jam. V. 20. He which converteth the 
sinner from the error of his way, shall 
save a soul from death. 

Jude 23. Others save with fear, &c. 


GOD A DEFENCE. 

XL VIII. God is the defence of his peo- 
ple. Num. xiv. 9. Their defence is de- 
parted from them, and the Lord is with 
us : fear them not. 

2 Kings xix. 34. The Lord said, I will 
defend this, city to save it, for mine own 
sake, and for my servant David's sake. 

Job xxii. 23. If thou return to the 
Almighty, thou shalt be built up. — Ver. 25. 
Yea, the Almighty shall be thy defence. 

Ps. v. 11. Let those that put their trust 
in thee rejoice, because thou defendest 
them. 

vii. 10. Our defence is of God, who 
saveth the upright in heart. 

XX. 1. The Lord hear thee in the day 
of trouble : the name of the God of Jacob 
defend thee. 

xxxi. 2, 3. Be thou my strong rock, for 
an house of defence to save me. For thou 
art my rock and my fortress. 

lix. 1. O my God, defend me from 
them that rise up against me. — Ver. 9. 
I will wait upon thee, for God is my de- 
fence. Ver. 17. Ps. Ixii. 2. 6. 

Ver. 16. Thou hast been my defence 
and my refuge in the day of trouble. 

Ixxxix. 18. The Lord is our defence : 
the holy One of Israel is our King, 


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Redemption — God a Counselloi 


Chap. III. 


Isa. iv. 5. Upon all the glory shall be 
a defence [upon IVIount Zion]. 

xxxi. 5. The Lord of hosts will defend 
Jerusalem, also he will deliver it, and will 
preserve it. 

Isa. xxxiii. 15, 16. He that worketh 
righteousness, &c.; he shall dwell on 
high: his place of defence shall be the 
munition of rocks ; bread shall be given 
him, his water shall be sure. 

Zech. ix. 15. Tlie Lord of hosts shall 
defend his people, and they shall devour 
and subdue their enemies. 

xviii. 8. The Lord shall defend the in- 
habitants of Jerusalem ; and he that is 
feeble among them sliall be as David, and 
the house of David shall be as God, as the 
angel of the Lord before them. 

REDEMPTION. 

XLIX. God a Redeemer. Is. xli. 14. 
Fear not, I will help thee, saith the Lord 
thy Redeemer. 

xlvii. 4. As for our Redeemer, the Lord 
of hosts is his name. 

liv. 8. With everlasting kindness will 
I have mercy on thee, saith the Lord thy 
Redeemer. 

Ix. 16. Thou shalt know that I the 
Lord am thy Saviour, and thy Redeemer, 
the mighty One of Jacob. Ch. Ixiv. 6. — 
xlviii. 17. — xlix. 7. 26. — Ixiii. 16. Jer. 1. 
34. Ps. xix. 14. — Ixxviii. 35. 

L. God redeemeth his people from ene- 
mies, and other evils. Exod. vi. 6, 7. The 
Lord said, I will redeem you with a 
stretchcd-out arm, and with great judg- 
ments. And I will take you to me for a 
people, and I Avill be to you a God. 2 
Sam. vii. 23. Isa. xliii. 1. 

XV. 13. Thou in thy mercy hast led 
forth thy people, which thou hast re- 
deemed. Ps. Ixxvii. 15. 

Deut. vii. 8. The Lord redeemed you 
out of the house of bondage. Ch. xiii. 5. 
— XV. 15. — xxiv. 18. Mie. vi. 4, 

xxi. 8. Be merciful unto thy people, O 
Lord, whom thou hast redeemed. Neh. 
i. 10. Ps. Ixxiv. 2. 

Ps. cvi. 10. He redeemed thera from 
the hand of the enemy. Ps. cvii. 2. — cxi. 
9. — cxxxvi. 24. Mic. iv. 10. 

cxxxviii. 10, Tlic Lord shall redeem 
Israel from all his iniquities. Isa. i. 27. 

Isa. xliv. 23. The Lord hath redeemed 
Jacob, and glorified himself in Israel. Ch. 
xxiv. 

1. 9. Is mine hand shortened that it 
cannot redeem ? 


\i. 11. The redeemed of the Lord shall 
return and come to Zion. Ch. xxxv. 9. 
Jer. xxxi. 11, 12. 

Isa. lii. 3. Ye shall be redeemed with- 
out money. Jer. xv. 21. 

Ixii. 12. They shall call the holy peo- 
ple, the redeemed of tlie Lord. 

Lxiii. 4. The year of my redeemed is 
come, saith the Lord. 

Hos. xiii. 14. I will ransom them from 
the power of the grave, and I will redeem 
them from death. Ps. xlix. 15. 

Zech. X. 8. I will gather them, for I 
have redeemed them. 

Threats. Hos. vii. 13. Wo unto them, 
for they have fled from me. Destruction 
unto them, for they have transgressed 
against me, though I redeemed them. 

Redemption of particular persons from 
evils. Gen. xlviii. 16. Jacob said, The 
angel that redeemed me from all evil, 
bless the lads. Isa. xxix. 22. The Lord 
redeemed Abraham. 

2 Sam. iv. 9. David said, The Lord hath 
redeemed my soul out of all adversities. 
1 Kings i. 29. Ps. xxxi. 5.— Ixxi. 23. 

Job V. 20. In famine he shall redeem 
thee from death, and in war from the 
power of the sword. 

Ps. xxxiv. 22. The Lord redeemeth 
the soul of his servants. Ps. Ixxii. 14. 

ciii. 3, 4. Bless the Lord, O my soul; 
who redeemeth thy life from destruction. 
Lam. iii. 58. 

GOD A COUNSELLOR. 

LI. God giveth counsel to the righteous. 
Ps. xvi. 7. I bless the Lord, who hath 
given me counsel. 

Ixxiii. 24. Thou wilt guide me with 
thy counsel, and afterwards receive me to 
glory. Ps. xxxii. 8. Prov. viii. 14. 

cxix. 24. Thy testimonies are my coun- 
sellors. 

Rev. iii. 18. I counsel thee to buy of 
me gold, &c. 

LII. God depriveth the zoicked of coun- 
sel. Job V. 13. He taketh tlie wise in their 
own craftiness, and the counsel of the 
froward is carried licadlong. 

xii. 17. He leadeth counsellors away 
spoiled, and maketli judges fools. 

xviii. 7. TJie wicked's own counsel 
shall cast him down. 

Ps. v. 10. Let them fall by tlieir own 
counsel. 

xxxiii. 10. The Lord bringeth the coun- 
sel of the heathen to naught. 

Isa,' viii, 10. Takecbunsel, and it shall 


Chap. III. 


God doth Teach — Instruct — Lead. 


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come to naught; for God is with us. See 
Ps. ii. 2. 4. Isa. iii. 1. 3. — xxix. 14. Jer. 
xviii. 18.— xUx. 7. Ezek. vii. 26. Mic. iv. 9. 

GOD DOTH TEACH. 

LIII. God a teacher. Job xxxv. 11. 
God teacheth us more than the beasts of 
tlie earth, and maketh us wiser than the 
fowls of heaven. 

xxxvi. 22. Who teacheth hke him ? Ps. 
xciv. 10. 12. 

Ps. XXV. 8, 9. The Lord will teach 
sinners in the way. The meek will he 
teach his way. 

Ver. 12. What man is he that feareth 
the Lord ? him shall he teach the way that 
he shall choose. Ps. xxxii. 8. — Ixxxv. 13. 

Ixxi. 17. O God, thou hast taught me 
from my youth. Ps. cxix. 102. 

Isa. xlviii. 17. I am the Lord thy God, 
which teacheth thee to profit. 

liv. 13. All thy children shall be taught 
of the Lord. Ch. xxviii. 26. 

Mic. iv. 2. The God of Jacob he will 
teach us of his ways. 

Hos. xi. 13. I taught Ephraim to go, 
taliing them by the arms. Jer. xxxii. 23. 

Mic. vi. 18. He hath shewed thee, O 
man, what is good. 

Acts ii. 28. Thou hast made known to 
me the ways of life. 

2 Cor. iv. 6. God hath shined into our 
hearts, to give the light of the knowledge 
of the glory of God in the face of Jesus 
Christ. 

1 Thess. iv. 9. Ye are taught of God 
to love one another. See Ps. cxli. 4. Com- 
pare Ps. xviii. 34. 2 Sam. xxii. 35. 

Teaching from God prayed for. Job 
xxxiv. 32. That which I know not teach 
thou me. 

Ps. XXV. 4, O Lord, teach me thy 
paths. Ver. 5. 

xxvii. 11. Teach me thy way, O Lord. 
Ps. Ixxxvi. 11. 

xc. 12. So teach us to number our days, 
that we may apply our hearts to wisdom. 

cxix. 12. Teach me thy statutes. Ver. 
26. 33. 64. 68. 124. 135. 

Ver. 66. Teach me good judgment 
and knowledge.-^- Ver. 108. O Lord, 
teach me thy judgments. 

cxliii. 10. Teach me to do thy will, 
for thou art my God. 

LIV. The Holy Ghost teacheth. John 
xiv. 26. The Holy Ghost shall teach you 
all things, and bring all things to your 
remembrance. 


1 John ii. 27. The same anomting 
teacheth you all things. 

Neh. ix. 11. Thou gavest thy good 
Spirit to instruct them. 

INSTRUCT. 

LV. God doth instruct. Isa. viii. 11, 
The Lord instructed me, that I should 
not walk in the way of this people. 

Jer. xxxi. 19. After that I was instruct- 
ed, I smote upon my thigh. 

Phil iv. 12. Everywhere, and in all 
things I am instructed. 

2 Tim. iii. 16. All scripture is profita- 
ble for instruction. See Deut. iv. 36. — 
xxxii. 10. Jer. vi. 8. 

LVI. God doth direct. Ps. cxix. 5. 
O that my ways were directed to keep 
thy statutes.— Ver. 133. Order thou my 
steps in thy word. 

Pro V. iii. 6. In all thy ways acknowledge 
the Lord, and he shall direct thy paths. 

xvi. 9. A man's heart deviseth his way ; 
but the Lord directeth his steps. 

Isa. XXX. 21. Thine ears shall hear a 
voice behind thee, saying. This is the way, 
walk ye in it, when ye turn to the right 
hand, and when ye turn to the left. 

Isa. xlv. 1. I will direct all his ways. 

Ixi. 8. I will direct their work in truth. 

Jer. X, 23. O Lord, I know that the 
way of man is not in himself; it is not in 
man that walketh to direct his steps. Prov. 
XX. 24. Man's goings are of the Lord. 

Ps. xxxvii. 23, The steps of a good 
man are ordered by the Lord. 

2 Thess. iii. 5. The Lord direct your 
hearts into the love of God. 


LEAD. 

LVII. God doth lead. Deut. xxxii. 12. 
The Lord alone did lead his people. Isa. 
Ixiii. 14. 

Ps. v, 8, Lead me, O Lord, in thy 
righteousness. 

xxiii. 3. He leadeth me in the paths of 
righteousness. Ps. cxliii. 10. 

XXV. 5. Lead me in thy truth, and 
teach me ; for thou art the God of my sal- 
vation. Ps. xxxi. 3. — Ix. 9. 

xliii. 3. O send out thy light and thy 
truth, and let them lead me. 

Ixi. 2. Lead me to the Rock that is 
higher than I. 

cxxxix. 24. Lead me in the way ever- 
lasting. 


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God doth Strengthen. 


Chap. III. 


Rom. ii. 4. The goodness of God lead- 
eth to repentance. 

Promises of God that he will lead his 
people. Isa, xlii. 16. I will bring the blind 
by a way tliey knew not, I will lead them 
in paths they have not known. See Ch. 
xlviii. 17. — xlix. 10.— Ivii. 18. Jer.xxxi.9. 

LVIII. Christ doth lead. Isa. xl. 11. 
He shall gently lead those that are with 
yoimg. 

Isa. Iv. 4. I have given him for a leader 
to the people. See John x. 3. Rev. vii. 17. 

LIX. God doth guide. Ps. xxv. 9. 
The meek will he guide in judgment. 

Ps. xxxi. 3. For thy name's sake, lead 
me and guide me. 

xxxii. 8. I will instruct thee, and teach 
thee in the way which thou shalt go: I 
will guide thee with mine eye. 

xlviii. 14. This is our God, he will be 
our guide even unto death. 

Ixxiii. 24. Thou wilt guide me with 
thy counsel, and afterward receive me 
unto glory. 

John xvi. 13. The Spirit of truth shall 
guide you into all truth. See Isa. Iviii. 
11. Jer. iii. 4. Luke i. 79. 


STRENGTHEN. 

LX. God doth strengthen. Gen. xlix. 
24. Joseph's bow abode in strength ; the 
arms of his hands were made strong by 
the hands of the mighty God of Jacols. 

1 Sam. ii. 4. The bows of the mighty 
are broken, and they that stumbled are 
girt with strength. 

XV. 29. The Strength of Israel will 
not he. Ch. xxiii. 16. Josh. xiv. 12. 

1 Chron. xvi. 27. Strength and glad- 
ness arc in his holy place. 

xxix. 14. Who am I, and what is my 
people, that we should be able to offer so 
willingly after this sort? for all things 
come of thee, and of thine own have we 
given thee. 

Neh. viii. 10. The joy of the Lord is 
your strength. 

Job xxiii. 6. Will God plead against 
me with his great power ? No, but he 
would put strength in me. 

Ps. viii. 2. Out of the mouth of babes 
thou hast ordain(;d strength. 

xxxvii. 39. The Lord is the strength 
of the righteous. 

Ixviii. 3.5. The God of Israel is he that 
giveth strength unto his people. 


Ixxxiv. 5. Blessed is the man whose 
strength is in thee. Ver. 7. 

Ixxxix. 17. Thou art the glory of tlieir 
strength. 

xcix. 4. The king's strength loveth 
judgment. 

cxlvii. 13. O Zion, he hath strength- 
ened the bars of thy gates. 

Prov.viii. 29. The way of tlie Lord is 
strength to the upright. 

Isa. xxv. 4. O Lord, thou hast been a 
strength to the poor, and to the needy in 
his distress. 

xl. 29. He giveth power to the faint, 
and to them that have no might he in- 
creasetli strength. 

Dan. ii. 37. The God of heaven hath 
given thee a kingdom, and power, and 
strength, and glory. Ezek. xxx. 24, 25. 
Judg. iii. 12. 

Hos. vii. 5. I bound and strengthened 
their arms. 

Amos v. 9. The Lord strengtheneth 
the spoiled against the strong. 

2 Cor. xii. 9. My strength is made 
perfect in weakness. 

Heb. xi. 11. Through faith, Sarah re- 
ceived strength to conceive. 

Ver. 34. Many out of weakness were 
made strong. 

1 Pet. iv. 11. If any man minister, let 
him do it as of the ability that God 
giveth. 

Strength promised. 1 Sam. ii. 10. The 
Lord shall give strength to his king. 
Judg. vii. 11. Ps. xxi. 10. 

Job xvii. 9. He that hath clean hands 
shall be stronger and stronger. 

Ps. XX. 6. God will hear with the 
saving strength of his right hand. 

xxvii. 14. Wait on the Lord, be of 
good courage, and he shall strengthen 
thine heart. 

xxix. 11. The Lord will strengthen 
his people. 

xli. 3. The Lord will strengthen him 
[that considercth tlie case of the poor,] 
upon a bed of languishing. 

ex. 2. The Lord shall send the rod of 
thy strength out of Zion. 

Isa. xxvii. 2. Let him take hold of 
my strength, and he shall make peace 
with me. 

xl. 31. They that wait on the Lord 
shall renew their strength. 

xli. 10. Fear not, for I am with thee; 
I am thy God, I will strengthen thee. 

xlv. 24. Surely shall one say, In the 
liord have I righteousness and strength. 
Mic. v. 4. 


Chap. III. God doth uphold — God giveth Safety, 


97 


Isa. lii. 1. Put on thy strength, O Zion. 

liv. 2, 3. Lengthen thy cords, and 
strengthen thy stakes : for thou shalt 
break forth on the right hand and on 
the left. 

Ezek. xxxiv. 16. I will strengthen that 
which was sick. 

1 Cor. X. 13. God will not suffer you 
to be tempted above what ye are able 
to bear. See Joel iii. 16, Zech. x. 6. — 
xii. 5. 

Strength prayed for. 1 Chron. xvi. 
11. Seek the Lord and his strength. 
Ps. cv. 4. 

Neh. ix. 6. O God, strengthen my 
hands. See Judg. xvi. 22. 

Ps. XX. 2. The Lord strengthen thee 
out of Zion. 

Ixviii. 28. Strengthen, O God, that 
which thou hast wrought in us. 

Ixxxvi. 16. Give thy strength unto thy 
servant. 

cxix. 28. Strengthen thou me accord- 
ing to thy word. 

Eph. iii. 16. We pray that God would 
grant you to be strengthened with might 
by his Spirit in the inner man. Col. i. 11. 

1 Pet. V. 10. The God of all grace, 
stablish, strengthen, settle you. 

Strength obtained. Exod. xv. 2. The 
Lord is my strength and my song : he is 
become my salvation. 2 Sam. xxii. 33. Ps. 
xviii. 2. — xxvii. 7. — cxviii. 14. Isa. xii. 2. 

2 Sam. xxii. 40. Thou hast girded me 
with strength. Ps. xviii. 39. 

Ezra vii. 28. I was strengthened as the 
hand of the Lord my God was upon me. 

Ps. xviii. 32. It is God that girdeth 
me with strength, and maketh my way 
perfect. 

xix. 14. O Lord, my strength, and my 
Redeemer. Ps. xviii. 1. — xxviii. 7. 

xxvii. 1. The Lord is the strength of 
my hfe; of whom shall I be afraid? 
Ps. xliii. 2. 

xlvi. 1. God is our refuge and strength. 

Ixii. 7. The rock of my strength, and 
my refuge is in God. 

Ixsi. 16. I will go in the strength of 
tlie Lord God. 

Ixxiii. 26. God is the strength of my 
heart, and my portion for ever. 

Ixxxi. 1. Sing aloud unto God our 
strength. 

cxxxviii. 3. Thou strengthenedst me 
with strength in my soul. 

cxl. 7. O God, the strength of my sal- 
vation, thou hast covered my head in the 
day of battle. Ps. cxliv. 1. 

Jer. xvi. 19. O Lord, my strength, and 


my fortress, and my refuge in the day of 
affliction. 

Hab. ix. 3. The Lord is my strength. 

2 Cor. iii. 5. Our sufficiency is of God. 

xii. 10. When I am weak, then am I 
strong. 

1 Tim. i. 12. Jesus Christ our Lord 
hath enabled me. 

2 Tim. iv. 17. The Lord stood with 
me, and strengthened me. 


UPHOLD. 

LXI. God doth uphold. Ps. xvii. 6. 
Hold up my goings in thy paths, that my 
footsteps slip not. 

xviii. 35. Thy right hand hath holden 
me up. Ps. Ixiii. 8. 

xxxvii. 17. The Lord upholdeth the 
righteous. 

xii. 12. Thou upholdest me in mine 
integrity. 

li. 12. Uphold me with thy free Spirit. 

Ixvi. 9. The Lord holdeth our soul in 
life, and sufFereth not our feet to be moved. 

Ixxi. 6. By thee have I been holden up 
from the womb. 

cxix. 117. Hold thou me up, so shall 1 
be in safety. 

cxlv. 14. The Lord upholdeth all that 
fall ; he raiseth all that are bowed down, 

Isa. xii. 13. I the Lord will hold thy 
right hand, saying unto thee, Fear not, for 
I will help thee. Ps. Ixxiii. 23. 

xlii. 6. I the Lord will hold thine 
hand, and will keep thee. 

Hos. xi. 3. I taught Ephraim to go, 
taking him by the arms, but they knew 
me not. Ch. vii. 15. 

Rom. xiv. 4. He shall be holden up ; 
for God is able to make him stand. 

Rev. ii. 1. He holdeth the seven stars 
in his right hand. 


SAFETY. 

LXII. God giveth safety. Exod. xxxiv. 
24. I wiU cast out the nations before thee, 
and enlarge thy borders : neither shall any 
man desire thy land, when thou shalt go up 
to appear before the Lord thrice in the year. 

Lev. XXV, 18, Ye shall keep my sta- 
tutes and my judgments, and do them, 
and shall dwell in the land safely. Ver. 
19. Deut. xii. 10. 

Job V. 11. The Lord doth set on high 
those that be low, that those that mourn 
may be exalted to safety. Ch. xi. 14. 18. 


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God is a Helper, 


Chap. III. 


Ps. iv. 8. Thou, Lord, makest me to 
dwell in safety. Ps. cxix. 117. 1 Sam. 
xii. 11. 

Ps. xii. 5. I will set the poor in safety 
from him that pufFeth at him. Isa. xiv. 30. 
The needy shall lie down safely. 

Prov. i. 23. Whoso hearkeneth to wis- 
dom shall dwell safely. Ch, iii. 21. 23. 

xv'iii. 10. The name of the Lord is a 
strong tower : the righteous runneth into 
it, and is safe. Ch. xxi. 31. Safety is of 
the Lord. 

xxix. 25. Whoso putteth his trust in 
tlie Lord, shall be safe. See safety pro- 
mised to God's church and people, Jer. 
xxiii. 6. — xxxii. 37. Ezek. xxviii. 26. — 
xxxiv. 25. 28. — ^xxxviii. 11. Zech. xiv. 
11, 12, 13. 

LXIII. God called a shield, rock, for- 
tress, refuge, &c. Gen. xv. 1. The Lord 
said to Abram, Fear not, I am thy shield 
and exceeding great reward. 

Deut. xxxii. 4. The Lord, he is the rock, 
his work is perfect; all his ways are judg- 
ment : a God of truth, and without iniquity, 
just and right is he. — Ver. 31. Their rock 
is not as our rock, even our enemies them- 
selves being judges. 1 Sam. ii. 2. 

xxxiii. 27. The eternal God is thy re- 
fuge, and underneath are the everlasting 
arms.— Ver. 29. The Lord, the shield 
of thy help, and the sword of thine ex- 
cellency. 

2 Sam. xxii. 2, 3. David said, The 
Lord is my rock, and my fortress, and 
my deliverer ; the God of my rock, in 
him will I trust : he is my shield and the 
horn of my salvation, and my high tower, 
and my refuge, and my Saviour. Ver. 
32. 47. 51. Ps. xviii. 2. 31. 35. 46.— iii. 
3.— cxHv. 2. 

Ps. V. 12. Thou, Lord, wilt bless the 
righteous; with favour thou wilt compass 
him about as with a shield. 

ix. 9. The Lord will be a refuge for 
the oppressed ; a refuge in time of 
trouble. 

xxviii. 7. The Lord is my strength 
and my shield ; my heart trusted in him, 
and I am helped ; therefore my heart 
greatly rcjoiceth, and with my song will 
I praise liim. 

xxxi. 3. Thou art my rock and my 
fortress; and therefore for thy name's 
sake lead mc and guide me. Ps. Ixi. 2. — 
Ixxi. 3. 7. 

xxxiii. 20. Our soul waiteth on the 
Lord : he is our help and siaeld. Ps. lix. 
11. — Lxxxiv. 9. 


Ps. xlii. 9. I will say unto God, my 
rock. Why hast thou forsaken me ? 

xlvi. 1. God is our rock and strength; 
a very present help in time of trouble. 
Ver. 7. 11. 

xlvii. 9. The shields that defend the 
earth are the Lord's. 

xlviii. 3. God is known in the palaces 
of Zion for a refuge. 

Ivii. 1. In the shadow of thy wings 
will I make my refuge, until these cala- 
mities be overpast. Ps. Ixi, 4. 

lix. 16. I will sing aloud of thy power, 
and of thy mercy : for thou hast been my 
defence and refuge in the day of trouble. 

Ixi. 3. Thou hast been a tower from 
the enemy. ' 

Ixii. 7. The rock of my strength, and 
my refiige, is in God. Ver. 6. 8. 

Ixxxiv. 11. The Lord is a sun and 
shield. 

Ixxxix. 26. Thou art my Father, my 
God, and the rock of my salvation. Ps. 
xcv. 11. 

xci. 2. I will say of the Lord, He is 
my refuge, and my fortress, and my God ; 
in him will I trust. Ver. 4. Ps. xciv. 
22.— cxv. 9, 10, 11. 

cxix. 114, Thou art my hiding-place, 
and my shield : I hope in thy word. 

cxlii. 4, 5. Refuge failed me, no man 
cared for my soul. I cried unto thee, O 
Lord : I said. Thou art my refuge, and 
my portion in the land of the living. 

Prov. xiv. 26. In the fear of the Lord 
is strong confidence; and his children 
shall have a place of refuge. 

xviii. 10, The name of the Lord is a 
strong tower ; the righteous runneth into 
it, and is safe. 

Isa. iv. 6. There sliall be a place of 
refuge, and covert from the storm. 

XXV. 4, Thou hast been a strength to 
the poor, a strength to the needy in his 
distress ; a refuge from the storm, a sha- 
dow from the heat, when the blast of the 
terrible one is a storm against the wall. 

Jer. xvi. 19. O Lord, my strength, 
and my fortress, my refuge in the day of 
affliction. 

Nah. i, 7, The Lord is a strong hold 
in tlie day of trouble. 

Heb. vi. 18. We have fled for refuge 
to lay hold on the hope set before us 
[i. e. Christ]. 


HELP. 
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Deut. xxxiii. 26, Who rideth upon the 
heavens in thy help. 

1 Chron. xii. 18. Thy God helpeth 
thee. 

2 Chron. xxv. 18. God hath power to 
help and to cast down. 

xxxii. 8. With us is the Lord our God, 
to help us. 

Ps. X. 4. Thou art the help of the 
fatherless. 

xlvi. 1. God is a very present help in 
time of trouble. 

Ixxii. 12. He delivereth him that hath 
no help. 

Ixxxix. 19. I have laid help upon one 
that is mighty. 

cxv. 9. O Israel, trust thou in the 
Lord : he is their help and shield. Ver. 
10, 11. 

cxlvi. 5j Happy is he that hath the 
God of Jacob for his help. 

Hos. ix. 13, O Israel, thou hast de- 
stroyed thyself; but in me is thy help. 

Rom. viii, 26. The Spirit helpeth our 
infirmities. 

Heb. iv. 16, Let us come boldly to the 
throne of grace, that we may obtain 
mercy, and find grace to help in time 
of need. 

xiii. 6. We may boldly say, The Lord 
is mine helper, I will not fear what man 
shall do unto me. 

Help from God promised. Gen, xlix. 25. 
The God of thy father shall help thee, 
and bless- thee, 

Ps. xxxvii. 40, The Lord shall help 
the righteous, and deliver them. 

xlvi. 5. The Lord shall help, and that 
right early. 

Isa. xli. 10. Fear thou not, for I am 
with thee ; be not dismayed, for I am thy 
God : I will strengthen thee ; yea, I will 
help thee ; yea, I will uphold thee with 
the right hand of my righteousness, Ver, 
13, 14, Ch. xhv. 2, 

1, 7, The Lord will help me ; therefore 
will I not be confounded. Ch. xlix. 8. 
Ps. xliii. 5, 

Help prayed for. Deut, xixiii. 7. Be 
thou an help to Judah from his enemies, 

Ps, xii, 1, Help, Lord, for the godly 
man ceaseth, 

XX, 2, Send help from the sanctuary, 
and strengthen thee. 

XXXV. 2. Lord stand up for my help, 
Ps, cix; 26. 

xxxviii. 22, Make haste to help me, 
O Lord, my salvation. Ps. xxii. 1. 19, — 
xl. 13,— Ixx. 1,— Ixxi. 12, 

Ps, lix. 4. Awake to help me. 
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Ix. 11. Give us help from trouble ; for 
vain is the help of man. Ps. cviii. 12. 

Ixxix. 9, Help us, O God of our sal- 
vation, for the glory of thy name. 

cxix. 173. Let thine hand make help 
to me ; for I have chosen thy precepts. 
— Ver. 175, Let thy judgments help me. 
See 2 Chron. xiv, 11.— xx, 4. 9, 

Help from God acknowledged. Exod. 
xviii. 4. Moses said. The God of my 
fathers was mine help. 

1 Sam. vii. 12. Samuel said. Hitherto 
halh the Lord helped me. 

Ps. xxvii, 9, David said. Thou hast 
been mine help ; leave me not, neither 
forsake me, O God of my salvation. 

xxviii. 7. The Lord is my strength 
and my shield : my heart trusteth in him, 
and I am helped. Ps, xxxiii. 20, 

xl, 17. Thou art my help, and my 
deliverer, Ps, liv, 4, — Ixx, 5, 

Ixiii, 7. Thou hast been my help ; 
therefore in the shadow of thy wings 
will I rejoice. 

xciv. 7. Unless the Lord hath been my 
help, my soul had dwelt in silence, 

cxvi. 6, I was brought low, and he 
helped me. Ps. cxviii. 13, 

cxviii, 7. The Lord taketh my part 
with them that help me. 

cxxi. 1, 2, I will lift up mine eyes 
unto the hills from whence cometh my 
help. Mine help cometh from the Lord, 
which made heaven and earth, 

cxxiv, 8, Our help is in the name of 
the Lord, who made heaven and earth- 
Acts xxvi, 22, Having obtained help 
of God, I continue unto this day. See 
1 Chron. XV. 26, 2 Chron. xviii, 31,— 
xxvi. 7, 15, Ps. xliv. 6. Isa. xlix. 8. 

LXV. Help from the creatures, vain. 
Ps, xxxiii, 17, An horse is a vain thing 
for safety. 

Ix, 11, Vain is the help of man, Ps, 
cviii, 12. 

cxxvii. 1. Except the Lord build the 
house, they labour in vain, 

cxlvi. 3. Put not your trust in princes, 
nor in the son of man, in whom there is 
no help, 

Jer, iii, 23, Truly in vain is salvation 
hoped for from the hills and from the 
multitude of mountains: truly in the 
Lord our God is the salvation of Israel. 

GOD A DELIVERER, 

LXVI, God delivereth from sickness. 
Deut, vii. 15. The Lord will take away 
from thee all sickness, and will put none 


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of the evil diseases of Egypt upon thee. 
Exod. XV. 26.— xxiii. 25. 

Job xxxiii. 25. His flesh shall be 
fresher than a child's : he shall return to 
tlie days of liis youth.— Ver. 28. God 
will deliver his soul from going into the 
pit, and his life shall see the light. 

Ps. xci. 5. He shall deliver thee ; thou 
shalt not be afraid for the terror by night, 
nor for the arrow that flieth by day; nor 
for the pestilence that walketh in dark- 
ness ; nor for the destruction that wasteth 
at noon day. 

ciii. 3. Who forgiveth all thine iniqui- 
ties, who healeth all thy diseases. Ps. xli. 
3. — cxvi. 6. 

Jer. xxxiii. 6. Behold I will bring 
health and cure, and I will cure them, 
and will reveal unto them the abundance 
of peace and truth. 

LXVII. God delivereth from enemies, 
oppression, Sfc. Exod. iii, 8. The Lord 
said, I am come down to deliver my 
people out of the hand of the Egyp- 
tians. 

xii. 27. The Lord smote the Egyptians, 
and delivered our houses. Ch. xviii. 4. 
8. 10. Judges x. 11. 

Deut. xxiii. 14. The Lord thy God 
walketh in the midst of thy camp to de- 
liver thee, and to give up thine enemies 
before thee. 

1 Sam. xvii. 37. David said. The 
Lord delivered me out of the paw of 
the lion, and out of the paw of the 
bear. 

2 Sam. xii. 7. The Lord said to David, 
I anointed thee king, and delivered thee 
out of the hand of Saul. Chap. xxii. 2. 
18. 20. 49. 

2 Kings xiii. 17. Elisha said. The arrow 
of the Lord's deliverance. 

xvii. 3.9. The Lord your God ye shall 
fear, and he shall deliver you out of the 
liand of all your enemies. 

XX. G. Tiie Lord said to Hezekiah, I 
will deliver thee and thy city out of the 
hand of the king of Assyria. Ch. xix. 
34, 35. Mic. v. 6. Isa. xxxi. 5. 

1 Chron. xi. 14. The Lord saveth the 
Israelites from the Philistines, by a great 
deliverance. 

2 Chron. xii. 7. The Lord said, I will 
not destroy them, but will grant them a 
deliverance. 

Ezra ix. 13. Thou hast punislied us 
less than our iniquities deserve ; and hast 
given us a deliverance. 

Nch. ix. 28. Many, times didst tliou 


deliver them according to thy mercy. 
Ps. cvi. 43. 

Job V. 19. He shall deUver thee in six 
troubles, in seven there shall no evil 
touch thee. Ps. liv. 7. — Ixxxi. 7. 

xxxiii. 24. He is gracious, and saith, 
Deliver him from going down to tlie pit. 
Ver. 28. 

Ps. xviii. 2. The Lord is my deliverer. 
Ver. 17. 43. 48. 50. 

xxii. 4. Our fathers trusted in thee, 
and thou deliveredst them. Ver. 5. 

xxxii. 7. Thou art my hiding-place; 
thou shalt compass me about with songs 
of deliverance. 

Iv. 18. He hath delivered my soul in 
peace, from battle that was against me. 

Ivi. 13. Thou hast delivered my soul 
from death. Ps. Ixxxvi. 13. — cxvi. 8. 

Ixxviii. 42. They remembered not the 
day, when he delivered them from the 
enemy. 

Isa. xxxviii. 17. Thou hast, in love to 
my soul, delivered it from the pit of 
corruption. 

xlvi. 3, 4. O house of Jacob, I will 
carry you, and will deliver you. 

Ezeic. xiii. 21. I will deliver my people 
out of your hand : (viz. from the false 
prophets, ver. 16.) Ch. xxxiv. 12. 

Dan. vi. 27. God delivereth and res- 
cueth, and worketh signs and wonders in 
heaven and earth. 

Acts vii. 10. God delivereth Joseph 
out of all his afflictions. 

Col. i. 13. The Father delivered us 
from the power of darkness. 

2 Pet. ii. 7. God delivered just Lot, 
vexed with the filthy conversation of the 
wicked. 

LXVIII. Christ a deliverer. Rom. xi. 
26. There shall come out of Zion the 
Deliverer. Isa. lix. 20. 

Gal. i. 4. The Lord Jesus gave himself 
for us, that he might deliver us from this 
present evil world. 

1 Thess. i. 10. Jesus deUvereth us 
from the wrath to come. 

Ileb. ii. 15. Jesus took part of flesh 
and blood, that he might deliver them 
who througli fear of death were all their 
life time subject to bondage. 

Rom. vii. 7. By Christ we are delivered 
from the law. Ver. 24, 25. From the 
body of death. Ch. viii. 21. From the 
bondage of corruption. 

Deliverance prayed for. Gen. xxxii. 11. 
•Jacob said, Deliver me I pray thee from 
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1 Sam. xxiv. 15. David said to Saul, 
The Lord plead my cause, eind deliver me 
out of thine hand. 

xxvi. 24. Let the Lord deliver me out 
of all tribulation. 

Ps. vi. 4. Lord deliver my soul. 

vii. 1. Save me from all them that 
persecute me, and deliver me. Ps. cxlii. 
1. — cxliii. 9. 

xvii. 13. Dehver my soul from the 
wicked, which is thy sword. 

XX. 20. Deliver my soul from the sword ; 
my dai'ling from the power of the dog-. 

XXV. 19, 20. Consider mine enemies, 
for they are many; and they hate me 
with a cruel hatred. O keep my soul, 
and deliver me. 

xxvii. 12. Deliver me not over to the 
will of mine enemies: for false witnesses 
are risen up against me. Ps. Ixxiv. 19. 

xxxi. 1, 2. Deliver me in thy righte- 
ousness. Bow down thine ear to me, and 
deliver me speedily. — Ver. 15. Deliver 
me from the hand of mine enemies, and 
from them that persecute me. 

xl. 13. Be pleased, O Lord, to deliver 
me. — Ver. 17. Let them be ashamed and 
confounded, that seek after my soul to 
destroy it. 

xliii. 1. O deliver me from the deceit- 
ful and unjust man. Ps. lix. 2. — Ixxi. 4. 
— cxl. 1.— cxliv. 2. 7. 11. 

xliv. 4, 5. O God, command deliver- 
ance for Jacob. Through thee we will 
push down our enemies. 

Ix. 5. That thy beloved may be deli- 
vered, save with thy right hand. Ps. 
cviii. 6. 

Lxix. 14. Deliver me out of the mire, 
and let me not sink : let me be delivered 
from them that hate me, and out of the 
deep waters. — Ver. 18. Deliver me be- 
. cause of mine enemies. 

cvii. 6. They cried unto the Lord in 
their trouble, and he delivered them out 
of all their distresses. Ver. 20, He de- 
livered them from their destructions. 

cix, 21. Because thy mercy is good, 
do thou deliver me. 

cxix. 134. Deliver me from the op- 
pression of man. — Ver. 153. Consider 
mine affliction, and deliver me. Ver. 
154. 170. 

Matt. vi. 13. Deliver us from evil. See 
Isa. xix. 20. Rom. xv. 31. 

LXIX. Persons that shall he delivered 
are, the poor and needy. Job xxxvi. 15. 
He delivered the poor in his affliction. 

Ps. XXXV. 10. Lord, who is like unto 


thee, which deliverest the poor from him 
that is too strong for him, yea, the poor 
and needy from him that spoileth him ? 
See Ps. Ixxii. 12. — Ixxxii. 4. Isa. xx. 13. 

LXX. Prophets and apostles delivered. 
Jer. i. 8. Be not afraid of their faces, 
(saith the Lord to his prophet,) for I am 
with thee to deliver thee. Ver. 19. Ch. 
XV. 19, 20, 21. Ch. xxxix. 17. 

Acts xxvi. 15 — 17. I am Jesus : I have 
appeared unto thee, delivering thee from 
the people, and from the Gentiles, to 
whom I now send thee. 

2 Cor. i. 10. God delivered us from so 
great a death, and doth dehver; in whom 
we trust, that he will yet deliver us. See 
2 Tim. iii. 11.— iv. 17, 18. 

LXXI. All God^s faithful servants shall 
be delivered. Job xxii. 30. He shall de- 
liver the island of the innocent. 

Ps. xxxiii. 19. The eye of the Lord is 
iipon them that fear him, upon them tliat 
hope in his mercy, to deliver their soul 
from death. 

xxxiv. 17. The righteous cry, and the 
Lord delivereth them out of all their trou- 
bles. Ver. 7. 19. Ps. xxxvii. 40. Prov. 
xi. 8. 

xl. 1. He that considereth the poor, 
the Lord will deliver him. Ver. 2. 

1. 15. Call upon me in the day of trou- 
ble, and I will deliver thee, and thou shalt 
glorify me. 

xci. 14. Because he hath set his love 
upon me, therefore will I deliver him. 
Ver. 2, 3, 4. 15. , 

Prov. xxviii. 26. WhOso walketh wise- 
ly shall be delivered. 

Ezek. xiv. 16. Noah, Daniel, and Job, 
should be delivered in a city devoted to 
destruction by the Lord. 

Dan. iii. 17. Our God whom we serve, 
is able to deliver us from the fiery fur- 
nace. — Ver. 28. God sent his angel, and 
delivered his servants that trusted in him. 

xii. 1.* At that time thy people shall 
be delivered, every one that shall be found 
written in the book. 

Joel ii. 32. Whosoever shall call on 
tlie name of the Lord, shall be dehvered. 
Obad. ver. 17. 

LXXII. Deliverance from moral evil 
or sin. Ps. xxxix. 8. Deliver me from 
all my transgressions. 

li. 14. Deliver me from blood guilti- 
ness, O God of my salvation. 

Ixxix. 8, 9. O remember not against 


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us former iniquities. Deliver us and 
purge away our sins for thy name's sake. 

Ps. cxix. 170. Deliver me according to 
thy word. 

Matt. vi. 13. Deliver us from evil. 

LXXIII. God delivereth into natural 
evil. He delivereth the wicked into the 
hands of their enemies. Gen. xiv, 20. 
Melchizedek said to Abram, Blessed be 
the most high God, who hath delivered 
thine enemies into thine hand. 

Exod. xxiii. 31. The Lord said, [to his 
people,] I will deliver the inhabitants of 
the land into thine hand. Deut. iii. 2. — 
vi. 2, 3. 16: 23,24. 

Num. xxi. 3. The Lord delivered up 
the Canaanites, and Israel destroyed them. 

Deut. ii. 33. The Lord delivered Si- 
hon, &,c. Ver. 36. Judg. xi. 9. 21. 

xxviii. 25. If thou rebel, thou shalt be 
smitten before thine enemies. Ver. 29. — 
See this fulfilled, 2 Chron. xxix. 28. Neh. 
ix. 26, 27. Ps. Ixxviii. 59. 61. Isa. xlii. 
24, 25. 

Judg. xxiv. 10. David said to Saul, 
This day the Lord delivered thee into 
mine hand. See 1 Sam. xvii. 46. 

1 Kings xiii. 26. The prophet said, 
The man of God was disobedient to the 
word of the Lord, therefore the Lord hath 
delivered him unto the lion. 

2 Chron. xxv. 20. Amaziah would not 
hearken to advice, for it came of God, 
that he might deliver them into the hand 
of tlieir enemies. 

Isa. xxxiv. 2, 3. The indignation of 
the Lord is upon all nations, and his fury 
upon all their armies ; he hath utterly de- 
stroyed them, he hath delivered them to 
the slaughter. Their slain shall be cast 
out, &LC. Ver. 5. Ch. xiii. 3, 4, 5. Hab. 
i. 12. 

Jer. XV. 9. The residue of them will 
I deliver to the sword before their ene- 
mies, saith the Lord. 

Jer, XX. 4. Tlius saith the Lord, I will 
make thee a terror to thyself, and to all 
thy friends, and they sliall fall by tlic 
sword of their enemies : and I will give 
Judah into the liand of the king of Ba- 
bylon. Ver. 5. 

xxi. 4, 5. Thus saith tlie Lord God of 
Israel, I3ehold I will turn back the wea- 
pons of war that arc in your liands, where- 
with ye fijfbt against the king of Babylon. 
And I will deliver Zedekiah, &c. into the 
hands of Nebuchadnezzar. Ch. xxiv. 8, 
9, 10. Ch. xxix. 17. 21. 

xliii. 10, 11. Thus saith the Lord of 


hosts, the God of Israel, I will take Ne- 
buchadnezzar the king of Babylon, my 
servant, and he shall deliver such as arc 
for death, to death, &,c. Ch. xlvi. 26. 

Ezek. xi. 8, 9. I will bring a sw^ord 
upon you saith the Lord. I will deliver 
you into the hands of strangers. Ver. 10. 

xvi. 27. For thy wickedness, I have 
diminished thy ordinary food, and have 
delivered thee into the hand of them that 
hate thee. Mic. vi. 14. 

xxi. 31. I will deliver thee into the hand 
of brutish men, skilful to destroy. Ver. 32. 
Ch. xxiii. 28.— xxv. 7.— xxxi. 10, 11. 

Amos iii. 6. Shall there be evil in a 
city, and the Lord hath not done it? 

Heathens delivered into the hands of Is- 
rael. Og, Deut. iii. 2. — Amorites, Jos. x. 
12. Ch. xi. 6.— Many kings, Ch. xxi. 44. 
— All their enemies, Judg. iv. 1. — The 
Canaanites, Ch. iv. 7. — Sisera, Ch. vii. 7. — 
Midianites, Ch. viii. 7. — Zeba -and Zal- 
munna, Ch. xi. 32. — Children of Ammon, 
Ch. xviii. 15. — Philistines, 1 Sam. xxiii. 
4.— Moabites, 2 Kings iii. 18. 


THE LORD DOTH KEEP HIS ^ 
PEOPLE. 

LXXIV. God doth keep his servants 
from evil. Gen. xxviii. 15. The Lord said 
to Jacob, Behold, I am with thee, and will 
keep thee in all places whither thou goest, 
and I will not leave thee. Ver. 20, 21. 

Exod. xxiii. 20. The Lord said, Be- 
hold, I send an angel before thee, to keep 
thee in the way, and to bring thee into 
the place which I have prepared. 

Numb. vi. 23 — 26. On this wise Aaron 
and his sons shall bless the children of 
Israel, saying : The Lord bless thee, and 
keep thee. 'Phe Lord make his face to 
shine upon thee, and be gracious unto 
thee. The Lord lift up his countenance 
upon thee, and give thee peace. 

Deut. xxxii. 10. The Lord kept Jacob 
as the apple of his eye. 

Josh. xiv. 10. Moses said, The Lord 
hath kept me alive, &,c. 

1 Sam. ii. 9. The Lord will keep the 
feet ot his saints, and the wicked ^hall be 
silent in darkness : for by strength shall 
no man prevail. 

xxv. 34. David said, blessed be the 
Lord, that hath kept hi.s servant from 
doing evil. Ver. 39. 

1 Chron. iv. 10. Jabez called on God, 
and said, O that thou wouldest bless mo, 
and keep me from evil. 


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God preserveth. 


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Job xxxiii. 18. He keepeth back his 
soul from the pit, and his life from perish- 
ing bj the sword. 

Ps. xii. 7. Thou wilt keep them, O 
Lord ; and shalt preserve them from this 
g-eneration. Ps. xxxi. 20. 

xvii. 8. Keep me as the apple of thine 
eye : hide me under the shadow of thy 
wings. 

xix. 13. Keep back thy servant from 
presumptuous sins. 

XXV. 20. O keep my soul and deliver 
me : let me not be ashamed, for I trust 
in thee. 

XXX. 3. O Lord, thou hast brought up 
ray soul from the grave ; thou hast kept 
me alive. 

xxxiii. 19. The eye of the Lord is on 
them that fear him, to keep them alive in 
famine. 

xxxiv. 20. The Lord keepeth all his 
bones, not one of them is broken. 

xci. 11. He shall give his angels 
charge over thee, to keep thee in all thy 
ways. 

cxxi. 3. He will not suffer thy foot to 
be moved : he that keepeth thee will 
not slumber. — Ver. 5. The Lord is thy 
keeper. 

cxxvii. 1. Except the Lord keep the 
city, the watchmen watch but in vain. 

cxl. 4. Keep me, O Lord, from the 
hands of the wicked. 

c^cli. 3. O Lord, keep the door of my 
lips. — Ver. 9. Keep me from the snare 
laid for me. 

Prov. iii. 26. The Lord shall keep thy 
foot from being taken. 

Isa. xxvi. 3. Thou wilt keep him in per- 
fect peace, whose heart is stayed on thee. 

xxvii, 3. The Lord will keep his vine- 
yard ; he will water it, he will keep it 
night and day. 

xlii. 6. I will keep thee, and give thee 
for a covenant of the people. 

Jer. xxxi. 10. He will gather Israel, 
and will keep him as a shepherd doth 
his flock. 

John xvii. 11. Jesus prayed thus. 
Holy Father, keep through thine own 
name, those whom thou hast given me. 
— Ver. 15. I pray that thou shouldst 
keep them from the evil that is in the 
world. 

2 Thess. iii. 3. The Lord is faithful, 
who will stablish you, and keep you from 
evil. 

2 Tim. i. 12. The Lord whom I have 
believed, is able to keep that which I have 
committed unto him. 

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1 Pet. i. 5. We are kept by the power 
of God, through faith unto salvation. 

iv. 19. Let them that suffer according 
to the will of God, commit the keeping of 
their souls unto liim in well doing, as unto 
a faithful Creator. 

Jude 24, 25. Unto him that is able to 
keep you from falling, and to present you 
faultless before the presence of his glory 
with exceeding joy, to the only wise God 
our Saviour, be glory and majesty, domi- 
nion and power, both now and ever. 

Rev. iii. 10. I will keep thee from the 
hour of temptation. 


GOD PRESERVETH. 

LXXV. God preserveth his people. 
Gen. xlv, 7. Joseph said, God sent me 
hither, to preserve you a posterity in the 
earth. 

Deut. vi. 24. God commanded us to do 
these statutes, and to fear the Lord our 
God, for our good always, that he might 
preserve us alive as at this day. 

Josh. xxiv. 17. God preserved us in all 
the way wherein we went, among all 
people through whom we passed. 

2 Sam. viii. 6. The Lord preserved 
David whithersoever he went. 1 Sam, 
XXX. 23. 

Neh. ix. 6. Lord, thou hast made all 
things, and thou preservest them all. 

Job vii. 20. I have sinned, what shall I 
do unto thee, O thou preserver of men ? 

X. 12. Thou hast granted me life and 
favour, and thy visitation preserveth my 
spirit. 

xxix. 2. O that I were as in months 
past, as in the days when God preserved 
me. 

Ps. xvi. 1. Preserve me, O Lord ; for 
in thee do I put my trust. 

xxxi. 23. The Lord preserveth the 
faithful. 

xxxii. 7. Thou art my hiding-place, 
thou shalt preserve me from trouble. 

xxxvi. 6. O Lord, thou preservest man 
and beast. 

xxxvii. 28. The Lord forsaketh not his 
saints ; they are preserved for ever. 

xli. 2. The Lord will preserve him, 
and keep him alive, and he shall be bless- 
ed, that considereth the poor. 

Ixiv. 1. O my God, preserve my life 
from fear of the enemy. 

Ixxix. 11. Preserve thou those that arc 
appointed to die. 

Ixxxvi. 2. Preserve my soul, O thou 


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my God ; save thy servant that trustcth 
in thee. 

Ps. xcvii. 10. The Lord prcserveth tlie 
souls of his saints ; he dehvercth them out 
of the hand of the wicked. Ps. cxl. 1. 

cxvi. 6. The Lord preserveth tlie 
simple. 

cxxi. 7, 8. The Lord shall preserve 
thee from all evil ; he shall preserve thy 
soul. He shall preserve thy going out 
and coming in. 

cxlv. 20. The Lord preserveth all those 
that love him. 

cxlvi. 9. The Lord preserveth the 
strangers ; he relieveth the fatherless and 
widow. Jer, xlix. 11. 

Prov, ii. 8. He preserveth the way of 
his saints. 

Isa. xlix. 6. Thou art my servant, to 
restore the preserved of Israel. 

1 Thess. V. 23. I pray God that your 
whole spirit, and soul, and body, be pre- 
served blameless unto tlie coming of our 
Lord Jesus Christ. 

2 Tim. iv. 18. The Lord will preserve 
me unto his heavenly kingdom. 


GOD IS THE CREATOR. 

LXXVI. God is the Creator of his peo- 
ple. Ps. li. 10. Create in me a clean heart, 
O God ; renew a right spirit within me. 

cii. 8. The people that shall be created 
shall praise the Lord. 

cxlix. 2. Let Israel rejoice in him that 
made him ; let the children of Zion be 
joyful in their king. 

Isa. xliii. 1. Thus saith the Lord that 
created thee O Jacob, and formed thee 

Israel, Fear not, for I have redeemed 
thee ; I have called thee by name, thou 
art mine. — Ver. 7. I have created him 
for my glory, I have formed him, yea 

1 have made him. — Ver. 15. I am the 
Lord, your holy One, the Creator of 
Israel, your King. — Ver. 21. This peo- 
ple have I formed for myself, they shall 
shew forth my praise. Ch. xliv. 2. 21. 
24.— xlvi. 4. 

Ezck. xxxvii. from ver. 1 to 15. The 
vision of dry bones raised to life. 

Threats against those who apostatized 
after they had been created. Dcut. xxxii. 
6. Do ye thus requite the Lord, O foolish 
people and unwise ? Is he not thy Father, 
that hath bought thee ? hath he not made 
thee, and established thee ? 

Ver. 15. Jeshurun forsook God that 
made him.— Ver. 18. Of the Rock that 


begat thee, thou art unmindful, and hast 
forgotten God that formed thee. 

Ver. 19. The Lord abhorred them. — 
Ver. 23. He said, I will lieap mischiefs 
upon them. 

Ezek. xxi. 30. Thus saith the Lord, I 
will judge thee in the places where thou 
wast created, in the land of thy nativity. 
See Jerusalem's birth and nativity de- 
scribed, Ch. xvi. 3 to 14. 

Ver. 31. I will pour mine indignation 
upon thee; I will blow against thee in 
the fire of my wrath ; I will deliver thee 
into the hand of brutish men, skilful to 
destroy. Ver. 32. 

xxviii. 12 — 16. Thus saith the Lord God 
to Tyrus : Thou wast perfect in thy ways, 
from the day that thou wast created, till 
iniquity was found in thee. Thou hast 
sinned, therefore I will cast thee as pro- 
fane out of the mountain of God. Ver. 18. 

LXXVII. God the Creator of Chris- 

tians : they are new creatures, God's 
workmanship. Rom. xiv. 20. For meat, 
destroy not thou the work of God. 

2 Cor. V. 17. If any man be in Christ, 
he is a new creature. 

Gal, vi. 15. In Christ Jesus, neither 
circumcision availcth anything, nor un- 
circumcision, but a new creature. 

Eph. J. 6. Ho hath made us accepted 
in the beloved. 

Col. i. 12. He hath made us meet to 
be partakers of the inheritance of the 
saints in light. 

ii. 10. We are his workmanship, ere- 
ated in Christ Jesus unto good works. 

Ver. 13. Ye are made nigh by the 
blood of Christ. Ver. 15. 

Rev. i. 6. He hath made us kings and 
priests to God and liis Father. \ 

LXXVIII. Duty of Christians as new 
creatures. Rom. vi. 4. We should walk 
in newness of life. 

vii. 6. We should serve in newness of 
spirit. 

xii. 2. Be ye transformed by the re- 
newing of your mind. 

1 Cor. V. 7. Purge out the old leaven, 
that ye may become a new lump. 

Eph. iv. 22. 24. Put off the old man, 
which is corrupt according to the deceit- 
ful lusts : And put on the new man, which 
after God is created in righteousness and 
true holiness. 

Col. iii. 9. Ye have put off the old 
man with his deeds ; and have put on 
the new man, which is renewed in 


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knowledge after the image of him that 
created him. 

1 Pet. iv. 19. Let those that suffer ac- 
cording to the will of God, commit the 
keeping of their souls unto him in well 
doing, as unto a faithful Creator. 

LXXIX. God is to his people their 
planter, builder, Sfc; they are his plant- 
ing, his vineyard, lohich he watereth and 
maketh fruitful ; his house, his huilding, 

God planted the Jewish nation in the 
land of Canaan. Exod. xv. 17. Thou 
shalt bring them in, and plant them in 
the mountain of thine inheritance, in the 
sanctuary which thine hands have esta- 
blished. 2Sam. vii.lO. 

Jer. xxxii. 41. I will plant them in 
this land assuredly, with my whole heart. 
Ch. xxiv. 6.— xxxi. 4. 12. 28.— xlii. 10. 

Amos ix. 15. I will plant them upon 
their own land, and they shall no more be 
plucked up out of their land, saith the 
Lord. 

LXXX. The Lord planted, watered, 
and made fruitful, the Jewish church. 
Ps. Ixxx. 8. Thou hast brought a vine 
out of Egypt, thou hast cast out the 
heathen and planted it. Ver. 15. Ps. 
Ixxii. 16. 

' Is a. iv. 2. In that day shall tlie branch 
of the Lord be beautiful and glorious, and 
the fruit of the earth shall be excellent 
and comely. Ch. Ix, 21. 

V. 1, 2. My beloved hath a vineyard 
in a very fruitful hill : He fenced it, and 
planted it with the choicest vine. — Ver. 
7. The vineyard of the Lord of hosts is 
the house of Israel. 

xxvii. 3. I the Lord do keep the vine- 
yard ; I will water it every moment, lest 
any hurt it, and I will keep it night and 
day. Ver. 2. 6. Ch. xxxvii, 31. 

XXXV. 7. The parched ground shall be- 
come a pool, and the thirsty land springs 
of water. 

xli. 18. I will open rivers in high 
places, and fountains in the midst of the 
valleys, and I will make the wilderness a 
pool of water. Ver. 19, 20. 

xliv. 3, 4. I will pour water upon him 
that is thirsty, and floods upon the dry 
ground ; and I will pour my Spirit upon 
thy seed, and my blessing upon thine off", 
spring. And they shall spring up as 
among the grass, and as the willows by 
the water-courses. Ch. xlix. 10. — Iviii. 11. 

hi. 3, That they may be called trees 


of righteousness, the planting of the Lord 
that he might be glorified. — Ver. 11. For 
as the earth bringeth forth the bud, and 
the garden causeth the things that are 
sown in it to spring forth ; so the Lord 
will cause righteousness and praise to 
spring forth before all people. Jer. xxxi. 
12. 

Hos. ii. 23. I will sow her unto me in 
the earth, and I will have mercy upon her 
that had not obtained mercy. 

xiv. 5. I will be as the dew unto Israel ; 
he shall grow as the lily and cast forth 
his roots as Lebanon. — Ver. 7, 8. They 
shall revive as the corn, and grow as the 
vine. I am like a green fir-tree, from me 
is thy fruit found. 

Mai. iv. 2. Ye shall go forth and grow 
up as calves of the stall. See Jer. xviii. 9. 

LXXXI. Apostacy, or unfruitfulness^ 
threats and reproofs against it. Jer. iL 
21. I planted thee a noble vine, wholly 
a right seed : how art thou turned into 
the degenerate plant of a strange vine 
unto me ? 

xi. 17, The Lord of hosts that planted 
thee hath pronounced evil against thee. 
Ch. xlv. 4. Ezek. xvii. 5. 8, 9.— xix. 10. 
12. 

Jer. xviii. 9, 10. At what instant I 
speak concerning a nation to pluck up, 

&.C. 

Mat. iii. 10. Every tree that bringeth 
not forth good fruit, is hewn down and 
cast into the fire. 

xiii. 3. See the parable of the sower. 
(Mark iv. 4. Luke viii. 5.) Ver. 24. The 
parable of the wheat and tares. 

xxi. 32. The parable of the husband- 
man letting out the vineyard, and requir- 
ing the fruits. Mark xii. 1. Luke xx. 9 

Luke xiii. 6. The parable of the un- 
fruitful fig-tree cumbering the ground. 
Ver. 7, 8, 9. 

LXXXII. The fruitful, whether Jews 
or Gentiles, are God^s planting. Ps. i. 3. 
The righteous shall be like a tree planted 
by the rivers of water, that bringeth forth 
his fruit in his season ; his leaf shall not 
wither. Jer. xvii. 8. 

xcii. 13, 14. Those that be planted in 
the house of the Lord shall flourish in the 
courts of our God. They shall bring forth 
fruit in old age; they shall be fat and 
flourishing. 

Matt. vii. 17. Every good tree bringeth 
forth good fruit. Ver, 18, Ch. xii. 33. 

John XV. 1, 2. I am the true vine, my 


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Father is the husbandman. Every branch 
tliat beareth not fruit he taketli away ; 
and every branch that beareth fruit he 
purgeth, that it may bring forth more 
fruit. Vcr. 4, 5, 6. 8. 

Rom. vi, 22. Ye have your fruit unto 
holiness, and the end everlasting life. Ch. 
vii. 4- 

1 Cor. iii, 9. Ye are God's husbandry ; 
ye are God's building. 

Eph. ii. 20—22. Ye are built upon 
the foundation of the apostles and pro- 
phets, Jesus Clu-ist himself being the 


chief corner-stone ; in whom all the build- 
ing fitly framed together, groweth into an 
holy temple unto the Lord. In whom ye 
are builded together for an habitation of 
God through the Spirit. 

2 Thess. i. 3. We are bound to thank 
God for you, brethren, because your faith 
groweth exceedingly, and the charity of 
every one of you toward each other 
aboundeth. 

1 Pet. ii. 5. Ye also, as lively stones, 
are built up a spiritual house, an holy 
priesthood. 


CHAPTER IV. 


PROPHECIES CONCERNING CHRIST, HIS SUFFERINGS, DEATH, 
RESURRECTION, &lc. MIRACLES. 


I. The testimony of prophecy appealed 
to as a foundation of faith in Christ. John 
V. 39. Search the Scriptures, for in them 
ye think ye have eternal life, and they 
are they which testify of me. 

Ver. 44. How can ye believe, which 
receive honour one of another, and seek 
not the honour that cometh from God 
only? 

Ver. 45 — 47. There is one that ac- 
cuseth you, even Moses in whom ye 
trust. For had ye believed Moses, ye 
would have believed me, for he wrote of 
me. (John i. 45.) But if ye believe not 
his writings, how shall ye believe my 
words. 

Matt. xxvi. 24. The Son of man goeth, 
as it is written of him. Mark ix. 12. It 
is written of the Son of man, that he must 
suffer many things. 

Luke xviii. 31. All things written by 
the projjhets concerning the Son of man, 
must be accomplished. 

xxii. 37. Thi^that is written must be 
accomplished in me. 

xxiv. 44. All things must be fulfilled 
which were written in the law of Moses, 
and in the propliets, and in the Psalms, 
concerning me. — Ver. 4G. Thus it is 
written, and thus it behoved Christ to 
suffer, and to rise from tiie dead the tliird 
day. 


II. The testimony of prophecy urged by 
the apostles. Acts xvii. 2, 3. Paul rea- 
soned out of the Scriptures ; opening and 
alleging that Christ must needs have suf- 
fered, and risen again from the dead ; and 
that this Jesus which I preach unto you 
is Christ. 

xxiv. 14. After the way which they 
call heresy, so worship I the God of my 
fathers, believing all things which are 
written in the law and the prophets. 

xxvi. 22, 23. I continue witnessing 
both to small and great, saying none other 
things, than those which the prophets and 
Moses did say should come : That Christ 
should suffer, and that he should be the 
first that should rise from the dead. 

Acts iii. 18. Peter said, Those things 
that God before had shewed, by the mouth 
of all Jiis propliets, that Christ should suf- 
fer, he hath fulfilled. 

X. 43. To him gave all the prophets 
witness. 

xviii. 28. The apostles mightily con- 
vinced the Jews, shewing by the Scrip, 
turcs that .Tesus was Christ. 

xxviii. 23. Paul expounded and testi- 
fied the kingdom of God, persuading them 
concerning Jesus, both out of the law of 
Moses, and out of the prophets. 

IIL Prophecies concerning Christ ful- 


Ghap. IV. 


Prophecies concerning Christ. 


107 


Jilled^ in his incarnation, life, death, resur- 
rection, and ascension. Gen. iii. 15. The 
seed of the woman shall bruise the ser- 
pent's head. 

Isa. vii. 14. The Lord himself shall 
give you a sign : Behold a virgin shall 
conceive and bear a son, and shall call his 
name Immanuel. 

ix. 6. Unto us a child is born, unto us 
a son is given. See this fulfilled in tlTe 
conception, and birth of Jesus, Matt. i. 
18. to 25. Luke i. 28 to 35. 

Gal, iv. 4. God sent forth his Son, 
made of a woman. 

John i. 14. He was made flesh. 

Heb. xii. 14. He took part of flesh 
and blood. — Ver. 17. Was made like un- 
to his brethren. 

Phil. ii. 7. Was made in the likeness 
of men. — Ver. 8. Was found in fashion 
as a man. 

IV. The nation, tribe, and family he 
was to descend from. Gen. xii. 3. Abram 
— in thee shall all the families of the 
earth be blessed. Acts iii. 25. Gal. iii. 8. 

xxi. 12. In Isaac shall thy seed be 
called. Gal. iii. 16. Thy seed, which is 
Christ. 

xxvi. 4. Isaac — in thy seed shall all 
the nations of the earth be blessed. 

xxviii. 14. Jacob— in thy seed shall all 
the families of the earth be blessed. 

xlix. 8. Judah — thy brethren shall 
praise thee, &c. Ver. 10, 

Isa. xi. 1, David — a branch shall grow 
out of his roots. 

Ps. Ixxxix. 29. His seed will I make 
to endure for ever. See Jer. xxiii. 5. — 
xxxiii. 15. Ps. xviii. 50. — Ixxxix. 4. 36. — 
cxxxii. 11. 

John vii. 42. Christ cometh of the 
seed of David. 

Matt. xxii. 42. He is David's son. 

ix. 27. Thou son of David have mer- 
cy on us. Ch. XV. 22. — xx. 30. 

xxi. 9. Hosannah to the Son of David. 

Mark xi. 10. Blessed be the kingdom 
of our father David. 

Heb. vii. 14. It is evident our Lord 
sprang from Judah. 

Rom. i. 3, Jesus Christ was made of 
the seed of David. 

Acts xiii. 23. Of this man's seed, accord- 
ing to the flesh, hath God raised unto 
Israel a Saviour. See Christ's descent 
reckoned, Matti. 1 to 18. Luke iii. 23 to 34. 

V. The time of Christ's life and death 
fixed by other events foretold in prophecy, 


well known when they happened. Gen. 
xlix. 10. The sceptre shall not depart 
from Judah, nor a law-giver from between 
his feet, till Shiloh come. [As a proof 
that this sceptre, the ensign of govern- 
ment, was departed from Judah at our 
Saviour's birth] — Joseph and Mary, with 
others, went to be taxed by the authority 
of a heathen emperor. Luke ii, 3, 

Dan. ix. 24. Seventy weeks are de- 
termined upon thy people, and upon 
thy holy city, to finish the transgression, 
and to iTiake an end of sins, and to make 
reconciliation for iniquity, and to bring 
in everlasting righteousness, and to seal 
up the vision and prophecy, and to anoint 
the most holy. 

Ver. 25. Know therefore and under- 
stand, that from the going forth of the 
commandment to restore and build Je- 
rusalem, unto the Messiah the prince, 
shall be seven weeks, and threescore 
and two weeks : the street shall be built 
again, and the wall even in troublesome 
times. 

Ver. 26. And after threescore and 
two weeks, shall the Messiah be cut off, 
but not for himself; and the people of 
the prince that shall come, shall destroy 
the city and the sanctuary, and the end 
thereof shall be with a flood, and unto 
the end of the war desolations are de- 
termined. 

Hag. ii. 7. The desire of all nations 
shall come, and I will fill this house (viz. 
the temple) with my glory. — Ver. 9. 
The glory of this latter house shall be 
greater than that of the former hous6. 
( This glory it had above the former, but 
in other respects it was inferior to it. Ezra 
iii. 12. This fixes the coming of Christ 
while the temple v:as standing,) 

VI. The country and town where Christ 
should be born. Mic. v. 2. Thou Bethle- 
hem Ephratah, though thou be little 
among the thousands of Judah, yet out 
of thee shall he come forth unto me, 
that is to be the ruler in Israel. 

Fulfilled. Mat. ii. 1. Jesus was born 
in Bethlehem. 

John vii. 42. Christ cometh of the 
seed of David, and out of the town of 
Bethlehem where David was. 

VII. Of his forerunner, John Baptist. 
Isa. xl. 3. The voice of him that crieth 
in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of 
the Lord. 

Mai. iii. 1. I will send my messenger, 


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and he shall prepare my way before 
me. 

Mai. iv. 5. I will send you Elijah the 
prophet. — Fulfilled. Matt. iii. 1. In those 
days came John tlie Baptist, preaching in 
tlie wilderness of Judea, saying, Repent, 
for the kingdom of heaven is at hand. 
Luke i. 17. 

Matt. xi. 14. This is Elias which was 
for to come. 

xvii. 12. Elias is come already. Mark 
ix. 13. 

VIII. His purging the temple. Ps. Ixix. 
9. Tlie zeal of thine house hath eaten 
me up. 

Matt. xxi. 12. Jesus cast out all them 
that sold and bought in the temple. 
Markxi. 1.5. Lukexix.45. Johnii. 13, &,c. 

IX. His working miracles. Isa. xxxv. 
5, 6. The eyes of the blind shall be 
opened, the ears of the deaf shall be un- 
stopped : The lame shall leap as an hart, 
and the tongue of the dumb shall sing. 

Fulfilled. Matt. xv. 30. Great multi- 
tudes came unto him, having with them 
tliose that were lame, blind, dumb, maim- 
ed, and many others, and he healed them. 
See New Testament Miracles. 

X. That the Spirit of the Lord should 
be upon him. Isa. xi. 2. The Spirit of 
the Lord sliaU rest upon him, the Spirit 
of wisdom and understanding, &c. Ver. 3. 

Ixi. 1. The Spirit of the Lord God is 
upon me, because he hath anointed me to 
preach, &c. 

Ps. xlv. 7. God hath anointed thee with 
the oil of gladness above thy fellows. 

Fulfilled. Matt. iii. 16. He saw the 
Spirit of God descending like a dove, and 
lighting upon him. Jobn i, 33. 

John iii. 34. God giveth not the Spirit 
by measure unto him. 

Acts iv. 27. Jesus whom thou hast 
anointed. Ch. x. 38. 

XI. That he should be a prophet. 
Deut. xviii. 1.5. The Lord thy God will 
raise up unto thee a Prophet; unto him 
shall ye hearken. 

Hcb. i. 1. -God, who spake unto the 
fathers by the prophets, hath in these 
last days spoken to us by his Son (Christ. 
Heb. ii. 3. See Christ's predictions con- 
cerning his death, &c. 

XII. That he should preach or teach. 
Ps. xl. 9. I have preached righteousness 
in the great congregation. 

Isa. Ixi. 1. He hath anointed me to 
preach good tidings unto tlie meek. Sec 
Isa. xi. 2, 3, 4.— ii. 3. Mic. iv. 2. 


Matt. iv. 23. Jesus went about preach- 
ing the gospel. Ch. ix. 34. 

xi. 27. Neither knoweth any man the 
Father, save tlie Son, and he to whom- 
soever the Son will reveal him. Ch. 
xvii. 26. 

John vii. 14. Now about the midst 
of the feast, Jesus went up into the 
temple and taught. — Ver. 26. My doc- 
trine is not mine, but his that sent me. 

xii. 49. I have not spoken of myself: 
but the Father which sent me gave me 
commandment what I should say. Ch. xiv. 
10. 24. — (For the nature of his preaching, 
see his sermon. Matt. 5th, 6th, 7th 
chapters.) 

XIII. That he should not seek the ap. 
plause of men. Isa. xlii. 2. He shall not 
cry, nor lift up, nor cause his voice to be 
heard in the streets. 

Hence he said, John v. 41. I receive 
not honour from men. 

Matt. viii. 4. See thou tell no man. 
Ch. ix. 30.— xvi. 20. Mark vii. 24. 

Mark V. 43. See that no man know 
it. Ch. ix. 30. 

XIV. That he should he a sufferer. 
Isa. Iii. 14. His visage was more marred 
than any m?in. 

liii. 3. A man of sorrows and acquaint- 
ed with grief. 

Heb. iv. 15. He was touched with the 
feeling of our infirmities. 

Infirmities which he endured. Matt, 
iv. 1. He was tempted of the devil. 

Ver. 2. He fasted and hungered. Ch, 
xxi. 18. 

John ix. 28. He thirsted. Ch. iv. 10. 

iv. 6. He was weary. 

Matt. viii. 24. He slept. Ch. xi. 35. 
He wept. 

Mark iii. 5. He was grieved. 

xii. 27. His soul was troubled. 

Matt. xxvi. 37. He was sorrowful. 

Luke xxii. 24. In an agony he prayed. 

Matt. viii. 20. He had not where to 
lay his head. 

XV. That he should he despised of men. 
Isa. xlix. 7. Thus saith the Lord, To 
him whom man despiseth, whom tlic na- 
tion abliorreth. 

liii. 2, 3. He hath no form nor comeli- 
ness, nor beauty tliat we should desire 
him. He was despised and rejected of 
men ; and we esteemed liim not. 

Ps. xxii. 6. I am despised of the peo- 
ple, cxviii. 22. 

Fiilfilled. John i. 11. He came to his 
own, and his own received liim not. 


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Luke xix. 14. They say, We will not 
have this man to reign over us. 

Matt, xxvii. 23. The people said, Let 
him be crucified. Ver. 25. His blood be 
upon us and our children. 

Luke xxiii. 18. They cried out all at 
once, saying-, Aw^ay with this man. 

John xviii. 40. Release unto us, not 
this man, but Barabbas. 

XVI. He was hated. Luke xix. 14. His 
citizens hated him. 

John vii. 7. The world hateth me. 

XV. 18. It hated me before it hated you. 

Matt. X. 22. Ye shall be hated for my 
name's sake. Ch. xxiv. 9. Mark xiii. 13. 
Luke xxi. 17. 

XVII. That he should be reproached. 
Ps. xxii. 6. I am a reproach of men. 

XVIII. Reproaches castuponhim. Matt, 
xiii. 55. Is not this the carpenter's son ? 
— Ver. 57. They were offended in him. 

Mark vi. 3. Is not this the carpenter, 
the son of Mary ? 

John i. 46. Can any good thing come 
out of Nazareth ? 

vii. 52. Out of Galilee ariseth no prophet. 

Lulce vii. 39. If this man were a pro- 
phet, he would have known who and wliat 
manner of woman this is that toucheth 
him, for she is a sinner. 

John ix. 24. This man is a sinner. 

Luke XV. 2. He receiveth siimers, and 
eateth with them. 

Matt. xi. 19. He is a man gluttonous, 
and a wine-bibber, a friend of publicans 
and sinners. Luke vii. 34. 

xxvii. 63. A deceiver. John vii. 12. He 
deceiveth the people. 

John ix. 16. This man is not of God. 

Matt. ix. 3. This man blasphemeth. 

xxvi. 65. Ye have heard his blasphemy. 
John X. 33. 

John X. 20. He hath a devil, and is 
mad, why hear ye him ? 

viii. 48. Thou art a Samaritan, and 
hast a devil. Ver. 52. 

Matt. xii. 24. This fellow doth not cast 
out devils, but by Beelzebub the prince of 
devils. Ch. ix. 20. 

Luke xvi. 14. They derided him. Ch. 
xxiii. 35. 

Matt, xxvii. 29. They mocked him. 
Ch. xxxi. Mark xv. 20. 

John V. 16. They call him a Sabbath 
breaker. 

Heb. xii. 3. He endured much contra- 
diction of sinners against himself. 


XIX. That he should he persecuted. 
Isa. iiii. 4. We did esteem him stricken, 
smitten of God and afflicted. 

Ps. Ixix. 26. They persecuted him whom 
thou hast smitten ; they speak to the grief of 
those whom thou hast wounded. Ps. vii. 1. 

Fulfilled. John v. 16. The Jews did 
persecute Jesus, and sought to slay him, 
because he had done these things on the 
Sabbath day. — Ver. 18. They sought the 
more to kill him, because he said that 
God was his Father. 

XV. 20. If they have persecuted me, 
they will persecute you also. 

XX. That Jews and Gentiles should join 
againsthim. Ps.ii. 1,2. Why do the heathen 
rage, and the people imagine a vain thing? 
Kings of the earth do set themselves, and 
the rulers take coimsel together against 
the Lord, and against his anointed. 

Fulfilled. Matt. xii. 14. The Pharisees 
held a counsel together how they might 
destroy him. Mark iii. 16. John xi. 53. 

Luke xxiii. 12. Pilate and Herod were 
made fi-iends together. 

Acts iv. 27, 28, Against thy holy child 
Jesus, whom thou hast anointed, both 
Herod and Pontius Pilate, with the Gen- 
tiles, and the people of Israel, were gathered 
together, for to do wliatsoever thy hand and 
thy counsel determined before to be done. 

XXI. Should he sold for money. Zech. 
xi. 12. They weighed for my price thirty 
pieces of silver : a goodly price that I was 
prized at of them. Amos ii. 6. 

Fulfilled. Matt. xxvi. 15, 16. They 
covenanted with Judas for thirty pieces 
of silver : and from that time he sought 
opportunity to betray him. 

XXII. The use they apply the money to 
foretold. Zech. xi. 13. I took the thirty 
pieces of silver, and cast them to the pot- 
ter in the house of the Lord. 

Fulfilled. Matt, xxvii. 7, 8. They 
bought with them the potter's field, to 
bury strangers in. Wherefore that field 
is called the field of blood unto this day. 
Acts i. 16. 19. 

XXIII. Prophecies of f^hrist concerning 
who should betray him. John vi. 64. 
Jesus knew from the beginning who 
should betray him. 

Ver. 70, 71. He said. Have not I chosen 
you twelve, and one of you is a devil. 
He spake this of Judas ; for he it was that 
should betray him. 


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Prophecies concerning Christ. 


Chap. IV. 


Matt. xxvi. 21. One of you shall betray 
me. — Ver. 23. He that dippeth his hand 
with me in the dish shall betray me. 

Luke xxii. 21. The hand of him that 
betrayeth me is on the table with me. 

John xiii. 18. He that eateth bread 
with me hath lift up his heel against me. 

Fulfilled. Matt. xxvi. 14, 15, 16. Then 
one of tlie twelve, called Judas Iscariot, 
went unto the chief priests, and said unto 
them. What will ye give me, and I will 
deliver him unto you? And they cove- 
nanted with him for thirty pieces of sil- 
ver. And from that time he sought op- 
portunity to betray him. 

Matt. xxvi. 47. Judas, one of the twelve, 
came, and with him a great multitude. 

Ver. 48, 49. He gave them a sign, say- 
ing. Whomsoever I shall kiss, the same 
is he. And forthwith he came to Jesus, 
and said. Hail, Master, and kissed him. 

XXIV. Concerning the miserable end 
of Judas. Ps. cix. 7, 8. When he shall 
be judged, let him be condemned. Let 
hi5 days be few, and let another take his 
office. Acts i. 20. 

Thus expressed by Christ, Matt. xxvi. 
24. Wo unto that man by whom the Son 
of man is betrayed ! it had been good for 
that man if he had not been born. 

Fulfilled. Matt, xxvii. 4, 5. Judas said, 
I have sinned, in that I have betrayed in- 
nocent blood. And he went and hanged 
himself 

Acts i. 25. That he might go to his 
own place. 

XXV. That Christ should be forsaken. 
Zech. xiii. 7. Awake, O sword, against 
my Shepherd, and against the man that 
is my fellow, saith the Lord of hosts, 
smite the Shepherd, and the sheep shall 
be scattered. 

Thus expressed by Christ. Matt. xxvi. 
31. All ye shall be offended because of 
me this night. Mark xiv. 27. John xvi. 
m.— Fulfilled. Ver. 56. They all forsook 
him and fled. 

■T. XXVI. Peter^s denying him. Matt. xxvi. 
"a4. Peter, thou shalt deny me. 

Ver. 70 — 74. Peter denied, <fec. He 
denied again with an oath. He denied, 
and began to curse and to swear. 

XXVII. That Christ should be beaten 
and spit on. Ps. xxii. IG. The assembly 
of the wicked have enclosed me. 

Isa. 1. 3. I gave my back to the smiters. 


and my cheeks to them that plucked off 
the hair : I hid not my face from shame 
and spitting. — Fulfilled. Matt. xxvi. 67. 
Mic. v. 1. They shall smite the Judge 
of Israel with a rod upon tlie cheek. — 
Fulfilled, Matt, xxvii. 30. 

XXVIII. Chrisfs own testimony of 
this. Matt. xvi. 21. From that time forth 
Jesus began to shew unto his disciples, 
how that he must go unto Jerusalem, and 
suffer many things of the elders and chief 
priests, and scribes, and be killed, and be 
raised again the third day. 

Matt. XX. 18, 19. Behold, we go up 
unto Jerusalem, (Luke xiii. 33. For it 
cannot be that a prophet perish out of 
Jerusalem) and the Son of Man shall be 
betrayed unto the chief priests, and unto 
the scribes ; and they shall condemn him 
to death, and shall deliver him unto the 
Gentiles, to mock, (Sec. Mark x. 34. To 
spit upon, and to scourge, and to crucify 
him ; and the third day he shall rise again. 

XXIX. Concerning what kind of death 
he should die. Ps. xxii. 16. They pierced 
my hands and feet. 

Zech. xii. 10. They shall look on him 
whom they have pierced. 

John iii. 15. As Moses lifted up the 
serpent in the wilderness, so must the 
Son of man be lifted up. 

Matt. xxvi. 2. After two days is the 
passover, and the Son of man is betrayed 
to be crucified. — Ver. 45. The hour is at 
hand, and the Son of man is betrayed into 
the hands of sinners. 

XXX. Chrisfs silence. Isa. liii. 7. He 
was oppressed, and he was afflicted, yet 
he opened not his mouth : he was brought 
as a lamb to the slaughter, and as a sheep 
before her shearers is dumb, so he opened 
not his mouth. 

Fulfilled. Matt, xxvii. 12. When he 
was accused, he answered nothing. Mark 
xiv. 61. — XV. .3. 5. Luke xxiii. 9. 

1 Pet. ii. 23. When he was reviled, he 
reviled not again. 

XXXI. They give sentence against him. 
Matt. xxvi. 66. They condemn him to death. 

Ver.. 67, 68. Then did they spit in his 
face, and buffeted liim ; others smote 
him with the palms of their hands, saying, 
Prophesy to us, thou Christ, who is he 
that smote thee ? Luke xxii. 64. 

Luke xxiii. 1. They lead him to Pilate 
(a Gentile). 


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Prophecies concernmg Christ. 


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Ver. 7. Pilate sends him to Herod. — 
Ver. 11. Herod with his men of war set 
him at nought, and mocked him, and sent 
him again to Pilate. 

Ver. 21. The people cried, Crucify him. 
— Ver. 23. And the voices of them, and 
of the chief priests, prevailed. 

Ver. 24. And Pilate gave sentence, that 
it should be even as they required. — Ver. 
26. Pilate scourged Jesus, and delivered 
him to be crucified, Ver. 27, 28, 29. 

Ver. 30. They spit upon him, and 
smote him on the head, and led him away 
to ci'ucify him. 

XXXII. They give him gall. Ps. xxii. 
25. My tongue cleaveth to my jaws. 

Ixix. 21. They gave me gall for my 
meat, and in my thirst, they gave me 
vinegar to drink.: — Fulfilled. Matt, xxvii. 
34. They gave him vinegar mingled 
with gall. Ver. 48. Mark xv. 36. Luke 
xxiii. 36. John xix. 29. 

XXXIII. They mock him on the cross. 
Ps. xxii. 7. All they that see me laugh me 
to scorn ; saying. He trusted in the Lord, 
let him deliver him. See this fulfilled. 
Matt, xxvii. ver. 39 to 44. Mark xv. 29. 

XXXIV. Part his garments. Ps. xxii. 
18. They part my garments among them, 
and cast lots upon my vesture. Mark xv. 
24. 

XXXV. His words on the Cross. Ps. 
xxii. 1. My God, my God, why hast thou 
forsaken me. Mark xv. 34. 

Prays for his enemies. Isa. liii. 12. He 
made intercession for the transgressors. 

Fulfilled. Luke xxiii. 34. Then said 
Jesus, Father, forgive them, for they know 
not what they do. 

XXXVI. His death. Dan. ix. 26. Mes- 
siah shall be cut off. 

Isa. liii. 8. Cut off out of the land of 
the living. — Ver. 12. He hath poured out 
his soul unto death. 

Luke xxii. 53. This is your hour, and 
the power of darkness. — Matt, xxvii. 50. 
Jesus cried and yielded up the ghost. 
Mark xv. 37. 39. Luke xxiii. 46. John 
xix. 30. 

Isa. liii. 12. He was numbered with 
transgressors. Mark xv. 27. With him 
they crucified two thieves. 

XXXVII. A hone of him should not he 
hroJcen. 1 Cor. v, 7. Christ our passover, 
is sacrificed for us. 


John xix. 36. That the scripture might 
be fulfilled, A bone of him shall not be 
broken. 

XXXVIII. Buried with the rich. Isa. 
liii. 9. He made his grave with the rich. 

Matt, xxvii. 57. There came a rich 
man of Arimathea, and begged the body 
of Jesus. — Ver. 59, 60. He wrapped it in 
clean linen, and laid it in his own new tomb. 

Ver. 66. They made the sepulchre sure, 
sealing the stone and setting a watch. 

XXXIX. That he should arise from the 
dead. Ps. xvi. 10. Thou wilt not leave 
my soul in hell, neither wilt thou suffer 
thine holy one to see corruption. 

Christ often promised he should rise on 
the third day, which answers to his not 
seeing corruption, in the foregoing text. 
See Matt. xvi. 21.— xx. 18. Mark viii. 31. 

XL. Christ seems to rest the credit of 
all his pretensions on this event of his 
rising from the dead. Matt. x\'i. 16. Pe- 
ter said unto him. Thou art Christ, the 
Son of the living God. — Ver. 20. He 
charged his disciples that they should tell 
no man that he was Jesus the Christ, 
(Mark ix. 10.) till the Son of man were 
risen from the dead. 

XLI. The witnesses of his resurrection. 
Matt, xxviii. 5 — 7. The angel said to the 
woman, Fear not ye ; for I know that ye 
seek Jesus which was crucified. He is 
not here, for he is risen as he said. Go 
quickly and tell his disciples, that he is 
risen from the dead, and behold he goeth 
before you into Galilee, there shall ye see 
him. See John xx. and Mark xvi. 6, 7. 
Luke xxiv. 5, 6. 

XLIL Other evidences of Chrisfs re- 
surrection are., his appearances often after 
he arose., to many who had been personally 
acquainted with Mm before his death. 
Mark xvi. 9. He appeared first to Mary 
Magdalen. John xx. 4. 

Matt, xxviii. 9. To other women. 

Mark xvi. 12. To two disciples as they 
went into the country. 

Luke xxiv. 36. Tolhe eleven and others 
with them. — Ver. 40. He shewed his hands 
and his feet to them. — Ver. 43. He did 
eat before them. Mark xvi. 14. John xx. 19. 

John XX. 26, 27. To the disciples : and 
said to Thomas, Reach hither thy hand, 
and thrust it into my side, and be not 
faithless but believing. 


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Chap. IV. 


Luke xxiv. 34. He appeared to Simon. 

Jolin xxi. 1. To the disciples, at the 
sea of Tiberias. 

Matt, xxviii. 16. To the eleven, on a 
mountain in Galilee. 

Acts i. 3. To the apostles ho shewed 
himself alive after his passion, by many 
infallible proofs ; being seen of them forty 
days, and speaking of the things pertain- 
ing to the kingdom of God. 

1 Cor. XV. 6. He was seen of above five 
hmidred brethren at once. 

Acts X. 40. Him God raised up the 
third day, and shewed him openly unto 
witnesses chosen before of God ; even to 
us, who eat and drink witli him after he 
rose from the dead. 

ii. 24. This Jesus hath God raised up, 
whereof we all are witnesses. 

1 Cor. XV. 14, If Christ be not risen, 
then is our preaching vain, and your faith 
is also vain, 

XLIII. He teas raised by the povjer of 
God. Rom. vi. 4. Christ was raised from 
the dead by the glory of the Father. 

Heb. xiii. 20. The God of peace brought 
again from the dead our Lord Jesus 
Christ. 

Rom. i. 4. He was declared to be the 
Son of God with power, by tlie resurrec- 
tion from the dead. 

1 Cor. XV. 20. He is the first-fruits of 
them that slept. 

Rev. i. 5. The first-begotten from the 
dead. Sec Acts iii. 15. 26.— iv. 10. 33. 
— V. 30. — xiii. 30. 33, 34. — xvii. 3. Rom. 
iv. 24, 25.— vii. 4.— viii. 11. 1 Cor. vi. 14. 
—XV. 14—18. Eph. i. 20. Col. ii. 12. 1 
Thess. i. 10. 2 Tim. ii. 8. 1 Pet. i. 21. 

XLIV. Concerning Chris fs ascension. 
Ps, xvi. 12. Thou wilt shew me the path 
of life. 

Ixviii. 18. Thou hast ascended on high ; 
thou hast led captivity captive ; thou hast 
received gifts for men. Ps. xxiv, 7. 

Jolm vi. 62. What and if ye shall see 
the Son of man ascend up, where he was 
before. Ch. xiv. 12. 

John XX. 17. Jesus said, I ascend unto 
my Father and your Father, to my God 
and your God. 

Fulfilled. Luke xxiv. 51. It came to 
pass wliilc lie blessed them, that he was 
parted from them, and carried up into 
lieaven. Mark xvi. II). 

Acts i. 9. While they beheld he was 
taken up ; and a cloud received him out 
oftlieir sight. 


XLV. That he should sit at God's right 
hand. Ps. ex. 1. The Lord said unto my 
Lord, Sit thou at my right hand, until I 
make thine enemies thy footstool. Matt, 
xxii. 44. 

cxviii. 22. The stone which the builders 
refused, &c. 

Acts vii. 55, 56. Stephen, full of the 
Holy Ghost, looked up steadfastly into 
heaven, and saw the glory of God, and 
Jesus standing on the right hand of God ; 
and said, Behold, I see the heavens open- 
ed, and the Son of man standing on the 
right hand of God. 

XLVI. The Holy Ghost promised. Isa. 
xliv. 3. I will pour out my Spirit upon 
thy seed, and my blessing upon thine otf- 
spring. 

Joel ii. 28. I will pour out my Spirit 
upon all flesh. Acts ii. 17, 

XLVII. Also promised by Christ. Luke 
xxiv. 49. Behold, I send the promise of 
my Father upon you ; but tarry ye in the 
city of Jerusalem until ye be endued with 
power from on high. Acts i. 4. 

John xiv. 16. I will pray the Father, 
and he shall give you another Comforter, 
that he may abide with you for ever. — 
Ver. 26. He shall teach you all things, 
and bring all things to your remem- 
brance, whatsoever I have said unto you. 

XV. 26, 27. He shall testify of me : And 
ye also shall bear witness, because ye have 
been with me from the beginning. 

Acts i. 5. Ye shall be baptized with the 
Holy Ghost not many days lience. 

Matt. iii. 11. John said of Christ, He 
shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost 
and with fire. 

Fulfilled. Acts ii. 4. They were all 
filled witli the Holy Ghost, and began to 
speak with other tongues as the Spirit 
gave them utterance. — Ver. 16. Peter 
said. This is that which was spoken of 
by the prophet Joel. 

Ver. 33. Jesus, being by the right hand 
of God exalted, and having received of the 
Father the promise of the Holy Ghost, he 
hath shed forth this, which ye now see 
and hear. 

XLVIII. Other prophecies uttered by 
Christ. The persecutions of Christians. 
Matt. X. 22. Ye shall be hated of all men 
for my sake. Ver. 16. Mark xiii. 13. 
Luke xxi. 17. — x. 3. 

xxiv. 9. Then shall tliey deliver you 
up to be alflicted, and shall kill you. 


Chap. IV. 


Miracles of Christ, 


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Ch. X. 17. John xvi. 2. Matt xxiii. 34. 
—V. 11'.— X. 23. John xv. 20. 

Fulfilled. Acts vi. 12. They stoned 
Stephen. Ch. vii. 59. 

viii. 1. At that time there was a great 
persecution. 

ix. 1. Saul persecuted them. Ch. xxii. 
7, 8.— xxvi. 14, 15. 

xxvi. 9. I verily thought with myself 
that I ought to do many things against 
the name of Jesus. Ver. 11. Ch. xxii. 14. 

Acts xxviii. 22. As concerning this 
sect, we know that everywhere it is 
spoken against. 


MIRACLES OF CHRIST. 

XLIX. The evidence of miracles ap- 
pealed to as a foundation of faith in Christ. 
Matt. xi. 5. To determine John the Bap- 
tist's faith, Christ only sends him an ac- 
count of his miracles and ministry. 

John V. 36. The works that I do bear 
witness of me that the Father hath sent 
me. Ch. ix. 4. — x. 25. 

X. 37, 38. If I do not the works of my 
Father, believe me not. Though ye be- 
heve not me, believe the works ; that ye 
may know and beUeve that the Father is 
in me, and I in him. Ch. xiv. 11. 

XV. 24. If I had not done among them 
the works which none other man did, they 
had not had sin. Ch. v. 50. Except ye 
see signs and wonders, ye will not be- 
lieve. 

XX. 30, 31. Many other signs did Jesus, 
which are not written : But these are writ- 
ten, that ye might believe that Jesus is the 
Christ, the Son of God ; and that believing 
ye might have life through his name. 

xii. 37. Though he had done so many 
miracles, some believed not. 

Matt. xi. 20. He began to upbraid the 
cities wherein most of his mighty works 
were done, because they repented not. 
Acts ii. 22. Jesus approved of God by 
miracles, and wonders, and signs, which 
God did by him. 

L. New Testamentmiracles^ a founda- 
tion of faith in Christ. 

Miracles attending the birth of Christ, 
and that of John his forerunner. Luke i. 
20. Zacharias is struck dumb for unbe- 
lief. — Ver. 64. The use of his speech is 
restored. 

Ver. 41. The babe leaped in Eliza- 
beth's womb : she is filled with the Holy 
Ghost, and prophesieth of Christ. 


Matt. i. 18. Christ's miraculous con- 
ception and birth foretold by an angel. 
Ver. 20. 

Luke ii. 11. 15. Christ's birth pub- 
lished by an angel, to shepherds; who, 
thereby finding him, glorified God. Ver. 
10. 

Matt. ii. 2. An extraordinary star ap- 
pears, and guides the wise men to where 
Christ was : they worship him. 

Luke ii. 25. Simeon and Anna are di- 
rected by the Spirit to acknowledge 
Christ, and speak of him. Ver. 60. 

LI. Miraculous cures performed hy 
Christ, and the effects thereof. Matt. iv. 
23. Jesus went about all Galilee, teach- 
ing in their synagogues, and preaching 
the gospel of the kingdom, and healing 
all manner of sickness, and all manner of 
disease, among the people. — Ver. 24. And 
they brought unto him all sick people 
that were taken with divers diseases and 
torments, and those which were possessed 
with devils, and those which were lunatic, 
and those which had the palsy ; and he 
healed them. 

The eff^ects thereof: Ver. 24, 25. His 
fame spread abroad ; and there followed 
him great multitudes. 

xi. 5. The blind receive their sight, 
the lame walk, the deaf hear, the dead 
are raised up. Isa. xxxv. 6. 

XV. 30. Great multitudes came unto 
him, having with them those that were 
lame, blind, dumb, maimed, and many 
others, and he healed them. Effect: 
Ver. 31. They wondered, and glorified 
God. 

LII. Devils ca^t out by Christ. Matt, 
viii, 16. He cast out the spirits with his 
word. (Mark i. 32, 33. Luke iv. 40.) 
Ver. 28, Out of two men he cast de- 
vils, who enter into the swine. Ver. 31. 
Mark V. 1. 8. 15. Luke viii. 26. 29. 
Effect : The people were taken with great 
fear. 

ix. 32. He casts a devil out of a dumb 
man, who then spake. Effect : The peo- 
pie marvelled saying. It was never so seen 
in Israel, 

xii. 22, 23. He casts a devil out of a 
man, blind and dumb, who then both 
spake and saw, (Luke xi. 14.) Effect : 
The people were amazed, and said. Is not 
this the son of David ? 

XV. 22. He cast a devil out of the 
daughter of a woman of Canaan. Mark 
vii. 24. He commended her faith. Ch. 


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Miracles of Christ. 


Chap. IV. 


xvii. 15. Casts a devil out of a child that 
was lunatic, and sore vexed with a devil. 
(3Iark ix. 23. Luke ix. 43.) Effect : The 
people were all amazed at the raiglity 
power of God. Tlie father of the child 
said, I believe, help thou mine unbelief. 

Mark i. 23. Christ casts out an un- 
clean spirit. (Luke iv. 36.) Effect : Ver. 
27, 28. The people were amazed, and 
his fame spread abroad. 

Ver. 34. He casts out many devils. 

xvi. 9. Casts seven devils out of Mary 
Magdalene. Luke viii. 2. 

Luke xiii. 32. Christ said, I do cures, 
and cast out devils. 

Thus literally did Christ — Gen. iii. 15. 
Bruise the serpent's head. 

Heb. ii. 14. Destroy the devil, and his 
works. 1 John iii. 8, 

1 John xii. 31. Cast out the prince of 
this world. Luke xi. 22. Being stronger 
than he. 

Col. ii. 15. Spoil principalities and 
powers. 

Ltike xi. 20. By the finger, the power, 
and Spirit of God. 

LIII. Christ heals sicknesses. Matt. 
viii. 13, 14. The servant of a believing 
centurion. Luke vii. 1. Peter's wife's 
mother. Mark i. 32. Luke iv. 38. 

ix. 35. Every sickness and disease 
among the people. Matt. xii. 15. — xiv. 
14, Luke ix. IL 

John iv. 50. A nobleman's son. Ef- 
fect : Ver. 53. The father of the child, 
and his whole house, believed. 

Christ cures blindness. Matt ix. 20. 
Two blind men, by touching their eyes. 
Effect: Ver. 31. His fame spread abroad. 

Mark viii. 22, 23. A bUnd man, by 
spitting upon his eyes. 

X. 46. Cures Bartimeus. Ch. vii. 21. 
Cures many. Mark x. 46. 

John ix. 6, 7. A blind man, by anoint- 
ing liis eyes with clay. Effect : Ver. 
32, 33. The man said. Since the world 
began was it not heard, that any man 
opened the eyes of one that was born 
blind. If this man were not of God, he 
could do nothing. Ver. 16. 38. Isa. 
xxLx. 18. — xxxv. 5. 

Deafness. Matt. vii. 32. A man that 
was deaf, and liad an impediment in his 
speccii, by putting his fingers into Jiis 
ears, and touching his tongue. Effect : 
Ver. 37. They were beyond measure 
astonislied, saying. He hatli done all 
tilings well. Matt. xi. 15. 

Lameness. Luke xiii. 13. Makes 


straight a woman bowed down with an 
infirmity. Eff'ect : They glorified God- 
Luke xxii. 51. Heals a servant's ear 
that was cut off. 

John V. 8. Cures a man at the pool of 
Bethesda. 

The leprosy. Matt. viii. 3. A leper, 
by touching him. Mark i. 40. Effect : 
They blazed abroad his fame. 

Luke xvii. 14. Ten lepers. Effect: 
One of them who was a Samaritan, 
glorified God, and returned to Jesus and 
gave him thanks. 

xix. 2, 3. Cures the dropsy. 

The palsy. Matt. iv. 24.— viii. 6. Mark 
ii. 3. 5. 10. 12. Luke v. 18. 24, 25. Effect : 
They marvelled and glorified God; and 
his fame spread abroad. 

ix. 22. He cures a bloody issue. Luke 
viii. 44. 

xii. 10. He restores a withered hand. 
Luke vi. 10. 

LIV. Christ raises the dead to life. 
Matt. ix. 25. Jairus' daughter. 

Luke vii. 11. A widow's son. 

John xi. 39. Lazarus. Effect: Ver, 
45. Ch. xii. 11. Many of the Jews be- 
lieved on him because of Lazarus. 

LV. He calms the wind and sea., &c. 
Matt. viii. 27. Mark vi. 51. Luke viii. 
24. Effect: They marvelled, saying, 
What manner of man is this, that even 
the winds and the sea obey him ! 

xiv. 25. He walked on the sea. John 
vi. 19. 

Matt. xiv. 29. Makes Peter walk upon 
the water. 

Mark vi. 43. Feeds five thousand, with 
five loaves. 

viii. 8. Feeds four thousand, with 
seven loaves. 

John ii. 8. He turns water into wine. Ef- 
fect : Ver. 23. Ch. iii. 2. lyiany believed 
on him, seeing the miracles which he did. 

xxi. 6. Directs the disciples to take a 
great draught of fishes. Effect : Luke v. 
8. Peter fell down, and said. Depart 
from me, for I am a sinful man, O Lord. 

John xvii. 27. Directs Peter to find a 
piece of money in a fish's mouth. 

Matt xxi. 19. He curses the barren 
fig-tree, which immediately withers. 

liVI. Miracles accompanying the death 
of Christ. Matt, xxvii. 45. A supernatural 
darkness. — Ver. 5L The veil of the tern- 
pie rent, the earth quaked, the rocks rent, 
graves opened, many bodies of saints arose. 


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Effect: Ver. 54. The centurion and 
those that were with him, seeing these 
things, said, Truly this was the Son of 
God. 

xxxviii. 2. A great earthquake at his 
resurrection. 

LVII. Christ empowers his disciples to 
work miracles for propagating the Gospel. 
Matt. X. 1. He gave them power against 
unclean spirits, to cast them out, and to 
heal all manner of sickness, and all man- 
ner of disease. 

Ver. 8. He said unto them. Heal the 
sick, cleanse the lepers, raise the dead, 
cast out devils ; freely ye have received, 
freely give. Mark iii. 15. — vi. 7. — xvi. 
17. Luke ix. 1.— x. 19.— xxiv. 49. 1 
Cor. xii. 9. 28. 30, 

MIRACLES OF THE APOSTLES. 

LVIII. Miracles wrought hy the Apos- 
tles. Mark vi. 13. They cast out many 
devils, and anointed with oil many that 
were sick, and healed them. Ch. ix. 6. 

Luke X. 17. The devils were subject 
unto them. 

Acts ii. 4. Being filled with the Holy 
Ghost, they spake with other tongues, 
as the Spirit gave them utterance. 1 
Cor. xiv. 22. 

Ver. 41. Three thousand are convert- 
ed by Peter's sermon. 

Ver. 43. Many wonders and signs 
were done by the apostles. Ch. xiv. 3. 

iii. 2. 6, 7. Peter and John cured a 
lame man, at the gate of the temple. 

V. 12. Many signs and wonders were 
wrought by the apostles. Effect : Ver. 
14. Believers were the more added to 
the Lord. 

Ver. 15. They brought the sick into 
the streets. — ^Ver. 16. There came also 
a multitude out of the cities round about 
unto Jerusalem, bringing sick folks, and 


them which were vexed with unclean 
spirits ; and they were healed every one. 

viii. 6, 7. Philip did many miracles, 
casting out unclean spirits, curing the 
lame, and those which had palsies. 

ix. 4 — 17. Paul's conversion. Ch. 
xxii. 13. — xxvi. 14. 

Ver. 34. Peter heals Eneas of the 
palsy. — Ver. 40. Raises Dorcas from the 
dead. 

X. 1. Cornelius's vision. — Ver. 11. Pe- 
ter's vision. — Ver. 43. A voice to him. 

Ver. 44. The Holy Ghost falls upon 
Cornelius, and others that heard Peter 
preaching the gospel. 

V. 5 — 10. The death of Ananias and 
Sapphira. 

Ver. 19. The apostles are brought 
out of prison, by an angel. 

vi. 15. Stephen's face seen, as the face 
of an angel. 

vii. 55. Stephen sees Christ. 

xiii. 11. Elymas struck blind. 

xiv. 10. Paul heals a cripple, at Lys- 
tra. Ch. xvi. 18. Paul casts out a spirit 
of divination. 

xvi. 26. An earthquake. The apos- 
tles in prison have their bands loosed. 

xix. 6. The Holy Ghost given, at lay- 
ing on of Paul's hands. — Ver. 11. He 
casts out evil spirits, &c. 

Ver. 12. Diseases cured by handker- 
chiefs, &c. brought from Paul's body. 

xxviii. 5. Paul, unhurt, shakes a viper 
off his hand. 

xxviii. 8. He cures the father of Pub- 
lius of a fever and bloody flux. — Ver. 9. 
Others cured of diseases. 

Heb. ii. 4. God bearing them wit- 
ness, with signs and wonders, and with 
divers miracles and gifts of the Holy 
Ghost. Rom. xv. 19. Through mighty 
signs and wonders, by the power of the 
Spirit of God. 


CHAPTER V. 


CHRIST'S GLORY AND EXALTATION. 


CHRIST'S GLORY. 

I. CHRIST'S glory before his incar- 
nation. John xvii. 5. O Father, glorify 
thou me with the glory which I had with 


thee before the world was. See Prov. 
viii. 22 to ver. 32. — xxx. 4. 

II. Chrisfs glory on earth. Luke ix, 
30 — 35. At his transfiguration. Peter 


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and they that were with him, saw his 
glory. Tliere came a voice saying, This 
is my beloved Son ; hear ye him. 

John i. 14. We beheld his glory, tlie 
glory as of the only begotten of the Father, 
ftill of grace and truth. 2 Pet. i. 16. 

ii. 11. This beginning of miracles did 
Jesus, and manifested forth his glory. 
Ch.xi.4. 

xii. 41. These things said Esaias, 
when he saw his glory. Isa, liii. 1. 

x\'ii. 22. The glory which thou hast 
given mc, I have given them. 

2 Pet. i. 17. He received from God 
tlie Father, honour and glory, when 
there came such a voice from the ex- 
cellent glory. This is my beloved Son in 
whom I am well pleased. Matt. xvii. 5. 
Heb. iii. 3. 

III. ChrisVs glory after his resurrec- 
tion. Luke xxiv. 26. Ought not Christ to 
have suffered these tilings, and enter into 
his glory ? 

1 Cor. ii. 8. The Lord of glory. James 
ii. 1. 

1 Tim. iii. 16. He was received up 
into glory. 

Heb. i. 3. The brightness of tlie Fa- 
ther's glory. 

1 Pet. i. 21. God received him up, 
and gave him glory ; that your faith and 
hope might be in God. 

Rev. i. 6. To him be glory and domi- 
nion, for ever. See Mark x. 37. John 
vii. 39— xii. 16. 23.— xiii. 31.— xvii. 24. 
Acts xiii. 3. Gal. i. 5. 2 Pet. iii. 18. 
See Christ shall judge the world. 

CHRIST'S EXALTATION. 

IV. ChrisVs exaltation at God''s right 
hand. Ps. ex. 1. The Lord said to my 
Lord, Sit thou at my right hand, until 
I make tliine enemies thy foot-stool. 
Matt. xxii. 44. Acts ii. 34. 1 Cor. xv. 25. 

Isa. Iii. 13. He shall be exalted and 
extolled. 

Mark xvi. 19. The Lord was received 
up into heaven, cind sat on the right hand 
of God. 

Acts vii. 55. vStephen, full of the Holy 
Ghost, saw tlie glory of God, and Jesus 
standing on the right hand of God, 

Eph. i. 20. He set him on his own 
right hand. 

Col. iii. 1. Christ sitteth on the right 
hand of God. 

Heb. i. 3. Wlio sat down on the right 
hand of the Majesty on high. 


viii. 3. We have an high priest, who 
is set on the right hand of tlie tlirone of 
the Majesty in the heavens. 

X. 12. He for ever sat down on the 
right hand of God. 

xii, 2. On the right hand of the throne 
of God. 

1 Pet. iii. 22. Who is on Uie right 
hand of God. Ch. iv, 3, 

Rev, iii, 21, I am set down with my 
Father in his tlirone. 

V. The same thus otherwise expressed. 
Ps, viii. 5. Thou hast crowned him with 
glory and honour. Heb. ii. 9. Rev. 
xix, 12. 

Ixxxiv. 19. I have exalted one chosen 
out of the people. 

John vi. 62. Ye shall see the Son of 
man, ascend up where he was before. 

Acts ii. 33. Jesus being by the right 
hand of God exalted, hath shed forth 
this which ye now see and hear. See 
Chrisfs power: also, His kingly office: 
His works. 

Acts V. 31. Him hath God exalted 
with his right hand. 

Phil. ii. 9. God hath highly exalted 
him, and given him a name, which is 
above every name. 

VI. Christ exalted above mankind, Ps. 
cxviii. 22, 23. The stone which the 
builders refused is become the head of 
the corner. This is the Lord's doing ; 
it is marvellous in our eyes. Matt. xxi. 
42. Acts iv. 11. 1 Pet. ii. 7. 

Lxxxix. 27. I will make him my first- 
born, higher than the kings of the earth. 

Matt, xxiii. 8. One is your master, 
even Christ.- 

Rom, viii. 29. That he might be the 
first-born among many brethren. Heb. 
i. 2, Appointed heir of all things. 

1 Cor. xi. 3. The head of every man is 
Christ. Eph. iv. 15. 

Eph. i. 23. God gave him to be the 
head over all things, to the church. 

iv. 15. May grow up into him, which 
is the head even Christ. 

V. 23. Christ is the head of the 
church. 

VII. The church is subject to Christ. 
Matt. iii. 11. He is greater than John 
the Baptist. 

xii, 6, Greater than the temple, — Ver. 
41. — Greater than Jonas. — Ver. 42. Than 
Solomon. 

Heb. iii. 3. Worthy of more glory 
than Moses. 

VIII. Christ exalted above angels. Pe. 


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viii. 6. Thou hast put all things under 
his feet. ICor. XV. 27. Eph. i. 22. 

Eph. i. 17. The God of our Lord Jesus 
Christ, the Father of glory— Ver. 20—22. 
Raised him from the dead, and set him 
at his own right hand ; far above all prin- 
cipality and power, and might, and do- 
minion, and every name that is named, 
not only in this world, but also in that 
which is to come : and hath put all things 
under his feet. 

Phil. ii. i). 10. God hath given him a 
name, which is above every name ; that 
at the name of Jesus every knee should 
bow, of things in heaven, and things on 
earth. 

Col. ii. 10. Ye are complete in him, 
which is the head of all principality and 
power. 


Heb. i. 4. Made so much better than 
the angels, as he hath by inheritance 
obtained a more excellent name than 
they. 

Ver. 5. Unto which of the angels 
said he at any time. Thou art my Son, 
this day have I begotten thee? Ps. ii. 
7. 

Ver. 13. To which of the angels said 
he at any time, Sit on my right hand, 
until I make thine enemies thy footstool ? 
Ps. ex. 1. 

ii. 5. Unto the angels hath he not put 
in subjection the world to come. — Ver. 8. 
Thou hast put all things in subjection 
under his feet; for in that he put all 
things under him, he left nothing that 
is not put under him. See Christ wor- 
shipped. 


CHAPTER VI. 


DIVINE TITLES GIVEN TO CHRIST. 


I. CHRIST is the Son of God. Ps. ii. 
7. Thou art my Son, this day have I be- 
gotten thee. — V^r. 12. Kiss the Son, lest 
he be angry, and ye perish. 

Ixxxix. 27. I will make him my first- 
bom, higher than the kings of the earth. 

Isa. ix. 6. Unto us a Son is given, and 
the government shall be upon his shoul- 
der. 

Matt. iii. 17. A voice frofti heaven, say- 
ing. This is my beloved Son, in whom I 
am well pleased. 

viii. 29. The devils cried out, saying. 
What have we to do with thee, Jesus thou 
Son of God. 

Luke i. 32. He shall be great, and 
shall be called the Son of the Highest. — 
Ver. 35. He shall be called the Son of 
God. 

John i. 34. I saw and bear record, that 
this is the Son of God. 

Ver. 49. Nathaniel said, Thou art the 
Son of God. 

V. 18. The Jews sought the more to 
kill him, because he said that God was 
his Father, making himself equal with 
God. 

ix. 35. Jesus said, Dost thou believe on 
the Son of God ?— Ver. 37. It is he that 
talketh with thee, 


John X. 36. Say ye, Thou blasphemest, 
because I said, I am the Son of God ? 
Ver. 25. 32. 37. Ch. xv. 10. 

xix. 7. The Jews said, By our law he 
ought to die, because he made himself the 
Son of God. 

XX. 17. I ascend to my Father and 
your Father ; to my God and your God. 

Ver. 31. These are written, that ye 
might believe that Jesus is the Christ, 
the Son of God. 

Acts iii. 13. The God of our fathers 
hath glorified his Son Jesus. — Ver. 20. 
God having raised up his Son Jesus, sent 
him to bless you. 

viii. 37. The eunuch said, I believe 
that Jesus Christ is the Son of God. 

ix. 20. Straightway Paul preached 
Christ, that he is the Son of God. 

Rom. i. 3, 4. His Son Jesus Christ our 
Lord, who was declared to be the Son of 
God with power. 

viii. 32. He spared not his own Son ; 
but delivered him up to death for us all. 

2 Cor. xi. 31. The God and Father of 
our Lord Jesus Christ. 

Eph. i. 3. Blessed be the God and Fa- 
ther of our Lord Jesus Christ. 1 Pet. i. 3, 

Col. i. 3. We give thanks to God, and 
the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ. 


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Hcb. i. 2. God hath in these last days 
spoken to us by liis Son. 

1 John iv. 15. Whosoever shall confess 
til at Jesus is the Son of God, God dwcll- 
eth in him. 

V. 5. Who is he that overcomcth tlie 
world, but he that believeth that Jesus is 
the Son of God. 

Hence the title of Father so often given 
to God by Jesus Christ and others. As : 
Matt. xi. 25. I thank thee, O Father, 
Lord of heaven and eartli. — Ver. 27. No 
man knoweth tlie Son but the Father. 

xxviii. 9. Baptizing- in the name of the 
Father, Son, and Holy Ghost. 

Mark xiii. 32. Of that day knoweth no 
man, no not the Son, but the Father. 

xiv. 36. Abba, Fatlier, all things are 
possible to thee. 

Luke X. 22. No man knows who the 
Father is but the Son. 

xxii. 42. Father, if thou be willing, re- 
move this cup. 

xxiii. 34. Father forgive them. 

Luke xxiii. 46. Fatlier, into thy hands 

1 commend my spirit. 

John iii. 35. The Father loveth the 
Son. 

V. 23. That all men should honour the 
Son, even as they honour the Father. He 
tliat honoureth not the Son, honoureth not 
the Father. 

1 John ii. 23. Whoso denieth the Son 

hath not the Father. (And so in many 

other places.) 

II. Christ is distinguished from the 
created sons of God, hy the peculiar epi. 
theis of begotten, first and only begotten, 
first-born, 4'C. Ps. ii. 7. Thou art my 
Son, this day have I begotten thee. 

Ixxxix. 27. I will make him my first- 
born, higher than the kings of the earth. 
Acts xiii. 33. Heb. i. 5. — v. 5. 

John i. 14. The only begotten of the 
Father. — Ver. 18. Which is in the bosom 
of the Fatlier. 

iii. IG. God so loved the world, tliat he 
gave his only begotten son. Ver. 18. 

Heb. i. G. When he bringeth in liis first 
begotten into the world, lie saith. Let all 
the ang(;I.s of God worship him. 

1 John iv. 9. God sent liis only be- 
gotten Son into the world, that we might 
live through him. Chap. v. 1. See Rom. 
viii. 3. Gal. iv. 4. God's own Son. 

HI. Christ is called the image of God. 

2 Cor. iv. 4. Christ, who is the image of 
God. 


Col. i. 15. The image of the invisible 
God. 

Phil. ii. 6, Who being in the form of 
God. 

Heb. i. 3. The brightness of the Father's 
glory and express image of his person. 

IV. Christ is called God. Isa. vii. 14. 
Emanuel, God witli us. Matt. i. 23. 

ix. 6. The mighty God. — Ixiii. 1. 
Mighty to save. 

John i. 1. The word was God. 

Acts XX. 23. Feed the church of God, 
which he hath purchased with his own 
blood. 

Rom. ix. 5. Christ, who is over all, God 
blessed for ever. 

PJiil. ii. 6. He thought it not robbery 
to be equal with God. 

Col. ii. 9. In him dwelleth the fulness 
of the Godhead bodily. 

1 Tim. iii. 16. God was manifested in 
the flesh. Tit. i. 3. 

Tit. ii. 10. Adorn the doctrine of God 
our Saviour. 

Ver. 13. Looking for the blessed 
hope, and the glorious appearing of 
the great God, and our Saviour Jesus 
Christ. 

Heb. i. 8. Thy throne, O God, is for 
ever and ever. 

iii. 4. He that built all things is God. 
See Christ creates. 

1 John iii. 16. Hereby perceive we the 
love of God, because he laid down his life 
for us. 

V. 20. Tliis is the true God and eternal 
life. 

V. Christ is Lord. Ps, ex. 1. The Lord 
said to my Lord, Sit thou on my right 
liand, until I make thine enemies thy 
footstool. Matt. xxii. 44. Acts ii. 25. 
Heb. i. 13. 

Isa. xl. 3. The voice of him that cryeth 
in the wilderness. Prepare ye the way of 
the Lord. Matt. iii. 3. 

Jer. xxiii. 6. This is liis name where- 
with he shall be called, Tiie Lord our 
righteousness. (In the original it is, Je- 
hovah our riglitcousncss.) 

Joel ii. 32. Whosoever shall call on the 
name of the Lord shall be saved. Rom. 
X. 13. 

Mai. iii. 1. The Lord wliom ye seek 
sliall suddenly come to his temple, even 
the messenger of the covenant. 

Matt. vii. 21, 22. Not every one that 
saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter 
into the kingdom of heaVen. Many will 


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say unto me in that day, Lord, have we 
not prophesied in thy name, &c. 

Matt. xxiv. 42. Watch, for ye know 
not what hour your Lord doth come. See 
ver. 45, 46. 48. 50. 

Mark ii. 28. The Son of man is Lord 
of the Sabbath. 

Luke ii. 11. Unto us is born a Saviour, 
which is Christ the Lord. 

V. 8. Peter said, Depart from me, for 
I am a sinful man, O Lord, 

vi. 46. Why call ye me Lord, Lord, 
and do not the things which I say ? 

xxiii. 42. Lord, remember me when 
thou comest into thy kingdom. 

John vi. 68. Lord, to whom shall we 
go ? thou hast the words of eternal life. 

xiii. 13. Ye call me Master and Lord ; 
and ye say well, for so I am. 

Acts ii. 36. God hath made that same 
Jesus, whom ye crucified, both Lord and 
Christ. 

Ver. 38. Repent, and be baptized in 
tlie name of the Lord Jesus Christ. Ch. 
viii. 16. — X. 48. — xxii. 16. 

V. 14. Believers were the more added 
to the Lord. 

vii. 59. They stoned Stephen, calling 
upon God, and saying. Lord Jesus, receive 
my spirit. 

ix. 5. The Lord said, I am Jesus, whom 
thou persecutest. — Ver. 10. To Ananias 
the Lord said, &c. Ver. 15. 17. Ch. 
xviii. 9. 

Ver. 29. Paul spake boldly in the name 
erf the Lord. — Ver. 42. Many believed 
in tlie name of the Lord, 

2. 36. Jesus Christ, he is Lord of all. 

xi. 20. They spake, preaching the Lord 
Jesus. — ^Ver. 23. Barnabas exhorted, that 
with purpose of heart they would cieave 
unto the Lord. 

xvi, 31. Believe in the Lord Jesus 
Clirist, and thou shalt be saved. 

xxiii. 8. Crispus believed in the Lord 
-with all his house. — Ver. 25. Apollos 
was instructed in the way of the Lord. 

xix. 10. All that dwelt in Asia heard 
the word of the Lord Jesus. 

Rom. X. 12. The same Lord is rich 
unto aU that call upon him. 

xiv. 9. Christ both died, and rose and 
revived, that he might be Lord both of 
the dead and the living. Acts x. 36. Lord 
of all. 1 Cor. ii. 8. Lord of glory. 

1 Cor. i. 10. I beseech you by the 
name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that ye 
all speak tlie same thing. 

iii. 5. Ye believed, even as the Lord 
gave to every man. 


1 Cor. iv. 4. He that judgeth me is the 
Lord. 

V. 4, 5. In the name of our Lord Je- 
sus Christ — vi^ith the power of our Lord 
Jesus Christ, to deliver such an one unto 
Satan. 

vi. 11. Ye are justified in the name of 
our Lord Jesus Christ. 

viii. 6. To us there is one Lord Jesus 
Christ. 

xi. 23. I received of the Lord that 
which also I delivered unto you. 

xii. 3. No man can say that Jesus is 
Lord, but by the Holy Ghost. 

Ver. 5. There are differences of ad- 
ministration, but the same Lord. 

XV. 47. The second man is the Lord 
from heaven. 

2 Cor. i. 14. Ye are ours in the day of 
the Lord Jesus. 

V. 6. While we are at home in the body 
we are absent from the Lord. — Ver. 8. 
Are wilhng rather to be present with the 
Lord. 

Ephi V. 29. Even as the Lord cherish- 
eth the church. 

vi. 8. Whatsoever good things any 
man doth, the same shall he receiVe of 
the Lord. 

Phil. ii. 11. That every tongue should 
confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the 
glory of God the Father. 

Col. iii. 17. y/hatsoever ye do in word 
or in deed, do all in the name of the 
Lord Jesus. — Ver. 23, 24. Whatsoever 
ye do, do it heartily as to the Lord ; 
knowing that of the Lord ye shall receive 
the reward of the inheritance : for ye 
serve the Lord Christ. 

1 Thess. i. 8. From you sounded out 
the word of the Lord. 

iv. 1, 2. We exhort you by the Lord 
Jesus. Ye luiow what commandments 
we gave you by the Lord Jesus. 

Ver. 16, 17. The Lord himself shaU 
descend. We shall be caught up to meet 
the Lord in the air ; so shall we ever be 
with the Lord. 

2 Thess. i. 7, 8. The Lord Jesus shall 
be revealed from heaven with his mighty 
angels, in flaming fire, taking vengeance 
on them that know not God, and that 
obey not the gospel of our Lord Jesus 
Christ. 

Ver. 12. That the name of our Lord 
Jesus Christ may be glorified. 

1 Tim. i. 12. I thank Jesus Christ our 
Lord, who enabled me, &.c. 

vi. 15. He is King of kings, and Lord 
of lords. Rev. xvii. 14. — xix. 16. 


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2 Tim. ii. 22. Call on the Lord, out 
of a pure heart. Rom. x. 14. 
, iv. 8. There is laid up for me a crown 
of life, which the Lord the righteous judge 
shall give me at that day. 

Heb. ii. 3. How shall we escape, if we 
neglect so great salvation ; which at the 
first began to be spoken by the Lord, and 
was confirmed to us by them that heard 
liim ? 

xiii. 20. Our Lord Jesus Christ, the 
great Shepherd of the sheep. 

1 Pet. ii. 3, 4. If ye have tasted that 
the Lord is gracious. To whom coming 
as unto a living stone. 

2 Pet. i. 2. Grace and peace be multi- 
plied unto you, through the knowledge of 
God and of Jesus our Lord. 

Rev. i. 8. I am Alpha and Omega, the 
beginning and the ending, saith the Lord. 

xi. 8. The city where our Lord was 
crucified. 

xxii. 20, 21. He which testifieth these 
things saith, Surely I come quickly ; 
Amen. Even so, come Lord Jesus. The 
grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with 
you all. Amen. 

VI. Christ is one with the Father. 
John x. 30. I and my Father are one. 
Ch. xvii. 11. 22. 

Ver. 38. The Father is in me and I in 
him. Ch. xvii. 21.— xiv. 10, 11, 12. 

xii. 44, 45. He that believeth on me.^ 
believeth on him that sent me. He that 
seeth me, secth liim that sent me. Ch. 
xiv. 9. — viii. 9. 

xiv. 7. If ye had known me, ye should 
have known my Father also. 

Ver. 11. I am in the Father, and he in 
me. Ch. xiii. 32. 

XV. 23. He that hateth me hatcth my 
Father also. 1 John ii. 23. Wliosoevcr 
denieth the Son, the same hath not the 
Fatlier. 

xvi. 15. All things that the Father 
hath arc mine. 

xvii. 10. All mine are thine, and thine 
are mine. 

Heb. i. 3. Who being the brightness 
of the Fatlicr's glory, and the express 
image of his person. 

John v. 2G. As the Father hath life in 
himself, so hath he given to the Son to 
have life in himself Col. i. 19. 

VII. The same things spoken of God 
the Father and of Christ. Epli. v. 5. The 
kingdom of Christ and of God. 

1 John V. 7. There arc three that 


bear record in heaven, the Father, the 
Word, and the Holy Ghost; and these 
three are one. 

Col. ii, 2. The mystery of God, and of 
the Father, and of Christ. 

2 Thess. ii. 16, 17. Now our Lord 
Jesus Christ himself, and God even our 
Father, which hath loved us, and hath 
given us everlasting consolation, and 
good hope through grace ; comfort your 
hearts, and stablish you in every good 
word and work. 

1 Tim. vi. 13. I gave thee charge in the 
sight of God, and before Jesus Christ, &c. 

Tit. ii. 13. The appearing of the great 
God and our Saviour Jesus Christ. 

Rev. xiv. 4. The first-fruits unto God, 
and to the Lamb. 

xxi. 22, 23. The Lord God Almighty, 
and the Lamb, are the temple of the 
city. The glory of God did lighten it, 
and the Lamb is the light thereof Ch. 
xi. 15. — XX. 6. 


Chrisfs Titles in general, ranged in al- 
phabetical order. 

Adam the last, 1 Cor. xv. 45. 

Advocate, 1 John ii. 1. 

Angel of the covenant, Mai. iii. 1. 

of God's presence, Isa. Ixiii. 9. 

Anointed, (Ch|-ist) John i. 41. 


with the Holy Ghost, Acts x. 38. 

not by measure, Ps. xiv. 7. 


Apostle and High Priest, Heb. iii. 1, 
Beginning of the creation of God, Rev. 

iii. 14. 
Begotten of the Father, John i. 14. 
Beloved of God, Eph. i. 6. 
Bishop, 1 Pet. ii. 25. 
Blessed and only Potentate, 1 Tim. 

vi. 15. 
Branch of righteousness, Zech. iii. 8. 
Bread from heaven, John vi. 50. 
Bright and morning star, Rev. xxii. 16. 
Brightness of the Father's glory, Heb. 

i. 3. 
Captain of the Lord's hosts, Josh. v. 

14, 15. 

of salvation, Heb. ii. 10. 

Chosen servant, Matt. xii. 18. Lulte 

xxiii. 35. 
Consolation of Israel, Luke ii. 5. 
(vorner-stone, Epli. ii. 20. 1 Pet. ii. 6. 
(Counsellor, Isa. ix, 6. 
David, Jcr. xxx. 9. Ezek. xxxvii. 24, 25. 

Hos. iii. 5. 
Deliverer, Rom. xi. 26. 
Emmanuel, Isa. vii. 14. Matt. i. 23. 


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Everlasting Father, Isa. ix. 6. 

Express imag-e of God's person, Heb.i. 3, 

Faithful witness, Rev. i. 5. — iii. 14. — 

xix. 11. 
First-begotten of the dead, Rev. i. 5. 
First-born, Col. i. 15. 18. 
First-fruits, 1 Cor. xv. 20. 
First and last. Rev. ii. 8. 
Fountain opened, Zech. xiii. 1. 
Glory of the Lord, Isa. xl. 5. 
God, Rom. ix. 5. 1 Tim. iii. 16. 2 Pet. 

i. 1. 1 John V. 20. 
Governor of Israel, Matt. ii. 9. 
Head of the church. Col. i. 10. 

of the corner. Matt. xxi. 42. 

Heir of all things, Heb. i. 2. 
High Pi'iest, Heb. iii. 1. 

Holy One of God, Mark i. 24. 

of Israel, Isa. xl, 16. 

Holy child. Acts iv. 30, 
Hope, 1 Tim. i. 1. 

of Israel, Acts xxviii. 20. 

Horn of salvation, Luke i. 69. Ps. xvili. 2. 
I Am, John viii. 58. Exod. iii, 14. 
Jehovah, Exod. vi. 3. Gen. xi. 24. 
Jesus, Matt. i. 21. 1 Thess. i. 10. 
Image of the invisible God, Col. i. 15. 
King of Zion, Ps. ii. 6. Matt. xxi. 5. Isa. 
Ixii. 11. 

of the Jews, Matt. ii. 2. 

of Israel, John i. 49. 

of kings. Rev. xvii. 14. 

Lamb of God, John i. 29, Rev, xiii. 8. 
Light of the world, John ix. 5. — viii. 12. 
Life, John xiv. 6. Col. iii. 4. 

Lion of the tribe of Judali, Rev. v. 5. 
Lord, Rom. i. 3. Lukeii. 11. 

of lords, Rev. xvii. 14. 

Man, Acts xvii. 31. 1 Tim. ii. 5. 
Mediator, 1 Tim. ii. 5. Heb. ix. 15. 
Messiah, John i, 41. — iv. 25. 
Melchizedek, Heb. vii. 1. 3. 
Mighty God, Isa. ix. 6. 
Michael, Rev. xii. 7. 


Offspring of David, Rev. xxii. 16. 
Only begotten of the Father, John i. 14, 
Passover, 1 Cor. v. 7. 
Potent^le, (Only) 1 Tim. vi. 15. 
Prophet, Luke xxi. 19. Acts ii. 28. 
Propitiation, 1 John ii, 2. 
Prince of peace, Isa. ix. 6, 

of the kings of the earth, Rev, 


i. 5, 


of life. Acts iii. 15. 


Power of God, 1 Cor. i. 14. 
Purifier, Mai. iii. 3. Matt. iii. 12. 
Ransom, 1 Tim. ii. 6. 
Redeemer, Isa. lix. 20. Job xix. 25, 
Refiner, Mai. iii. 3. 
Righteous servant, Isa. liii. 1. ' 
Righteousness, 1 Cor. i. 30. 
Rock, 1 Cor. X. 4. Deut. xxxii. 15. 
Root of David, Rev. xxii. 16. 
Ruler in Israel, Mic. v. 2. 
Saviour, Luke ii. 11. Eph. v. 23. 
Seed of the woman, Gen. iii. 17. 

of David, 2 Tim. ii. 18. 

Shiloh, Gen. xlix. 10. 
Son of God, John i. 34. 

of the Most High, Luke i. 32. 

of man, John iii. 13. Matt. xxv. 31, 

Second man, 1 Cor. xv. 47. 
Servant of God, Matt. xii. 18. 
Shepherd, John x. 11. 14. 

(Great) Heb. xiii. 20. 

of souls, 1 Pet, ii. 25. 


Stone refused, Matt. xxi. 42. Ps. cxviii. 22. 

Acts iv. 11. 
Sun of righteousness, Mai. iv. 2. 
True \^itness. Rev. iii. 14. 
Truth, John xiv. 6. 
Vine, John xv. 1. 
Way, John xiv. 6. 
Wonderful, Isa. ix. 6. 
Wisdom of God, 1 Cor. i. 14. 
, (Our) 1 Cor. i. 30. 


Word of God, John i. 1. Rev. xix. 13. 
With God, John i. 1. 14. 


CHAPTER VII. 


CHRIST'S WORKS. 


I. He created all tilings. John. i. 3. 
All things were made by him, and with- 
out him was not any thing made. Rev. 
viii. 29, 30. 


Ver. 10. The world was made by him. 
1 Cor. viii. 6. By whom are all things. 
Eph. iii. 9. God created all things by 
Jesus Christ. 


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Christ's Works. 


Chap. Vllr 


Col. i. 16. By liim were all things cre- 
ated, that are in heaven, and tlmt are in 
earth, visible and invisible, whether they 
be thrones or dominions, princij^^lities or 
powers, all things were created by him 
and for him ; and he is before all tilings, 
and by him all things consist. 

Heb. i. 2. By iiim God made the 
worlds. — Ver. 10. Thou, Lord, in the 
beginning laid the foundations of the 
earth, and the heavens are the works of 
thine hands. Ver. 11. Ch. iii. 3, 4. 

II. Christ shall raise the dead. John 
X. 18. Jesus said, I have power to lay 
down my life and to take it again. Ch. 
ii. 19. 21. 

V. 21. As the Father raiseth the dead 
and quickeneth them, even so the Son 
quickcnetli whom he will. 

Ver. 25. The hour is coming, and 
now is, in the which all that are in their 
graves shall hear the voice of tlie Son of 
God, and they that hear shall live. — Ver. 
28, 29. All that are in their graves shall 
hear his voice, and shall come forth ; they 
that have done good unto the resurrection 
of life, and they that have done evil 
unto the resurrection of damnation. Dan. 
xii. 2. 

vi. 40. This is the will of him that 
sent me, that every one that sectli the 
Son and believeth on him, may have 
everlasting life, and I will raise him up 
at the last day. Ver. 39, 40. Ch. xi. 25, 
26. 2 Tim. i. 10. 

III. Christ vnll change the hodies of 
mankind. Phil. iii. 21. Christ shall change 
our vile body, that it may be fasliioned 
like unto his glorious body, according to 
the working of his mighty power, where- 
by he is able even to subdue all tilings to 
himself. See 1 Cor. xv. 51, 52. 

IV. Christ sJuill judge the world. Isa. 
xi. 3. He shall not judge after the sight 
of his eyes. 

Matt. xxiv. 30, 31. They shall see the 
Son of man coming in the clouds of 
heaven, with power and great glory. 
He sliall send his angels, witli the 
sound of a trumpet, and they shall gather 
together his elect from the four winds, 
from one end of heaven to the other. 
Dan. vii. 13, 14. Mark xiii. 24 to 28. 
Rev. i. 7. — xiv. 14. — xxii. 20. 

XXV. 31—33. Tlie Son of Man sliall 
come in his glory, and all his holy an- 
gels with him, and then shall he sit upon 


the throne of his glory. (Matt. xix. 28. 
Luke Lx. 26.) Before him shall be ga- 
thered all nations, and he shall separate 
them one from another, as a shepherd 
divideth the sheep from the goats. He 
shall set the sliecp on his right hand, 
but the goats on the left. 

John V. 22. The Father hath commit- 
ted all judgment to the Son. — Ver. 27. 
He hath given liim authority to execute 
judgment, because he is the Son of man. 

Acts X. 42. The apostles said, Jesus 
commanded us to preach unto the peo- 
ple, and to testify, that it is he which was 
ordained of God to be the judge of the 
quick and dead. 

xvii. 31. God hath appointed a day 
in which he will judge the world in 
righteousness, by that man wliomhe hath 
ordained (viz. Jesus Christ). 

Rom. ii. 16. God shall judge the se- 
crets of men by Jesus Christ. 

xiv. 10. We must all stand before the 
judgment-seat of Christ. 

2 Tim. iv. 1. The Lord Jesus shall 
judge the quick and the dead, at his 
appearing and his kingdom. 

V. Christ loill dispense suitable re- 
wards and punishments to all manlcind. 

Matt. xvi. 27. The Son of man shall 
come, and then shall he reward every 
one according to his works. Rom. iv. 
10. 2 Cor. v.lO. Gal. vi. 7, 8. Rev. xxiL 
12. See, God will, render to men accord- 
ing to their works, in Chap, upon Good 
Works. 

VI. Reioards from Christ to the righ- 
teous. Matt. XXV. 34—36. To them on 
his right hand, he will say. Come ye 
blessed of my Father, inherit the king- 
dom prepared for you from the founda- 
tion of the world : For I .was an him- 
gcred and ye gave me meat; I was 
thirsty and ye gave me drink ; I was a 
stranger and yc took me in ; naked and 
ye clothed me ; I was sick and ye visit- 
ed me ; I was in prison and ye came un- 
to me. — Ver. 40. Verily I say unto you, 
in as much as ye have done it unto one 
of tlie least of tliese my brethren, ye have 
done it unto me. 

Ver. 46. Tlic righteous shall go into 
life eternal. Ver. 36 to 40. 

xiii. 4.3. Then shall the righteous 
sbinc forth as tlie sun, in tlie kingdom of 
their Father. Dan. xii. 3. As the bright- 
ness of the firmament, and as the stars 
for 6vcr and ever. 


Chap. VII. 


Chris f 8 Works. 


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Matt. xix. 28. Jesus said, Ye that have 
followed me in the regeneration, when 
tlie Son of man shall sit upon the throne 
of his glory, ye also shall sit upon twelve 
thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Is- 
rael. 1 Cor. vi. 2, 3. Do you not know 
that the saints shall judge the world? 
That we shall judge angels ? Luke xxii. 30. 

Ver. 29. Every one that hath forsaken 
houses, or brethren, or sisters, or father, 
or mother, or wife, or children, or lands, 
for my name's sake, shall receive an hun- 
dred-fold, and shall inherit everlasting life. 
Luke xviii. 29, 30. 

Luke xxii. 29, 30. I appoint unto you 
a kingdom, as my Father hath appointed 
unto me ; that ye may eat and drink at 
my table, &.c. 

Col. iii. 4. When Christ who is our life 
shall appear, then shall ye also appear 
with him in glory. 

1 Thess. iv. 17. We shall be caught 
up in the clouds to meet the Lord in the 
air : and so shall we ever be with the 
Lord. John ver. 26. 

2 Thess. i. 10. Christ shall come, to be 
glorified in his saints, and to be admired 
in all them that believe. 

Rev. ii. 10. I will give thee a crown 
of life. 2 Tim. iv. 8. A crown of right- 
eousness. 1 Cor. ix. 25. An incorrupti- 
ble crown. 1 Pet. i. 4. An inheritance 
incorruptible. 

vii. 17. The Lamb which is in the 
midst of the throne, shall feed them, and 
shall lead them unto living fountains of 
waters ; and God shall wipe away all tears 
from their eyes. See, Being glad, rejoic- 
ing in the Lord. 

xi. 18. Thy wrath is come, and the 
time of the dead that they should be 
judged, and that thou shouldst give a 
reward unto thy servants the prophets, 
and unto the saints, and unto them that 
fear thy name small and great. 

VII. Punishments inflicted on the 
imcked by Christ. Matt. vii. 22. Many 
will say to me in that day. Lord, Lord, 
have we not prophesied in thy name, and 
in thy name cast out devils, and in thy 
name done many wonderful works. 
Luke xiii. 26. We have eaten and drunk 
in thy presence, and thou hast taught 
in our streets. — Ver. 23. And then 
will I profess unto them, I never knew 
you ; depart from me, ye that work ini- 
quity. 

xiii. 40 — 42. As the tares are gather- 
ed, and burned in the fire ; so shall it be 
10 


in the end of the world. The Son of 
man shall send forth his angels, and they 
shall gather out of his kingdom all things 
that offend, and them which do iniquity. 
And shall cast them into a furnace of 
fire ; there shall be wailing and gnashing 
of teeth.— Ver. 49, 50. 

XXV. 32, 33. Before the Son of man 
shall be gathered all nations, and he shall 
separate them one from another, as a 
shepherd divideth the sheep from the 
goats. And he shall set the sheep on his 
right hand, but the goats on the left. — 
Ver. 41 — 43. Then shall he say to them 
on the left hand, Depart from me, ye 
cursed, into everlasting fire, prepared for 
the devil and his angels. For I was an 
hungered and ye gave me no meat; I 
was thirsty and ye gave me no drink ; I 
was a stranger and ye took me not in ; 
naked and ye clothed me not ; sick and 
in prison, and ye visited me not, — Ver. 
45. I say unto you, In as much as ye 
did it not to one of the least of these, ye 
did it not to me. — Ver. 46. And these 
shall go away into everlasting punish- 
ment. Mark ix. 44. The worm dieth 
not, &c. Isa. Ixvi. 44. John iii. 36. The 
wrath of God abideth on thern. 

X. 11. 14, 15. Jesus sent forth his dis- 
ciples, and said unto them. Into whatso- 
ever city or town ye shall enter, if they 
shall not receive you, nor hear your 
words, when ye depart, shake off the 
dust of your feet. Verily I say unto you, 
it shall be more tolerable for the land of 
Sodom and Gomorrah in the day of judg- 
ment than for that city. 

Mark viii. 38. Whosoever shall be 
ashamed of m.e, and of my words, in this 
adulterous and sinful generation, of him 
also shall the Son of man be ashamed, 
when he cometh in the glory of his Father, 
with the holy angels. See threats against 
Chorazin and Bethsaida, Matt. xi. 20. 22. 
Against Capernaum, Matt. xi. 23, 24. 
Against the impenitent hearers of Christ, 
Matt. xii. 41, 42. 

Luke iii. 43. He will gather the wheat 
into his garner, but the chaff he wiD burn 
with fire unquenchable. 

John xii. 48. He that rejecteth me, 
hath one that judgeth him : the word that 
I have spoken, the same shall judge him 
at the last day. 

1 Thess. V. 2, 3. The day of the Lord 
so cometh as a thief in the night. For 
when they shall say. Peace and safety, 
then sudden destruction cometh upon 
them, and they shall not escape. 


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Worship offered to Christ, 


Chap. VIII. 


2 Thess. i. 7—9. The Lord Jesus 
Christ shall be revealed from heaven, 
with his mighty angels, in flaming fire, 
taking vengeance on them that know not 
God, and obey not the gospel of our Lord 
Jesus Christ. Who shall be punished 
with everlasting destruction, from the 
presence of the Lord, and from the glory 
of his power. 

ii. 8. The wicked one, (or man of 
sin) the Lord will consume with the 
Spirit of his mouth, and shall destroy 
with the brightness of his coming. Rev. 
xvii. 8. 

2 Pet. ii. 4. God spared not the angels 
that sinned, but cast them down to hell, 
and delivered them into chains of dark- 
ness, to be reserved unto judgment. — 
Ver. 6. 14, 15. 

Ver. 9, 10. The Lord knoweth how to 
deliver the godly out of temptation, and 
to reserve the unjust unto the day of judg- 
meat, to be punished. But chiefly them 
that walk after the lusts of uncleanness, 
and despise government. 


Rev. vi. 14 — 17. The heavens depart- 
ed as a scroll. And the kings of the 
earth, and the great men, and the rich 
men, and tlie chief captains, and the 
mighty men, and every bondman, and 
every freeman, hid themselves in the 
dens, and in the rocks of the mountains. 
And said to the mountains and rocks, 
Fall on us, and hide us from the face of 
him that sitteth on the throne, and from 
the wrath of the Lamb : For the great 
day of his wrath is come, and who shall 
be able to stand ? 

xi. 18. Thy wrath is come, and the 
time that thou shouldst destroy them that 
destroy the earth. 

XX. 14. Death and hell were cast into 
the lake of fire. This is the second 
death. 

XX. 15. And whosoever was not foimd 
written in the book of life, w^as cast into 
the lake of fire. Ch. xix. 20. 

xxi. 8. The wicked shall have their 
portion in the lake which burneth with 
fire and brimstone. 


CHAPTER VIII. 


WORSHIP OFFERED TO CHRIST. 


I. ACTS of worship offered to Christ 
jointly with the Father. Matt, xxviii. 19. 
Go ye and teach all nations, baptizing 
them in the name of the Father, and of 
the Son, and of the Holy Ghost. 

John V. 23. All men should honour the 
Son, even as they honour the Father. 

Rom. i. 7. Grace to you, and peace, 
from God the Father, and the Lord Je- 
sus Christ. 1 Cor. i. 3. 2 Cor. i. 2. Gal. 
i. 3. Eph. i. 2.— vi. 23. Phil. i. 2. Col. 
i. 2. 1 Thess. i. 1. 2 Thess. i. 2. Phi- 
lem. 3. 

2 Cor. xii. 19. We speak before God 
in Christ. 

1 Tim. i. 2. Grace, mercy, and peace, 
from God our Father, and Jesus Christ 
our Lord. 2 Tim. i. 2. Tit. i. 4. 2 John 
3. Rev. i. 4, 5. 

Phil. ii. 11. Every tongue shall con- 
fess, that Jesus ('hrist is Lord, to the 
glory of God the Father. 

2 Thess. ii. IG. Our Lord Jesus Christ, 


and God even our Father, comfort your 
hearts, and stablish you. 

Rev. V. 13. Every creature which is in 
heaven, and in earth, heard I, saying. Bless- 
ing, and honour, and glory, and power, be 
unto him that sitteth upon the throne, and 
unto the Lamb, for ever and ever. 

vii. 9. I beheld and lo, a great num- 
ber, which no man could number, of all 
nations, and kindreds, and people, and 
tongues, stood before the throne, and be- 
fore the Lamb, clothed with white robes, 
and palms in their hands. — Ver. 10. And 
cried with a loud voice, saying. Salvation 
to our God which sitteth on the throne, 
and unto the Lamb. 

II. Acts of v)orship offered to Christ 
alone hy the church in heaven, and upon 
earth. Ps. ii. 12. Kiss the Son lest he 
be angry, and yc perish. 

Jxxii. 17. All nations shall call him 
blessed. 


I 


Chap. IX. 


Perfections of Christ, 


Ps. cxviii. 26. Blessed be he that 
Cometh in the name of the Lord, Matt. 
xxi. 9. Luke xiii. 35. 

Matt ii. 2. The wise men said, We 
are come to worship him. 

xviii. 20. Where two or three are ga- 
thered together in my name, &c. 

Luke xxiii. 42. The malefactor said, 
Lord, remember me when thou comest 
into thy kingdom. 

xxiv. 52. The disciples worshipped him. 

Acts vii. 59. They stoned Stephen, 
calling upon God, and saying, Lord Jesus 
receive my spirit. 

iii. 16. In the name of Jesus Christ, 
rise and walk. 

ix. 14. Here he hath authority to bind 
all that call on thy name. — Ver. 21. Is 
not this he that destroyed them which 
called on this name. 

xxii. 16. Be baptized and wash away 
thy sins, calling upon the name of the 
Lord. 

Rom. X. 12. The same Lord is rich 
unto all that call upon him. — Ver. 13. 
Whosoever shall call upon the name of 
the Lord shall be saved. Acts ii. 21. Joel 
ii. 32. 

xvi. 20. The grace of our Lord Jesus 
Christ be with you. Ver. 24. 1 Cor. xvi. 
23. Phil. iv. 23. 1 Thess. v. 28. 2 Thess. 
iii. 18. Gal. vi. 18. Philem. 25. 

1 Cor. i. 2. With all that in every 
place, call on the name of Jesus Christ 
our Lord. 

2 Cor. xiii. 14. The grace of our Lord 
Jesus Christ be with you all. Rev. i. 5. — 
xxii. 21. 

Gal. i. 5. To whom be glory for ever 
and ever. Amen. 

Phil. ii. 9. At the name of Jesus every 
knee should bow. 


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Jesus 


Ver. 19. I trust in the Lord 
Christ. Cb. iv. 

Col. ii. 18. Let no man beguile you in 
a voluntary humility, and worshipping of 
angels, not holding the head, which is 
Christ. 

1 Thess. iii. 11. Our Lord Jesus Christ 
direct our way unto you. 

1 Tim. i. 12. I thank Christ Jesus our 
Lord, who bath enabled me. 

ii. 7. I speak the truth in Christ, 
v. 21. I charge thee before the Lord 
Jesus Christ. 2 Tim. i. 4. 

2 Tim. ii. 9. Let every one that nameth 
the name of Christ, depart from ini- 
quity. 

iv. 22. The Lord Jesus Christ be with 
thy spirit. 

2 Pet. iii. 18. Grow in grace, and in 
the knowledge of our Lord and Saviour 
Jesus Christ : to whom be glory both now 
and for ever. Amen. 

Heb. i. 6. When he bringeth in the 
first begotten into the world, he saith, 
Let all the angels of God worship 
him. 

Rev. XV. 6. Unto him that loved us, 
and washed us from our sins in his own 
blood, and hath made us kings and 
priests unto God and his Father, to him 
be glory and dominion for ever and ever. 
Amen. 

V. 11, 12. I heard the voice of many 
angels round about the throne, and the 
four beasts, and the elders, and the 
number of them was ten thousand times 
ten thousand, and thousands of thou- 
sands ; saying with a loud voice. Worthy 
is the Lamb that was slain, to receive 
power and riches, and wisdom, and 
strength, and honour, and glory, and 
blessing. 


CHAPTER IX. 


PERFECTIONS OF CHRIST ; HIS KNOWLEDGE, WISDOM, &c. 


I. CHRISTS knowledge. Isa. xi. 2. 
The Spirit of the Lord shall rest upon 
him, the Spirit of knowledge, wisdom, 
and understanding. 


Matt. ix. 4. Jesus, knowing their 
thoughts. Ch. xii. 25. Luke ix. 47. 

xi. 27. Neither knoweth any man the 
Father, save the Son, and he to whom 


126 


Perfections of Christ. 


Chap. IX. 


the Son will reveal him. John. i. 18. — x. 
15. 

Mark ii. 8. He perceived in spirit that 
they so reasoned within themselves. 

Luke vii. 3y. The Pharisee spake 
witliin himself. — Ver. 40. Jesus an- 
swered. 

John ii. 21. He knew all men : he knew 
what was in man. 

vi. 64. He knew who should betray 
him. Chap. xiii. 11. 

xvi. 19. He knew tliey were desirous 
to ask him. 

Acts i. 24. Thou, Lord, which know^est 
tlie hearts of all men. 

1 Cor. iv. 5. The Lord will make mani- 
fest the counsels of the heart. 

Heb. xii. 13. The w^ord of God is a 
discerner of the tlioughts and intents of 
tiie heart. Rev. xix. 13. His name is, 
The Word of God. 

Rev. ii. 23. I am he which searcheth 
the reins and hearts. Ch. v. 6. 

II. Christ's Wisdom. Isa. xi. 2. The 
Spirit of wisdom shall rest upon him. 

Luke ii. 40. Jesus was filled with wis- 
dom. Ver. 52. 

1 Cor. i. 24. Christ, the power of God, 
and the wisdom of God. 

Col. ii. 3. In him are hid all the trea- 
sures of wisdom and knowledge. 

Rev. V. 12. Wortliy is the Lamb, to re- 
ceive power, and riches, and wisdom, &lc. 

III. Chrisfs power and dominion. Ps. 
xlv. 3. Gird thy sword, O most Mighty. 

Isa. ix. G. His name shall be called, 
Tlie IMighty God. 

Matt. xxiv. 30. They shall see the Son 
of man coming with power and great 
glory. 

xxvi. 64. Hereafter shall ye see the 
Son of man sitting on the right hand of 
power. 

xxviii. 18. All power is given to me in 
heaven and earth. 

Luke iv. 32. His word was with 
power. 

John X. 18. I have power to lay down 
my life, and to talce it again. 

xvii. 2. Thou hast given him power 
over all flesh. 

Acts X. 38. God anointed Jesus of Na- 
zareth witli power. 

1 Cor. i. 24. (y'hrist tlic power of God. 

XV. 24. He shall liavc put down all au- 
thority and power. 

I'^ph. i. 21. Ho is above all principality 
and [)ower, 


Col. ii. 10. The head of all power. 

1 Tim. vi. 16. To him be poWer ever- 
lasting. 

Heb. i. 3. Upholding all thinga by th0 
word of his power. 

1 Pet. iii. 22. Who is on the right han^ 
of God, angels, authorities, and powers 
being made subject to him. 

2 Pet. i. 16. We made known to you 
the power and coming of our Lord Jesus 
Christ. 

Rev. xii. 10. Now is the power of 
Christ come. His works were mighty. 
Matt. xi. 20, 21. 23.— xiii. 54. 58. Mark 
vi. 2. Luke ix. 43. — xix. 37. — xxiv. 19. 
See Chrisfs miracles and his works: 
Creating the world, raising the dead, SfC. 

IV. Various acts of Chrisfs power to- 
loard his people. Ps. ex. 4. Thy people 
shall be willing in the day of thy power. 

Isa. Ixiii. 4. Mighty to save. Ch. xiii. 4. 

Matt. ix. 6. The Son of man hath power 
on earth to forgive sins. Mark ii. 10. 
Luke V. 24. 

X. 1. He called unto him his twelve 
disciples, and gave them power against 
unclean spirits, to cast them out, and to 
heal all manner of sickness, and all man- 
ner of disease. 

xvi. 18. I will build my church, &c. 

Luke v. 17. The power of the Lord 
was present to heal. 

John X. 28. Neither shall any pluck 
them out of my hand. 

1 Cor. i. 8. Christ shall confirm you 
unto the end, that ye may be blameless 
in the day of our Lord Jesus Christ. 1 
Thcss. iii. 13. 

2 Cor. xii. 9. He said, My grace is 
sufficient for thee : my strength is made 
perfect in weakness. Most gladly there- 
fore, (saith Paul,) will I rather glory in 
my infirmities, that the power of Christ 
may rest upon me. 

Phil. iii. 21. The Lord Jesus Christ 
shall change our vile body, that it may 
be fashioned like unto his glorious body, 
according to the working wlicreby he is 
able to subdue all things to himself 

iv. 13. I can do all things through 
Christ whicli strcngtheneth me. 

Col. i. 29. I labour, striving according 
to his working, which worketh in me 
mightily. 

Ileb. ii. 18. He is able to succour them 
that arc tempted. 

vii. 25. Able to save to the uttermost. 

2 Tim. i. 12. Able to keep that com. 
mittcd to him. 


Chap. IX. 


Perfections of Christ. 


127 


V. Acts of Ms power against his ene- 
mies. Ps. ii. 9. Thou shalt break them 
with a rod of iron. Actsxiii. 13. Heb. i. 5. 

ex. 2. Rule thou in the midst of thine 
enemies. Heb. i. 13. 

Isa. xi. 4. He shall smite the earth 
with the rod of his mouth. 

XXV. 8. He will swallow up death in 
victory. 1 Cor. xv. 57. 

Ixiii. 3. I will tread them in mine an- 
ger, and trample them in my fury. 

Luke iv. 36. With power he com- 
manded the unclean spirit. 

xix. 27. Those mine enemies bring 
hither and slay them. 

John xvi, 33. I have overcome the 
world. 

Col. ii. 15. He spoiled principalities 
and powers. 

2 Thess. i. 9. Enemies shall be pun- 
ished with everlasting destruction from 
the presence of the Lorcl, and from the 
glory of his power. 

ii. 8. The Lord shall consume the 
wicked one with the spirit of his mouth, 
and shall destroy him with the brightness 
of his coming. 

Heb. ii. 14. He took part of flesh and 
blood, that he might destroy him that had 
the power of death, that is, the devil. 

1 John iii. 8. The Son of God was 
manifested that he might destroy the 
works of the devil. 

Rev. xvii. 14. The Lamb shall over- 
come them. Ch. iii. 21. 

xix. 11. In righteousness he doth 
judge, and make war. 

VI. ChrisVs righteousness. Ps. xlv. 
7. Thou lovest righteousness, and hatest 
iniquity. 

Ixxii. 2. He shall judge w^ith right- 
eousness. Isa. xi. 4. 

Isa. xi. 5. Righteousness shall be the 
girdle of his loins. 

' xxxii. 1. A king shall reign in right- 
eousness. 

xlii. 6. I the Lord have called thee in 
righteousness. 

Ii. 5. My righteousness is near. 

liii. 9. He had done no violence, 
neither was deceit in his mouth. 

lix. 16. His righteousness it sustained 
him. 

Ver. 17. He put on righteousness as a 
breast-plate. 

Ixi. 2. The Gentiles shall see thy 
righteousness. 

Ixiii. 1. I that speak in righteousness, 
mighty to save, 

10* 


Jer. xxiii. 5, 6. I will raise unto David 
a righteous Branch. This is his name. 
The Lord our Righteousness. 

Mai. iv. 2. Unto you that fear my name, 
shall the Sun of righteousness arise. 

Matt. iii. 15, It becometh us to fulfil 
all righteousness. 

2 Tim. iv. 8. A crown of Hfe the Lord 
the righteous judge shall give. 

Heb. i. 8. A sceptre of righteousness' 
is the sceptre of thy kingdom. Ch. vii. 2. 
King of righteousness. 

1 John ii. 1. We have an advocate, 
Jesus Christ the righteous. 

VII. He promoted righteousness. Ps. 
xl. 1. I have preached righteousness. 

xlv. 4. Ride prosperously, because of 
truth, and meekness, and righteousness. 

Ixxii. 7. In his days shall the righteous 
flourish. 

Isa. xxxii. 16. Judgment shall dwell 
in the wilderness, and righteousness re- 
main in the fruitful field.— Ver. 17. The 
work of righteousness shall be peace.. 

liv. 17. Their righteousness is of me, 
saith the Lord. 

Ix. 17. I will make their exactors 
righteousness. 

Ixi. 3. That they may be called trees 
of righteousness. — Ver. 10. He hath co- 
vered me with the robe of righteousness. 
Ver. 11. The Lord will cause righteous- 
ness to spring forth. 

Dan. ix. 24. Seventy weeks are de- 
termined to bring in everlasting right- 
eousness. 

John xvi. 8. He will reprove the world 
of righteousness. 

1 John ii. 29. If ye know that he is 
righteous, ye know that every one that 
doeth righteousness is born of him. 

VIII. Chrisfs holiness, Dan. ix. 24. 
To anoint the most holy. 

Mark i. 24. I know thee who thou art, 
the holy One of God. 

Luke i. 35. That holy thing that shall 
be born of thee shall be called The Son of 
God. 

Acts iii. 14. Ye denied the holy One, 
and the Just. 

iv. 27. Against thy holy child Jesus, 
whom thou hast anointed, both Herod 
and Pontius Pilate, with the Gentiles 
and people of Israel, were gathered toge- 
ther. Ver. 30. 

Heb. vii. 26. Who is holy, harmless, 
undefiled, and separate from sinners. Ch, 
iv. 15, Without sin. 


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1 Pet. ii. 22, Who did no sin neither 
was guile found in liis mouth. 

Rev. iii. 7. These things saith he that 
is holy. 

IX. Christ's justice. Zech. ix. 9. He 
is just, and having salvation. 

Matt, xxvii, 19. Have notliing to do 
with that just man. — Ver. 24. I am in- 
nocent of the blood of this just man. 

John V. 30. My judgment is just. 

viii, 46, Who of you convinccth me 
of sin, Ch. xii. 7. 

iii. 18. Christ suffered, the just for the 
unjust. 

X. His truth. John i. 14. The only 
begotten of the Father, full of grace and 
truth. — Ver. 17. Grace and truth came 
by Jesus Christ. 

viii. 40. I have told you the truth. 
Ver. 45. 

xiv. 6. 1 am the way, the truth, and 
the life. 

xviii. 37. For this cause came I into 
tlie world, that I should bear witness unto 
the truth. 

2 Cor. xi. 10. As the truth of Christ 
is in me. 

Eph. iv. 21. As the truth is in Jesns. 
Rev. iii. 7. These things saith he that 
is holy, he that is true. 


XI. His goodness. Acts x. 38. 
went about doing good. 


He 


John X. 11. I am the good shepherd. 

XII. His mercy. lTim.i.16. That in 
me Christ might show all long-suffering. 

Heb. ii. 17. That he might be a mer- 
ciful and faithful high priest. 

XIII. ChrisVs eternity. Prov^ viii. 
23. I was set up from everlasting, from 
the beginning, or ever the earth was. See 
to ver. 32. 

Mic. V. 2. Whose goings forth have 
been of old, from everlasting. 

John i. 1. In the beginning was the 
Word. 

viii. 58. Before Abraham was, I am. 

xvii. 5. Glorify me with the glory 
which I had with thee before the world 
was. — Ver. 24. Thou lovedst me before 
the foundation of the world. 

Col. i. 17. He is before all things, and 
by him all things consist. 

Heb. i. 12. Thou art the same, and thy 
years shall not fail. 

vii. 3. Having neither beginning of 
days, nor end of life, but like the Son of 
God. 

xiii. 8. Jesus Christ, the same yester- 
day, and to-day, and for ever. 

Rev. i. 8. I am Alpha and Omega, 
the beginning and the ending. Ch. xxi. 
6. — xxii. 13. 

Ver, 17. The first and the last. Ch. ii. 8. 

Ver. 18. I am he that liveth, (or the 
living one,) apd was dead, 


CHAPTER X. 

CHRIST'S BENEFITS TO MEN, OR BLESSINGS THEY RECEIVE 
THROUGH HIM, AS A SAVIOUR, REDEEMER, DELIVERER, &c. 


L CHRIST is the Saviour: salvation 
is hy him. Isa. xxv, 9. We will be glad 
and rejoice in thy salvation. 

xlv. 17. Israel shall be saved in the 
Lord, with an everlasting salvation. Ver. 
22. Look unto nic, &,c. 

xlvi, 13. I will place salvation in Zion. 

xlix. C. I will give thee for a light to 
tiie Gentiles, that tliou mayest be my 
salvation unto the end of tlie earth. Acts 
xiii. 47. 

Ver. 8. I will give thee fbr a covenant 
of the people. 


Ii. 5. My salvation is gone fort}} ; the 
isles shall wait upon me, and on my arm 
shall tiiey tru.st. — Ver. 6. My salvation 
shall be for ever, from generation to ge- 
neration. Ver. 8. 

Iii. 7. How beautiful arc the feet of 
him that publisheth salvation. Ver. 10. 
All ends of the eartli shall see the salva- 
tion of our God. 

Ivi. 1. My salvation is near to come, 
and my righteousness to be revealed. 

lix. 16, 17. His arm brought salvation, 
and his righteousness it sustained him. 


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(Ch. Ixiii. 5.) He put on righteousness as 
a breast-plate, and an helmet of salvation 
upon his head. 

Ix. 18. Thou shalt call thy walls salva- 
tion, and thy gates praise. 

Ixi. 10. God hath clothed me v^ith the 
garment of salvation, and covered me vfith 
the robe of righteousness. 

Ixii. 1. For Zion's sake, I will not hold 
my peace, until the righteousness thereof 
go forth as brightness, and the salvation 
tliereof as a lamp that burneth. — Ver. 11. 
Behold thy salvation cometh ; his reward 
is with him, and his work before him. 
Zech. ix. 9. 16. 

Ixiii. 1. I that speak in righteousness, 
mighty to save. Ver. 5. 9. 

Jer. xxxiii. 15. In those days, and at 
that time, will I cause the Branch of 
righteousness to grow up unto David, and 
he shall execute judgment and righteous- 
ness in the land. — Ver. 16. In those 
days shall Judah be saved, and Jerusalem 
sliall dwell safely : And this is the name 
wherewith he shall be called, The Lord 
our righteousness. 

Matt. i. 21, He shall save his people 
from their sins. 

xviii. 11. The Son of man is come to 
save that which was lost. 

Luke i. 69. God hath raised up an horn 
of salvation for us. — Ver. 77. To give 
tlie knowledge of salvation unto his peo- 
ple, by the remission of their sins, through 
the tender mercy of our God, whereby 
the day-spring from on high hath visited 
us. Ver. 78. 

ii. 11. Unto us is born this day a Sa- 
viour. 

Luke ii. 30. Mine eyes have seen thy 
salvation, (i. e. Christ.) 

iii. 6. All flesh shall see the salvation 
of God. 

ix. 56. The Son of man is come, not 
to destroy, but to save men's lives. 

xix. 9. This day is salvation (i. e. Christ) 
come to this house. 

John iii. 17. God sent not his Son 
into the world, to condemn the world, 
but that the world through him might be 
saved. 

iv. 22. Salvation (i. e. Christ) is of 
tlie Jews.— Ver. 42. This is Christ the 
Saviour of the world. 

v. 34. These things I say, that ye 
might be saved. 

X. 9. By him if any man enter in, he 
shall be saved. 

xii. 47. I came not to judge, but to 
save the world, 


Acts ii. 21. Whosoever shall call on 
the name of the Lord, shall be saved. 
See Worship offered to Christ. 

iv. 12. There is none other name, under 
heaven given among men, whereby we 
must be saved. 

V. 31. Him hath God exalted to be a 
Prince and a Saviour. 

xiii. 23. Of this man's (David's) seed, 
hath God raised unto Israel a Saviour. — 
Ver. 38. Through his name is preached 
to you, the forgiveness of sins. 

XV. 11. We believe, that through the 
grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, we shall 
be saved. 

xvi. 31. Believe on the Lord Jesus 
Christ, and thou shalt be saved. 

xviii. 28. The salvation of God is sent 
unto the Gentiles. 

Rom. V. 9. We shall be saved from 
wrath, through him. 

X. 9. If thou shalt confess with thy 
mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe 
in thine heart, thou shalt be saved. 

2 Cor. vi. 2. In a day of salvation have 
I succoured thee. Isa. iv. 8. 

Eph. ii. 5. By grace ye are saved, 
through faith, and that not of yourselves. 

V. 23. He is the Saviour of the body, 
[the church.] 

Phil. iii. 20. Our conversation is in 
heaven, from whence we look for the Sa- 
viour, the Lord Jesus Christ. 

1 Thess. V. 9. God hath not appointed 
us to wrath, but to obtain salvation by our 
Lord Jesus Christ. 2 Thess. ii. 13. 

1 Tim. i. 51. Christ Jesus came into 
the world to save sinners. 

2 Tim. i. 10. Our Saviour Jesus Christ 
hath abolished death, and brought life and 
immortality to light. Ver. 9. 

ii. 10. That the elect may obtain the 
salvation, which is in Christ Jesus. 

Tit. iii. 5. According to his mercy he 
saved us, through Jesus Christ our Sa. 
viour. 

Heb. ii. 3. How shall we escape if 
we neglect so great salvation, which be- 
gan to be spoken by the Lord, and was 
confirraed unto us by them that heard 
him. 

Ver. 10. It became him, for whom are 
all things, and by whom are all things, in 
bringing many sons to glory, to make the 
Captain of their salvation perfect through 
suffering. 

V. 9. He became the author of eternal 
salvation, unto all that obey him. 

vii. 25. He is able to save to the utter, 
most, all that come unto God by him. 


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Heb. ix. 28. He shall appear the second 
time, without sin, unto salvation. 

1 John iv. 14. The Father hath sent the 
Son, to be the Saviour of the world. 

II. Christ a Redeemer; redemption 
through him. Job xix. 25. I know that 
my Redeemer liveth. 

Isa. lix. 20. The Redeemer shall come 
to Zion, and unto them that turn from 
transgression in Jacob, saith the Lord. 

Rom. iii. 24. We are justified freely 
by his grace, through the redemption that 
is in Jesus Christ. 

1 Cor. i. 30. Christ Jesus, of God is made 
unto us wisdom, and righteousness, and 
sanctification and redemption. Ver. 3. 

Gal. iii. 13. Christ hath redeemed us 
from the curse of the law. 

iv. 4. God sent forth his Son, made of 
a woman, made under the law, to redeem 
them that were under the law, that we 
might receive tlie adoption of sons. Ver. 5. 

Tit. ii. 14. He gave himself for us, that 
he might redeem us from all iniquity, and 
purif}'- unto himself a peculiar people, 
zealous of good works. 

Heb. ix. 12. He entered into the holy 
place, having obtained eternal redemption 
for us. Ver. 15. 

1 Pet. i. 18. Ye were redeemed, not 
with corruptible things, but with the pre- 
cious blood of Christ. Ver. 19. 

Rev. v. 9. Thou hast redeemed us to 
God by thy blood. 

xiv. 3. These were redeemed from the 
earths — Ver. 4. Redeemed from among 
men, being the first-fruits unto God and 
the Lamb. 

III. Christ a ransom. Job xxxiii. 24. 
He is gracious, and saith, Deliver him, I 
liave found a ransom. 

Isa. XXXV. 10. The ransomed of the 
Lord shall come to Zion with songs, and 
everlasting joy upon their heads. Ch. h. 
10.— Iv. 12. Jcr. xxxi. 11. Hos. xiii. 14. 

Matt. XX. 28. The Son of man came to 
give his life a ransom for many. Mark x. 15. 

1 Tim. ii. 6. Who gave his life a ran- 
som for all. 

IV. Christ a price. 1 Cor. vi. 20. Ye 
arc bought with a price. 

Acts XX. 28. Feed the clmrcli of God, 
which he hath purchased with his own 
blood. 

V. Christ a deliverer. Luke iv. 18. He 
hath sent mc to heal the broken-hearted, 


to preach deliverance to the captives. 
Isa. Ixi. 1. 

Rom. xi. 26. There shall come out of 
Sion the Deliverer. Isa. lix. 20. 

Gal. i. 4. Who gave himself for our 
sins, that he might deliver us from this 
present evil world. 

V. 1. Christ hath made us free. Rom. 
viii. 2. 

1 Thess. i. 10. He delivered us from 
the wrath to come. 

VI. Mediator. 1 Tim. ii. 5. There is 
one God, and one Mediator between God 
and men, the man Christ Jesus. 

Heb. viii. 6. He is the mediator of a 
better covenant. 

ix. 12. The moiKator of the new co- 
venant. 

VII. Intercessor. Isa. liii. 12. He made 
intercession for transgressors. 

Rom. viii. 34. Who maketh interces- 
sion for us. 

VIIL Advocate. 1 John ii. 1. We 
have an advocate with the Father, Jesus 
Christ the righteous. 

Heb. ix. 24. He entered into heaven, 
to appear in the presence of God for us. 

IX. Reconciliation hy Christ. Rom. v. 
10. We were reconciled to God by the 
death of his Son. Ch. xi. 15. 

2 Cor. V. 18. God hath reconciled us to 
himself by Jesus Christ. — Ver. 19. God was 
in Christ reconciling the world to himself 

Eph. ii. 16. That he might reconcile 
both unto God by the cross. 

Col. i. 19. It pleased the Father, that 
in him should all fulness dwell, and 
(having made peace through the blood 
of his cross) by him to reconcile all 
tilings to himself. — Ver. 21. You hath 
he reconciled. 

Heb. ii. 17. That he might be a mer- 
ciful and faithful high priest, to make re. 
conciliation for the sins of the people. 

Eph. i. 10. That he might gather to- 
gether in one all tilings in Christ, both 
whicli are in heaven, and which are on 
earth, even in him. 

2 Cor. V. 18, 19. The ministry and 
word of reconciliation, 

X. Peace with God by Christ. Isa. ix. 
6. His name shall be called Prince of 
peace. Ver. 7. 

liii. 5. Tlie chastisement of our peace 
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Isa. liv. 10. Neither shall the covenant 
of my peace be removed. 

Ezek. xxxiv. 25. I will make with 
them a covenant of peace. Jer. xxxi. 31, 
Zech. vi. 13. The council of peace shall 
be between them. 

ix. 10. He shall speak peace unto the 
heathen. Ps. Ixxii. Eph. ii. 7. 

Luke i. 79. To guide our feet into the 
way of peace. 

ii. 14. On earth peace, good-will toward 
men. 

xix. 38. Peace in heaven, and glory in 
the highest. 

Jolm xvi. 33. These things I have 
spoken, that ye might have peace. Ch. 
xiv. 27. My peace I leave with you. 

Acts X, 36. The word which God sent 
to the children of Israel, preaching peace 
by Jesus Christ. 

Rom, i. 7. Peace from God the Father, 
and from the Lord Jesus Christ. 1 Cor. 
i. 3. 2 Cor. i, 2. Gal. i. 3. Eph. i. 2. Phil. 
i. 2, Col. i. 2. 1 Thess. i. I. 2 Thess. i. 2. 
2 Tim. i, 2. Tit. i. 4. Philem, 3. 2 John 
3. 1 Pet, i, 2. 2 Pet, i, 2. Jude 2. 

V. 1. We have peace with God, through 
the Lord Jesus Christ. 

Eph. ii. 14. Christ, he is our peace, — 
Ver. 15. Making peace. — Ver. 17. He 
preached peace. Eph. vi. 15. Rom. x. 15. 
The gospel of peace. 

Phil, iv, 7. And the peace of God, 
which passeth all understanding, shall 
keep your hearts and minds through 
Christ Jesus. Col. iii. 15. 

XL Grace from Christ. John i, 16, 17. 
Of his fulness have all we received, and 
grace for grace. Grace and truth came 
by Jesus Christ. 

Acts XV. 11. Through the grace of our 
Lord Jesus Christ we shall be saved. 

Rom, V, 15. The grace of God, and the 
gift by grace, which is by Jesus Christ, 
hath abounded to many, — Ver. 17. They 
which receive abundance of grace, and of 
the gift of righteousness, shall reign in 
life by Jesus Christ. 

xvi, 20. The grace of our Lord Jesus 
Christ be with you all, 2 Cor. i, 3. — ^xiii. 
14, Gal. vi. 18. 2 Thess. iii. 18. Rev. 
xxii. 21. 

1 Cor. i. 4. I thank God on your be- 
half, for the grace of God, which is given 
you by Jesus Christ, 

2 Cor. i, 2, Grace be to you, and peace, 
from God our Father, and from the Lord 
Jesus Christ. Gal. i. 3. Eph. i. 2. Col. 
i. 2. 


2 Cor. xii. 9. My grace is sufficient for 
thee. 

Eph, iv. 7. Unto every one of us is 
given grace according to the measure of 
the gift of Christ. — Ver. 8. He received 
gifts for men. 

XII. Justification by Christ. Isa. liii. 
11. By his knowledge shall my right- 
eous servant justify many. 

Acts xiii. 39, By him all that believe 
are justified from all things, from which ye 
could not be justified by the law of Moses. 

Rom, iii, 24. Justified freely by his 
grace, through the redemption that is in 
Jesus Christ. Ver, 26. 28. 

V. 1, Being justified by faith, we have 
peace with God, through our Lord Jesus 
Christ, — Ver, 9. Being justified by his 
blood, we shall be saved from wrath to 
come. Ver, 16, 17, 18, 19, 

viii. 1. There is no condemnation to 
them that are in Christ Jesus. 

1 Cor, vi, 11. Ye are justified in the 
name of the Lord Jesus, 

Gal. ii. 16. A man is justified by the 
faith of Jesus Christ, 

iii. 8. God would justify the heathen 
through faith. Ver. 24. Ch. v. 4. 

XIII. Sanctification through Christ. 1 
Cor. i. 2, To them that are sanctified in 
Christ Jesus, — Ver. 30. Christ Jesus, of 
God, is made unto us wisdom, and right- 
eousness, and sanctification, and redemp- 
tion. 

vi. 11, Ye are sanctified in the name 
of the Lord Jesus, 

Eph, V. 25. Christ loved the church, 
and gave himself for it; that he might 
sanctify and cleanse it. Ver, 27. 

Tit. iii, 5, Not by works of righteous- 
ness which we have done, but according to 
his mercy he saved us, by the washing of 
regeneration, and renewing of the Holy 
Ghost. 

Heb, ii, 11. He that sanctifieth, and 
they who are sanctified, are all of one. 

X. 10, We are sanctified through the 
offering of the body of Jesus. — Ver. 14. 
By one offering he hath perfected for ever 
them that are sanctified. Ver. 29. 

Heb. xiii. 12. Jesus, that he might 
sanctify the people with his own blood, 
suffered without the gate. 

XIV. Christ is called life to his people, 
John i, 4, In him was hfe, and the life 
was the light of men. 

v. 26. As the Father hath life in him- 


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self, so hath he given to the Son to have 
life in himself. 

vi, 68. Thou hast the words of eternal 
life. 

xi.25. I am the resurrection, and the life. 

xiv. 6. I am the wa}^, the truth, and the 
life. 

Acts iii. 15. The Prince of hfe. 

1 John i. 1, 2. Our hands have liandled 
of the word of life. For the life was ma- 
nifested, and we have seen it, and bear 
witness, and shew unto you that eternal 
life which was with the Father, and was 
manifested unto us. 

v. 12. He that hath the Son hath life : 
he that hath not the Son, hath not life. — 
Ver. 20. This is the true God, and eter- 
nal life. 

XV. Eternal life is from and by Christ. 
John iv. 16. Whosoever shall drink of the 
water that I shall give him, shall never 
thirst. 

vi. 27. Labour not for the meat that 
perisheth, but for that meat which en- 
dureth to everlasting life, which the Son 
of man shall give unto you. Ver. 3.3. 

vi. 48. I am the bread of life. — Ver. 
51. I am the living bread which came 
down from heaven : if any man eat of 
this bread he shall live for ever. — Ver, 57. 
He that eateth me, even he shall live by 
me. 

viii. 12. He .that followeth me shall 
have the light of life. 

X. 10. I am come that ye might have 
life. — Ver. 28. I give unto them eternal 
life, neither sliall any pluck them out of 
my hand. 

xiv. 19. Because I live, ye shall live also. 

Rom. V. 17. They will receive abmi- 
dance of grace, and of the gift of right- 
eousness shall reign in life by Jesus Christ. 
— Ver. 21. As sin reigned unto death, 
even so might grace reign througli righ- 
teousness unto eternal life by Jesus Clirist. 

Col. iii. 4. When Christ, who is our 
life, shall appear, tiien shall ye appear 
with him in glory. 

1 Tlicss. v. 10". Christ died for us, that 
whether we wake or sleep we should live 
togetlier with him. 

2 Tim. i. 10. Clirist hath brought life 
and immortahty to lisjht by the gospel. 

1 John iv. 9. God sent his only be- 
gotten Son into the world, that we might 
live through him. 

XVI. Eternal life is the sift of God, 
through him. Rom. vi. 2'i. The wages of 


sin is death ; but the gift of God is eternal 
life, through Jesus Clirist our Lord. Ch. 
V. 18. Rev. xxii. 17. 

1 Pet. iii. 7. Heirs of the grace of life. 

Tit. i. 2. In hope of eternal life, which 
God, that cannot lie, promised before the 
world began. 

1 Pet. i, 3. God hath begotten us to a 
lively hope by the resurrection of Jesus 
Christ. 

1 John ii. 25. This is the promise that 
he hath promised us, even eternal life. 1 
John ii. 25. 2 Tim. i. 1. 

V. 11. This is the record, that God 
hath given to us eternal life ; and this life 
is in his Son. Rom. v. 17. 21. 

XVII. Benefits from Christ against 
sin, by way of extract from the foregoing 
and following sections. Isa. liii. 5. He 
was wounded for our transgressions, he 
was bruised for our iniquities, tlie chas- 
tisement of our peace was upon him, and 
with his stripes we are healed. — Ver. 6. 
The Lord laid on him the iniquity of us 
all. — Ver. 10. Thou wilt make his soul 
an offering for sin. — Ver. 12. He bare 
the sin of many. 

Zech. xiii. 1. There shall be a fountain 
opened to the house of David, and to the 
inhabitants of Jerusalem, for sin and for 
unclcanness. 

Matt. i. 21. He shall save liis people 
from their sins. 

ix. 6. The Son of man hath power on 
earth to forgive sins. Ver. 2. 

xxvi. 28. My blood is shed for the re- 
mission of sins. 

Luke xxiv. 46, 47. Thus it behoved 
Christ to suffer, and to rise from the dead 
the third day : That repentance and re- 
mission of sins should be preached in his 
name. Ch. i. 77. 

John i. 29. The Lamb of God, that 
taketh away the sin of tlie world. 

Acts ii. 38. Repent, and be baptized in 
the name of Jesus Christ, for the remis- 
sion of sins. 

v. 31. Him hath God exalted with his 
right hand to be a Prince and a Saviour, 
for to give repentance to Israel, and for- 
giveness of sins. 

X. 43. Whosoever bclieveth in him shall 
receive remission of sins. 

xiii. 38, Through this man is preached 
unto you tlic forgiveness of sins, 

XXX. 26, God sent him to bless you, in 
turning you from your iniquities. 

Rom. iii. 25. To declare his righteous- 
ncss for the remission of sins. 


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Rom. V. 9. Being justified by his blood, 
we shall be saved from wrath through him. 
vi. ] 0. He died unto sin once, 
viii. 3. He condemned sin in the flesh. 

1 Cor. XV. 3. Christ died for our sins. 
Ver. 57. God giveth us the victory 

through our Lord Jesus Christ. 

2 Cor. V. 21. He made him to be sin 
for us. 

Gal. i. 4. He gave himself for our 
sins. 

Eph. i. 7. In whom we have redemp- 
tion through his blood, the forgiveness of 
sins. Col. i. 14. 

iv. 32. As God for Christ's sake hath 
forgiven you. 

Col. iii. 23. As Christ forgave you, so 
do ye. 

1 Tim. i. 15. Jesus Christ came to save 
sinners. 

Heb. i. 3. He purged our sins by his 
own blood. Heb. ix. 22. 

ii. 14. He took part of flesh and blood, 
that through death he might destroy him 
that had the power of death. 

ix. 26. He appeared to put away sin 
by the sacrifice of himself. — Ver. 28. 
Christ was once offered to bear the sins of 
many. 

X. 14. By one offering he hath per- 
fected for ever them that are sanctified. 

1 Pet. ii. 24. Who bare our sins in his 
own body on the tree. 

iii. 18. Christ suffered for sins. 

1 John i. 7. The blood of Christ 
cleanseth from all sin. Ver. 9. 

ii. 1,2. If any man sin, we have an 
advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ 
the righteous. He is the propitiation 
for our sins — for the sins of the whole 
world. — Ver. 12. Your sins are forgiven 
you for his name's sake. 

iii. 5. He was manifested to take away 
our sins. — Ver. 8. That he might destroy 
the works of the devil. 

Rev. i. 5. Unto him that loved us, and 
washed us from our sins in his own 
blood, and hath made us kings and 
priests unto God and his Father, to him 
be glory and dominion, for ever and ever. 
Amen. 

XVIII. Chrisfs love to his people. 
John xiii. 3. Having loved his own 
which were in the world, he loved them 
unto the end, — Ver. 34, A new com- 
mandment I give unto you, That ye love 
one another, as I loved you. 

XV. 9, As the Father hath loved me, 
so have I loved you. 


Rom. viii. 37. We are more than con- 
querors, through him that loved us. 

Eph. V, 2, Christ hath loved us, and 
hath given himself for us. — Ver. 25. 
Christ loved the church, and gave him- 
self for it. 

Rev, i. 5, 6. Unto him that loved us, 
and washed us from our sins in his own 
blood, land hath made us kings and 
priests, unto God and his Father, be glory 
and dominion for ever. 

iii. 9. I will make them to know that I 
have loved thee. See Ps. xlv. 11. Prov. 
viii. 31. Song ii. 4. 6. — iv. 9, — vii. 10. 

XIX, Chrisfs care of his people. Isa. 
xl. 11. He shall feed his flock like a 
shepherd, he shall gather the lambs with 
his arm, and gently lead those that are 
with young. See Ch. xlix. 10. Ezek. 
xxxiv. 23. 

Matt, xxiii. 37. How often would I 
have gathered thy children as a hen 
gathereth her chickens under her wings. 
Isa, xlii, 3. Eph, v. 29, 

His presence with his people. Matt, 
xviii, 20, Where two or three are ga- 
thered together in my name, there am I 
in the midst of them. 

xxviii, 20. I am with you alway unto 
the end of the world. 

John xiv. 18, I will not leave you com- 
fortless, I will come to you. 

Ver, 21. He that loveth me shall be 
loved of my Father, and I will love him, 
and manifest myself to him, — Ver. 23. 
My Father will love him, and we will 
come to him. 

Acts xviii. 10. I am with thee, and no 
man shall set on thee to hurt thee. Ch. 
xxiii. 11. 2 Tim. iv. 17. 

1 John i. 3. Our fellowship is with the 
Father, and with the Son. 

Rev. ii. 1. He walketh in the midst of 
the golden candlesticks. 

iii. 20. Behold, I stand at the door and 
knock ; if any man hear my voice, and 
open the door, I will come in to him, and 
sup with him, and he with me. 

XX. Chrisfs excellencies and benefits 
Irieflij expressed. Eph. i. 3. , God the 
Father hath blessed us with all spiritual 
blessings in Christ. — Ver. 23. The ful- 
ness of him that filleth all in all. 

iii. 8. The unsearchable riches of Christ. 

Ver. 19. Being filled witli all the ful- 
ness of God. 

iv. 13. A perfect man, the measure 
of the stature of the fulness of Christ. 


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— Ver. 7. Tlie measure of the gift of 
Christ. 

Col. i. 19, 20. It pleased the Father, 
that in him should all fulness dw^ell ; and 
by hint to reconcile all things to himself 

ii. 10. Ye are complete in him. 

iii. 11. Clirist is all and in all. 

XXI. Titles given to Christ, taken from 
the highest, rnost honourable and useful 
offices among men: As, Prophet, Priest, 
King, denoting his benefits to mankind 
against sin, and his dignity above all on 
ear til. 

XXII. ChrisVs prophetic office was car- 
ried on by his Spirit, speaking in the pro- 
phets of old. 1 Pet. i. 10—12. Of which 
salvation [by Christ] the prophets have 
inquired, and searched diligently, who 
prophesied of the grace that should come 
unto you : Searching what, or what man- 
ner of time the Spirit of Christ which 
was in them did signify, when it testified 
beforehand the sufferings of Christ, and 
the glory that should follow. Unto whom 
it was revealed, that not unto themselves, 
but unto us, they did minister the things 
which are now reported unto you by them 
til at have preached the gospel unto you, 
with the Holy Ghost sent down from 
heaven ; wliich things the angels desire 
to look into. 

iii. 19, 20. By which [Spirit] Christ 
prepared unto the spirits in prison ; in 
the days of Noe, wliile the ark was 
preparing. 

2 Pet. i. 21. Prophecy came not in 
old time by the will of man ; but holy 
men of God spake as they were moved 
by the Holy Ghost. 2 Tim. iii. 16. 

XXIII. Christ's prophetic office thus 
foretold by the prophets. Deut. xviii. 18. 
Tlie Lord said, I will raise them up a 
prophet from among their brethren, like 
unto thee, and will put my words in his 
mouth, and he shall speak unto them all 
that I sJiall command him. 

Ps. xl. 9. I have preached righteous- 
ness ; I have not refrained my lips. 
Ver. 10. . 

Isa. ix. 2. The people that walked in 
darkness have seen a great light. 

Ver. 0. Unto us a child is born ; his 
name shall be called Counsellor. 

xlii. 1. I have put iny Spirit upon 
him ; he shall bring forth judgment to 
the Gentiles. — Ver. 3. He shall bring 
forth judgment unto truth. — Ver. 6, 7. 


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Chap. X. 


I will give thee for a light to the Gentiles ; 
to open the blind eyes, to bring out the 
prisoners from the prison, and them that 
sit in darkness from the prison-house. 
Ch. xlix. 9, 10. 

Isa. xlix. 5. The Lord formed me from 
the womb to be his servant, to bring 
Jacob again to him. Ver. 1, 2, 3. 6. 

li. 4, 5. I will make my judgment to 
rest for a light of the people. Tlie isles 
shall wait upon me. — Ver. 16. I have 
put my words in thy mouth. 

Iii. 7. How beautiful are the feet of 
him that pubhsheth peace, that bringeth 
good tidings, that publisheth salvation ! 
Ver. 10. Luke iv. 18. 

liv. 13. All thy children shall be 
taught of the Lord. 

Iv. 4. I have given him for a witness to 
the people. 

lix. 21. My Spirit that is upon thee, 
and my words which I have put in thy 
mouth, shall not depart out of thy mouth, 
nor out of the mouth of thy seed. 

Ix. 2, 3. The Lord shall arise upon thee, 
and his glory shall be seen upon thee. The 
Gentiles shall come to thy light. — Ver. 19. 
The Lord shall be thine everlasting light 

Lxi. 1. The Spirit of the Lord God is 
upon me ; because he hath anointed me 
to preach good tidings to the meek. 

Mai. iii, 1. The Lord whom ye seek 
shall come to his temple, even the mes- 
senger of the covenant. 

iv. 2. Unto you that fear my name, 
shall the Sun of righteousness arise with 
healing on his A\-ings. Rev. xxii. 16. 
The bright and morning star. 

XXIV. Christ gave the following ac- 
count of his prophetic office. Matt. xi. 27. 
Neither knoweth any man the Father 
save the Son, and he to whom the Son 
will reveal him. 

Luke iv. 43, I must preach, for there- 
fore am I sent. See Christ's sermon. 
Matt. .5th, 6th, and 7th chapters; and 
many other places, as Luke vi. 20. 

John i. 1. In the beginning was the 
Word. 

iii. 34. He whom God sent speaketh 
the words of God. 

vii. 16. My doctrine is not mine, but 
his that sent me. 

viii. 26. He that sent me is true ; and 
I speak to the world those things which 
I have heard of him. — Ver. 28. As the 
Father hath tauglit me I speak. — Ver. 
38. I speak that which I have seen with 
my Father. 


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Chrlsfs Benefits. 


135 


John xii. 50. Even as the Father said 
unto me, so I speak. 

xiv. 24. The word which ye hear is 
not mine, but his that sent me. 

XV. 15. All things that I have heard of 
my Father I have made known unto you. 

xvii. 6. Father, I have manifested thy 
name unto them. — Ver. 8. I have given 
imto them the words which thou gavest 
me. — Ver. 26. I have declared thy name, 
and will declare. 

Heb. ii. 3. Salvation began to be 
spoken by the Lord. 

Rev. i. 1. The revelation of Jesus Christ, 
which God gave unto him. 

XXV. Hence Christ is called the light 
of the world. John i. 5. The light shineth 
in darkness.— Ver. 9. The true light, that 
lighteth every man. 

iii, 1 9. Light is come into the world, 
viii. 12. Jesus said, I am the light of 
the world. Ch. ix. 5. — ^xii. 35. 46. 

XXVI. Christ a priest. Ps. ex. 4. The 

Lord hath sworn, and will not repent, 
Thou art a priest for ever after the order of 
Melchizedek. See Heb. i. 13. — vii. 15. 17. 

xl. 6, 7. Sacrifice and offering thou 
wouldst not — Lo, I come : in the volume 
of the book it is written of me. 

Zech. vi. 13. He shall be a priest upon 
his throne. 

Heb. vii. 13. Made like the Son of God, 
abideth a priest continually. Ver. 12. 

Ver. 16. 28. After the power of an end- 
less life, consecrated for evermore. 

viii. 1. We have an high priest, who 
is set on the right hand of the throne of 
the Majesty in the heavens. 

ix. 11. Christ being come, an high 
priest of good things to come. 

Ver. 24. He entered into heaven itself, 
to appear in the presence of God for us. 
1 John ii. 1. 

XXVII. His offering himself a sacri- 
fice. 1 Cor. V. 7. Christ our passover is 

sacrificed for us. 

Eph. V. 2. Christ hath loved us, and 
hath given himself for us, an offering and 
a sacrifice to God for a sweet-smelling 
savour. 

Heb. viii. 3. It is of necessity that this 
man have somewhat to offer. 

ix. 14. He offered himself without spot 
to God. 

ix. 26. Once in the end of the world 
hath he appeared, to put away sin by the 
sacrifice of himself. 

11 


Heb. X. 5. Sacrifice and offering thou 
wouldst not, but a body hast thou pre- 
pared me. Ver. 8. 

Ver. 12. But this man, after he had 
offered one sacrifice for sins, for ever sat 
down on the right hand of God. 

Ver. 14. By one offering he hath per- 
fected for ever them that are sanctified. 

XXVIII. Christ was given and deli, 
vered: the design thereof. John iii. 16. 
God so loved the world, that he gave his 
only begotten Son, that whosoever be- 
Jieveth in him should not perish, but have 
everlasting life. 

1 John iv. 9. God sent his only begot- 
ten Son into the world, that we might live 
through him. Acts ii. 23. Rom. iv. 25. 
viii. 32. 

XXIX. Christ gave himself and for 
what end. Gal. i. 3, 4. The Lord Jesus 
Christ gave himself for our sins, that he 
might deliver us from the present evil world. 

Tit, ii. 14. He gave himself, that he 
might redeem us from all iniquity, and 
purify unto himself a peculiar people, 
zealous of good works. 

Gal. ii. 20. The Son of God, who loved 
me, and gave himself for me. 

Eph. V. 2. Christ hath loved us, and 
given himself for us, an offering and a 
sacrifice to God, &c. — Ver. 25. The Son of 
God loved the church, and gave himself for 
it, that he might sanctify and cleanse it. 

1 Tim. ii. 6. Who gave himself a ran- 
som for all. 

John X. 15. I lay down my life for the 
sheep. Ver. 17. See Matt. xx. 28. John 
X. 11.— X. 13. 1 John iii. 16. 

XXX. Christ suffered : the end thereof. 
Heb. xiii. 12. Jesus, that he might sanc- 
tify the people with his own blood, suf- 
fered without the gate. 

1 Pet. iii. 18. Christ hath once suffered 
for sins, that he might bring us unto God. 
Ch. ii. 21. Suffered for us. See Isa. liii. 4, 
5,6. 

XXXI. Christ suffered: the efficacy 
thereof. Rom. v. 6. When we were with- 
out strength, Christ died for the ungodly. 
— Ver. 8. While we were yet sinners, 
Christ died for us. — Ver. 10. We were re- 
conciled to God by the death of his Son. 

vi. 10. He died for our sins. John x. 
11. He gave his life for the sheep. 

viii. 34. Who is he that condemneth ? 
It is Christ that died. 


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ChrisVs Benefits. 


Chap. X. 


1 Cor. XV. 3. I delivered unto you first 
of all that which I also received, how that 
Christ died for our sins, according to the 
Scriptures. 

2 Cor. v. ]4, 15. If one died for all, 
iJien were all dead. He died for all, that 
tliey which live, should live unto him who 
died for them. 

Heh. ii. 9. That he, by the grace of 
God, sliould taste death for every man. 1 
Tliess. V. 10. He died for us. 

Ver. 14. That through death he might 
destroy him that had the power of death, 
that is, the devil. Rom. xiv. 15. Heb. ix. 
15, 16. 

XXXII. ChrisVs Hood: the efficacy 
thereof. Zcch. ix. 11. As for thee also, 
by the blood of tliy covenant I have sent 
forth tliy prisoners out of the pit wherein 
is no water. 

xiii. 1. In that day there shall be a 
fountain opened to the house of David and 
to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, for sin 
and for uncleanness. Sec Joel iii. 18. 

JMatt. xxvi. 28. My blood, which is 
shed for the remission of sins. 

Acts XX. 28. Feed the church of God, 
which he hath purchased with his blood. 

Rom. V. 9. Being justified by his blood, 
we shall be saved from wratli through 
him. Rom. iii. 25. 

Eph. i. 7. In whom we have redemp- 
tion through his blood, the forgiveness of 
sins. Col. i. 14. 

ii. 13. Ye are made nigh by the blood 
of Christ. 

Col. i. 30. Having made peace through 
the blood of his cross, by him to I'cconcilc 
all things to himself 

Heb. i. 3. He purged our sins by his 
own blood. 

ix. 12. By his own blood, lie entered 
into the holy place, having obtained eter- 
nal redemption for us. — Ver. 14. How 
much more shall the blood of Clirist purge 
your consciences from dead works, to 
serve the living God. — Ver. 22. Without 
shedding of blood is no remission. 

X. 19, 20. Having boldness to enter 
into the holiest by the blood of Jesus, by 
a new and living way, which he hath con- 
secrated through the veil, that is to say, 
his flesh. 

Ver. 29. The blood of the covenant 
wherewith he was sanctified. Ch. xiii. 20. 
7^he blood of the everlasting covenant. 

xii. 24. Yc are come to the blood of 
sprinkling, which speakcth better tilings 
ihan that of Abel. 


Heb. xiii. 12. Jesus, that he might 
sanctify the people with his own blood, 
suffered without the gate. 

1 Pet. i. 2. Elect, according to the fore- 
knowledge of God the Father, through 
sanctification of the Spirit, unto obedi- 
ence and sprinkling of the blood of Jesus 
Christ. — Ver. 19. Precious blood of Christ. 

1 John i. 7. The blood of Christ cleans- 
eth us from all sin. Ver. 9. 

V. 6. This is he that came by water 
and blood. 

Rev, i. 5. Unto him that loved us, and 
washed us from our sins in his own blood, 
&c. 

V. 9. Thou hast redeemed us by thy 
blood. 

vii. 14. These have washed their robes, and 
made them white in the blood of the Lamb. 

xii. 11. They overcame by the blood of 
the Lamb. Hence the title of Lamb given 
to Christ in Isa. liii. 7. John i. 29. 36. 
Rev. V. 6. 8. 12, 1.3.— vi. 1. 16.— vii. 9, 10. 
17.— xiii. 8.— xiv. 4. 10.— XV. 3.— xvii. 14 
— xix. 7. 9.— xxi. 9. 14. 22, 23. 27.— xxii. 
1.3. 

XXXIII. Christ a propitiation. Rom. 
iii. 25. Jesus Christ, whom God hath set 
forth to be a propitiation through faith in 
his blood, for the remission of sins. 

1 John ii. 2. He is the propitiation for 
our sins — for the sins of the whole world. 
1 John iv. 10. God sent his Son to be the 
propitiation for our sins. 

XXXIV. Atonement. Rom. v. 12. Wo 
joy in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, 
tlirough whom we have received the atone- 
ment. 

XXXV. Christ styled a king having do- 
minion. Gen. xlix. 10. The sceptre shall 
not depart from Judah, nor a lawgiver 
from between his feet, till Shiloh come ; 
and unto him shall the gathering of tlie 
people be. Numb, xxi v. 17. For there 
sliall come a Star out of Jacob, and a 
Sceptre shall rise out of Israel. 

Ps. ii. 6. Yet have I set my King upon 
my lioly hill of Zion. 

xiv. 6. The sceptre of thy kingdom is a 
sceptre that is riglit. 

Ixxxix. 27. I will make him my first- 
born, liighcr than the Icings of tlie earth. 

Song i. 4. The King has brought me 
into Jiis cliambcrs. 

Isa. xxxii. 1, 2. Behold a King shall 
reign in righteousness : A man shall be 
as an liiding-place from the wind, and 


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a covert from the tempest; as rivers of 
water in a dry place; as a shadow of a 
great rock in a weary land. 

Dan. vii. 14. There was given him 
dominion and g-lory, and a kingdom, that 
all people, nations and languages should 
serve him : his dominion is an everlast- 
ing- dominion which shall not pass away, 
his kingdom shall not be destroyed. 
Ver. 17. 

Zech. ix. 9. Rejoice greatly, O daugh- 
ter of Zion ; shout, O daughter of Jerusa- 
lem : Behold, thy King cometh unto thee ; 
he is just and having salvation. Isa. Ixii. 
11. Matt. xxi. 5. 

xiv. 9. The Lord shall be King over 
all the earth. Ps. Ixxii. 8. 

Matt. ii. 2. Where is he that is born 
King of the Jews ? 

John i. 49. Thou art the Son of God, 
thou art the King of Israel. 

xii. 13. Blessed is the King that cometh 
in the name of the Lord. 

xviii. 36. My kingdom is not of this 
world. Ver. 37. 

Matt. XXV. 34. Then shall the King 
say to them on his right hand, Come, ye 
blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom 
prepared for you. 

1 Cor. XV. 24. Then cometh the end, 
when he shall have delivered up the 
kingdom to God, even the Father. Ver. 
26,27. 

Heb. ii. 9. Jesus crowned with glory, 
and honour, and all things put under him. 
Ver. 8. 

Rev. xi. 5. The kingdoms of this world 
are become the kingdoms of our Lord, 
and of his Christ. 

XXXVI. Prince. Dan. ix. 25. From 
tlie going forth of the commandment, 
to Messiah the Prince. Isa. ix. 6. The 
Prince of peace. Acts iii. 15. The 
Prince of life. Acts v. 31. A Prince and 
Saviour, to give repentance and forgive- 
ness of sins. 

XXXVII. Governor. Ps. xxii. 28. He 
is the governor among the nations. 

Isa. ix. 6. The government shall be 
upon his shoulder. 

liii. 12. He shall divide the spoil with 
the strong. 

Mic. V. 2. The Ruler in Israel. Matt, 
ii. 6. 

Isa. xl. 10. His arm shall rule for him. 
Ch. Ixii. 11. 

Iv, 4. I have given him for a leader 
and commander to the people. 


Ps. Ixxii. 2. He shall judge the people 
with righteousness. 

ex. 6. He shall judge among the hea- 
then. Joel iii. 12. 

Isa. ii. 4. He shall judge among the 
nations. Mic. iv. 3. 

Mai. iii. 2. He is like a refiner's fire, 
and fuller's soap. 

XXXVIII. Christ is styled David. Jer. 
XXX. 9. They shall serve the Lord their 
God, and David their king, whom I will 
raise up unto them. Ezek. xxxiv. 23.— 
xxxvii. 24. 

Hos. iii. 5. The children of Israel shall 
seek the Lord their God, and David their 
king. 

Am.os ix. 11. I will raise up the taber- 
nacle of David that is fallen, and wiU 
close up. the breaches thereof, and wiU 
raise up the ruins, and will build it as in 
the days of old. 

XXXIX. The offspring of David. Isa. 
xi. 1. There shall come forth a rod out of 
the stem of Jesse, and a Branch shall grow 
out of his roots. — Ver. 4. With righteous- 
ness shall he judge. Rom xv. 2. 

xxii. 22. The key of the house of David 
will I lay upon his shoulder. 

Jer. xxiii. 5, 6. I will raise unto David 
a righteous Branch, and a King shall 
reign and prosper, and shall execute 
judgment and justice in the earth. In 
his days Judah shall be saved, and Israel 
shall dAvell safely. 

xxxiii. 15. He shall execute judgment 
and righteousness in the land. Ver. 17. 

Zech. iii. 8. I will bring forth my ser- 
vant, the Branch. — Ver. 9. I will remove 
the iniquity of the land in one day. 

vi. 12, 13. The man whose name is 
The Branch ; he shall grow up out of his 
place, and he shall build the temple of the 
Lord : he shall bear the glory, and shall 
sit and rule upon his throne. 

Rev. V. 5. The Lion of the tribe of 
Judah hath prevailed. 

xxii. 16. The root and offspring of Da- 
vid, the bright and morning star. 

XL. The Son of David. Luke i. 32, 33. 
The Lord shall give unto him the throne 
of his father David, He shall rule over 
the hoiise of Israel for ever, and of his 
kingdom there shall be no end. 

Rev. iii. 7. These things saith he that 
hath the key of David, that openeth and 
no man shutteth, and that shutteth and 
no man openeth. Ch. i. 18. That hath 
the kevs of hell and death. 


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CHAPTER XL 


BAPTISM AND THE LORD'S SUPPER. 


For admission into the Jewish 
Church — See Circumcision appointed. 
Gen. 17th chap, from ver. 9 to 25. 

I. BAPTISM before Chrisfs death. 
Luke iii. 16. John said, I indeed baptize 
you with water ; but one mightier than I 
Cometh, he shall baptize you with the Holy 
Ghost. John i. 2. 6. 31. 33. Acts i. 5. 

Acts xix. 4. John baptized with the 
baptism of repentance, saying unto the 
people, that they should believe on him 
which should come after him, that is, on 
Christ Jesus. 

John iv. 2. Jesus baptized not; but his 
disciples baptized. 

1 Cor. X. 2. Our fathers were all bap- 
tized in the cloud, and in the sea. 

II. Baptism after Chrisfs resurrection. 
Matt, xxviii. 18 — 20. All power is given 
unto mc in heaven and in earth. Go ye, 
therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing 
them in the name of the Father, and of 
the Son, and of the Holy Ghost. Teaching 
them to observe all things whatsoever I 
have commanded you ; and, lo, I am with 
you alway, even unto the end of the world. 

Mark xvi. 16. He that believeth, and is 
baptized, shall be saved. 

John iii. 5. Jesus said. Except a man be 
born of water and of the spirit, he cannot 
enter into the kingdom of God. 

Acts ii. 38. Peter said. Repent, and be 
baptized every one of you, in the name of 
Jesus Christ, for the remission of sins. — 
Ver. 41. They that gladly received his 
word were baptized. 

viii. 12. When those who had been 
deceived by Simon Magus believed Phi- 
lip, preaching the things concerning tlie 
kingdom of God and the name of Jesus 
Christ, tiiey were baptized, both men and 
women. — Ver. 13. Simon believed also, 
and was baptized. 

viii. 36 — 38. The eunuch said to Philip, 
Here is water, what liin(l(;roth nie to be 
baptized? Philip said, If thou believcst 
with all thine lieart, tliou maycst. And 
lie answered and said, I believe tiiat Jesus 


Christ is the Son of God. And they went 
both down into the water, and Philip 
baptized him. 

X. 47, 48. Peter said. Can any man for- 
bid water, that these should not be bap- 
tized which have received tlie Holy Ghost? 
And he commanded them to be baptized 
in the name of the Lord. 

xvi. 15. Lydia, whose heart the Lord 
touched, and her household, were bap- 
tized. — Ver. 33. Also the jailer, and all 
his house. 

xix. 5. Some that had been baptized 
with John's baptism, were again baptized 
in the name of the Lord Jesus. 

xxii. 16. Ananias said unto Saul, Why 
tarriest thou ? Arise, and be baptized, and 
wash away thy sins, calling on the name 
of the Lord. Ch. ix. 18. And he arose 
and was baptized. 

Rom. vi. 3, 4. As many of us as were 
baptized into Jesus Christ, were baptized 
into his death. Therefore we are bu- 
ried with him by baptism into death, 
that like as Christ was raised up from 
the dead, by the glory of the Father, 
even so we also should walk in newness 
of life. 

1 Cor. i. 14. Paul baptized Crispus and 
Gaius. — Ver. 16. He baptized also the 
house of Stephanus. 

xii, 13. By one Spirit we are all bap- 
tized into one body, whether we be Jews 
or Gentiles, bond or free. 

Gal. iii. 27, 28. As many of you as 
have been baptized into Christ, have 
put on Christ. Ye arc all one in Christ 
Jesus. 

Col. ii. 12. Ye are buried with Christ 
in baptism ; wherein also ye are risen 
with him through the faith of the opera- 
tion of God, who hath raised him from 
the dead. 

Tit. iii. 5. He saved us by the washing 
of regeneration, and renewing of the Holy 
(^host. 

Heb. vi. ], 2. Baptism is one of the 
principles of tlie doctrine of Christ along 
with the resurrection of tlie dead, and 
eternal judgment. 


Chap. XL 


The Lord^s Supper. 


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1 Pet. iii. 20, 21. In the ark eight 
persons were saved. The like figure 
whereunto, baptism, doth now save us 
(not the putting away the filth of the 
flesh, but the answer of a good con- 
science toward God,) by the resurrection 
of Jesus Christ. 

THE LORD'S SUPPER. 

See The passover instituted to the Jews. 
Exod. Ch. xi. To be eaten by all of them, 
even by some that were unclean. 

Numb. ix. 6 to 11. And was eaten by 
some such. 2 Chron. xxx. 18, 19. 

1 Cor. V. 7. Christ our passover is 
sacrificed for us : therefore let us keep 
the feast. 

III. The institution of the Lord's supper. 
Matt. xxvi. 26. As Jesus and his disciples 
were eating the-passover, Jesus took bread, 
and blessed it, and brake it, and gave it to 
the disciples, and said, Take, eat ; this is 
my body. Luke xxii. 19. My body given 
for you : this do in remembrance of me. 

Ver. 27, 28. And he took the cup, and 
gave thanks, and gave it to them, saying, 
Drink ye all of it. For this is my blood 
of the New Testament, which is shed for 
the remission of sins, 

Ver. 29. But I say unto you, I will 
not drmk henceforth of this fruit of the 
vine, until that day when I drink it new 
with you in my Father's kingdom. See 
the parallel places, Mark xiv. 22 to 25. 
Luke xxii. 14 to 21. 

See St. PauVs account of the Lord's 
supper. 1 Cor. xi. 23 — 26. I have re- 
ceived of the Lord, that which also I de- 
livered unto you. That the Lord Jesus, 
the same night in which he was betrayed, 
took bread ; and when he had given 
thanks, he brake it ; and said. Take, eat ; 
this is my body, which is broken for you : 
this do in remembrance of me. After 
the same manner also he took the cup, 
when he had supped, saying, This cup is 
the New Testament in my blood; this do 
ye, as oft as ye drink it, in remembrance 
of me. For as oft as ye eat this bread, 
and drink this cup, ye do shew the Lord's 
death till he come. 

IV. The Lord's supper to he received 
frequently. Acts ii. 42. The primitive 
Christians continued steadfastly in the 
apostles' doctrine, and fellowship, and in 
breaking of bread, and in prayers. 

XX. 7. On the first day of the week, 
11* 


when the disciples came together to 
break bread, Paul preached unto them. 
Ver. 11. . 

V. And ivith suitahle preparation. 1 
Cor. V. 7, 8. Purge out the old leaven, 
that ye may be a 'new lump, as ye are 
unleavened ; for even Christ our passover 
is sacrificed for us. Therefore let us 
keep the feast, not with the old leaven, 
neither with the leaven of malice and 
wickedness, but with the unleavened 
bread of sincerity and truth. 

X. 3 — 5. Our fathers did all eat the 
same spiritual meat, and did all drink 
the same spiritual drink : (for they drank 
of that spiritual Rock that followed 
them, and that Rock was Christ :) But 
with many of them God was not well 
pleased : for they were overthrown in the 
wilderness. 

Ver. 6 — 10. These things were our 
examples, to the intent we should not 
lust afler evil things as they lusted — 
Neither be ye idolaters as some of them 
were — Neither let us commit fornication 
as some of them did — Neither let us 
tempt Christ as some of them tempted 
— Neither murmur as some of them 
murmured. 

Ver. 16, 17. The cup of blessing which 
which we bless, is it not the communion 
of the blood of Christ? the bread which 
we break, it is not the communion of the 
body of Christ ? For we, being many, are 
one bread, and one body ; for we are 
all partakers of that one bread. 

Ver. 20, 21. The things vv^hich the 
Gentiles sacrifice, they sacrifice to de- 
vils, and not to God; and I would not 
that ye should have fellowship with de^ 
vils. Ye cannot drink the cup of the 
Lord and tlie cup of devils ; ye cannot be 
partakers of the Lord's table and of the 
table of devils, 

Ver. 31, 32. Whether ye eat or drink, 
or whatsoever ye do, do all to tlie glory 
of God. Give none offence- neither to 
Jews nor to Gentiles, nor to the church 
of God. 

xi. 27 — 29. Whosoever shall eat this 
bread, and drink this cup of the Lord 
unworthily, shall be guilty of the body 
and blood of the Lord. But let a man 
examine himself, and so let him eat of 
that bread and drink of that cup. For 
he that eateth and drinketh unworthily, 
eatetli and drinketh damnation to him- 
self, not discerning the Lord's body. 
See abuses of this ordinance committed 


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by tlie Corintliians, reproved and threat- 
ened in this Cliap. from vcr. 17 to 23, 
and from ver. 30 to 32. See Mai. i. 7. 
The wicked say, The table of the Lord 
is contemptible. 

Portions of Scripture affording suitable 
matter of meditation^ at, before, and after 
receiving the Sacrament. Ps. cx\^i. 6. 12, 
13, 14. Song ii. 3, 4. — v. 1. Isa. xxv. 6 to 
10. — Iv. 1. Rev. xxi. 6. — xxii. 17. Jolin iv, 
14.— vi. 35. 48. 51 to 63. 

N. B. The preparation required to the 
acceptable receiving the Lord's sup- 
per, are those same qualifications 


that are required in acceptable pray- 
er; which see at large in the chap, 
upon Prayer. The sins for which men 
ought to be excluded from this ordi- 
nance, are the same sins, persisted in, 
for which the sacred scriptures allow 
that they should be excluded from 
Christian society, and declare that 
such shall be excluded out of the king- 
dom of heaven ; which see in the vari- 
ous characters of sinners, and threats 
against them. Also see, Persons that 
cannot enter into the kingdom of God ; 
and. Persons that shall be cast into the 
lake of Jive. 


CHAPTER XII. 

OF THE HOLY GHOST. 


I. THE Spirifs influences upon the 
material and animal world. Gen. i. 2. 
The Spirit of God moved upon the face of 
the waters. 

Job xxvi. 13. By his Spirit he hath 
garnished the heavens. 

xxxii. 8. There is a spirit in man, and 
the inspiration of tlie Almighty giveth 
understanding. 

xxxiii. 4. The Spirit of God hath 
made me. 

xxxiv. 14. If he gather unto himself 
his spirit and his breath, all flesh shall 
perish together. 

Ps. civ. 30. Thou sendest forth thy 
Spirit, they are created. 

Isa. xxxiv. 16. His Spirit hath gather- 
ed them, (viz. the vultures to destroy.) 

II. The SpiriVs influences upon the 
minds of mankind. Upon the prophets. 
Numb. xi. 25. The Spirit rested upon the 
seventy elders, and tliey prophesied. 

Ver. 26. The Spirit of the Lord rest- 
ed upon Edad and Medad, and they pro- 
phesied. 

Vcr 29. Moses said, would to God 
that all tlic Lord's people were prophets, 
and that the Lord would put his Spirit 
upon them. 

Numb. xxiv. 2. The Spirit of the Lord 
came upon Balaam, and lie took up his 
parable, and said, &c. 


1 Sam. X. 10. The Spirit of the Lord 
came upon Saul, and he prophesied. 
Ch. xix. 23. 

xix. 20. The Spirit of the Lord was 
upon the messengers of Saul, and they 
prophesied. 

2 Sam. xxiii. 2. David said, the Spirit 
of the Lord spake by me, and his word 
was on my tongue. 

2 Chron. xx. 14. Upon Jahaziel came 
the Spirit of the Lord, in the midst of the 
congregation. 

Neh. ix. 30. Thou testifiedst against 
them by the Spirit, in the prophets. 

Isa. xlviii. 16. The Lord God and his 
spirit hath sent me. 

1. 4. The Lord God hath given me the 
tongue of the learned. 

Ezek. ii. 2. The Spirit entered into 
me, when he spake unto me. Ch. iii. 24. 

iii. 12. The Spirit took me up, and I 
heard a voice, saying. Blessed be the glory 
of the Lord. Ch. xi. 24. 

Ver. 14. The Spirit took me up, and 
the hand of the Lord was strong upon 
me. Ch. viii. 3. — xi. 1. 

xi. 5. The Spirit of the Lord fell 
upon mc, and said unto me, Speak, 
&c. 

Joel ii. 28. I will pour out my Spirit 
upon all flesh. Acts ii. 17, 18. 

Mic. iii. 8. I am full of power by the 
Spirit of the Lord, and of judgment, 


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and of might, to declare, unto Jacob his 
transgressions, and to Israel his sins. 

Zech. vii. 12. The words which the 
Lord of hosts hath sent in his Spirit, by 
the former prophets. 

Matt. xxii. 43. How doth David in 
spirit call him Lord ? 

Luke i. 15. John shall be filled with 
the Holy Ghost.— Ver. 76. Shall be called 
the prophet of the Highest. (Ch. vii. 28. 
There hath not arisen a greater prophet 
than John the Baptist.) 

Ver. 41. Elizabeth was filled with the 
Holy Ghost, &c. — Ver. 67. Zacharias 
was filled with the Holy Ghost, and he 
prophesied. 

ii. 25, 26. The Holy Ghost was upon 
Simeon. It was revealed to him, that he 
should not see death, before he had seen 
the Lord's Christ. 2 Kings ii. 9. 

Luke ii. 27 — 30. He (Simeon) came 
by the Spirit into the temple. He took 
up the child [Jesus] in his arms, and 
blessed God, and said. Now lettest thou 
thy servant depart in peace, according to 
thy word, for mine eyes have seen thy 
salvation. 

Acts i. 16. This Scripture must needs 
have been fulfilled, which the Holy Ghost, 
by the mouth of David, spake concerning 
Judas. 

xi. 28. Agabus signified by the Spirit 
that there should be a great dearth, 
which came to pass in the days of Clau- 
dius Csesar. 

xxi. 11. Agabus said, Thus saith the 
Spirit, So shall the Jews at Jerusalem 
bind the man that owneth this girdle. 

xxviii. 25. Well spake the Holy Ghost 
by Esaias the prophet. 

1 Tim. iv. 1. The Spirit speaketh ex- 
pressly, that in the latter days some shall 
depart firom the faith. 

Isa. ix. 8. The Holy Ghost thus signi- 
fying, that the way into the holiest was 
not yet made manifest. 

1 Pet. i. 10, 11. Of which salvation the 
prophets inquired and searched diligent- 
ly, who prophesied of the grace that 
should come unto you. Searching dili- 
gently what, or what manner of time the 
Spirit of Christ which was in them did 
signify, when it testified beforehand the 
sufferings of Christ, and the glory that 
should follow. — Ver. 12. They minister- 
ed to those who have preached the gospel, 
with the Holy Ghost sent down from 
heaven. 

2 Pet. i. 21. Prophecy came not in 
old time by the will of man, but holy 


men of God spake as they were moved by 
the Holy Ghost. 

III. The Spirifs influences upon Jesus 
Christ. The formation of his hocly. Matt. 
i. 1 8. Mary was found with child of the 
Holy Ghost.— Ver. 20. That which is 
conceived in her is of the Holy Ghost. 

Luke i. 35. The Holy Ghost shall come 
upon thee, and the power of the Highest 
shall overshadow thee ; therefore also that 
holy thing which shall be born of thee, 
shall be called the Son of God. 

IV. Endowments of his mind. Isa. xi, 
2, 3. The Spirit of the Lord God shall 
rest upon him, the Spirit of wisdom and 
understanding, the Spirit of knowledge, 
and of the fear of the Lord ; and shall 
make him of quick understanding in the 
fear of the Lord. Ver. 3. 

xlii. 1. Behold my servant, whom I 
uphold ; mine elect, in whom my soul de- 
lighteth : I have put my Spirit upon him ; 
he shall bring forth judgment to tlie Gen- 
tiles. Matt. xii. 18. 

Ixi. 1. The Spirit of the Lord God is 
upon me, because he hath anointed me to 
preach good tidings to the meek. Luke 
iv. 18. 

Matt. iii. 16. Jesus saw the Spirit of 
God descending like a dove, and lighting 
upon him. Mark i. 10. Luke iii. 22. 

Luke iii. 4. Jesus waxed strong in 
spirit, and the grace of God was upon him. 

John i. 32. John bare record, saying, 
I saw the Spirit descending from heaven 
like a dove, and it abode upon him. 

iii. 24. God giveth not the Spirit by 
measure unto him. 

Acts i. 2. Jesus, through the Holy 
Ghost, gave commandments unto the 
apostles. 

X. 38. God anointed Jesus of Nazareth 
with the Holy Ghost, and with power. 

V. Upon the actions of his life. Matt. 
iv. 1. Then was Jesus led up of the Spirit 
into the wilderness. 

Luke iv. 14. Jesus returned in the 
power of the Spirit into Galilee. 

VI. Upon his miracles. Matt. xii. 28. 
Jesus said. If I cast out devils by the 
Spirit of God, then the kingdom of God 
is come unto you. Luke xi. 20, 

VII. Upon his ohlation. Heb. ix. 14. 
Christ, through the eternal Spirit, offered 
himself without spot unto God, 


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VIII. Upon Ms resurrection. 1 Pet. iii. 
IS. Christ, being put to death in the flesh, 
but quickened by the Spirit. 

IX. The Spirits influences upon the 
apostles, is a witness to Christ. John xv. 
2G. The Comforter, the Spirit of truth, he 
shall testify of me. Ver. 27. 

Acts V. 32. We are his witnesses ; so 
also is the Holy Ghost. 

Rom. i. 4. Jesus Ciirist, declared to be 
the Son of God with power, according to 
the Spirit of hohncss. 

1 Tim. iii. IG. God was manifested in 
the flesh ; justified in the Spirit. 

Heb. X. 15. The Holy Ghost is a wit- 
ness unto us. 

1 John V. 6. It is the Spirit that bear- 
eth witness, because the spirit is truth. 
— Ver. 7. There are three that bear re- 
cord in heaven, the Father, the Word, 
and tlie Holy Ghost. — Ver. 8. There are 
three that bear record on earth, the Spirit, 
the water, and the blood. 

Rev. xix. 10. The testimony of Jesus 
is the Spirit of prophecy. 

X. The Spirifs influence upon the 
apostles of Christ, furnishing them with 
the knowledge of divine truths, and utter- 
ance to express them. Luke xii. 12. The 
Holy Ghost shall teacli you in the same 
hour what ye ought to say. Markxiii.ll. 

xxi. 15. I will give you a mouth and wis- 
dom which all your adversaries shall not 
be able to gainsay or resist. Matt. x. 19, 20. 

xxiv. 49. Behold, I send the promise of 
the Father unto you : But tarry ye in Je- 
rusalem till ye be endued with power from 
on high. Acts i. 4, 5. 8. 

John xiv. 16. I will pray the Father, 
and he will give you another Comforter, 
even the Spirit of truth, that he may abide 
with you. — Ver. 26. He shall teach you 
all things, and bring all things to your 
remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto 
you. Luke xxiv. 49. 

xvi. 7. I will send the Comforter unto 
you. — Ver. 13. Tlic Spirit of truth, he 
will guide you into all truth; and will 
show you things to come. Ver. 14, 15. 

Ver. 26. He shall testify of me ; and ye 
shall also bear witness. Ver. 27. 

Acts ii. 4. They were all filled with 
the Holy Ghost. — Ver. 14. Peter said. 
Tills is that which was spoken of by the 
prophet Joel. Joel ii. 28. 

Ver. 33. Jesus, being l)y the right hand 
of God exalted, hath shed forth this which 
yc now see and hear. 


Acts iv. 8. Peter, filled with the Holy 
Ghost, said. Give ear. — Ver. 31. They 
were all filled with the Holy Ghost, and 
they spake the word of God with bold- 
ness. 

vi. 10. They were not able to resist the 
wisdom and the Spirit, by w^hich Stephen 
spake. 

vii. 55. Stephen, full of the Holy Ghost, 
looked up into heaven, and saw the glory 
of God, and Jesus standing on the right 
hand of God. 

viii. 29. The Spirit said to Philip, Go 
near and join this chariot. 

X. 19, 20. The Spirit said to Peter, Be- 
hold, three men seek thee. Go with them, 
for I have sent them. Ch. xi. 12. 

xiii. 2. As they ministered unto the 
Lord, and fasted, the Holy Ghost said. 
Separate me Barnabas and Saul for the 
work of the ministry, whereunto I have 
appointed them. — Ver. 4. They, being 
sent forth by the Holy Ghost, departed 
unto Seleucia. 

xiii. 9—11. Saul, filled with the Holy 
Ghost, said, O full of allsubtilty,the hand 
of the Lord is upon thee, and thou shalt 
be blind. 

Ver. 52. The apostles were filled with 
joy, and with the Holy Ghost. 

XV. 28. It seemed good to the Holy 
Ghost, and to us, to lay upon you no 
greater burthen than these necessary 
things. 

xvi. 6. They were forbidden of the 
Holy Ghost to preach the word in Asia. 
— Ver. 7. They assayed to go into Bithy- 
nia : but the Spirit suffered them not. 

xix. 6. The Holy Ghost fell on them, 
and they spake with tongues and prophe- 
sied. 

XX. 22. Paul said, I go bound in the 
spirit to Jerusalem.— Ver. 23. The Holy 
Ghost Avitncssetb, saying, That bonds 
and afflictions abide me. 

Ver. 21. Take heed to yourselves, and 
to all the flock over which the Holy Ghost 
hath made you overseers. 

xxi. 4. Certain disciples said to Paul, 
through the Spirit, that he should not go 
up to Jerusalem. 

1 Cor. ii. 4, 5. Paul said. My speech 
and my preaching was not with enticing 
words of man's wisdom, but in de- 
monstration of the Spirit and of power : 
That your faith might not stand in the 
wisdom of men, but in the power of 
God. 

Ver. 9, 10. Eye hath not seen, nor 
ear heard, neither have entered into the 


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heart of man, the things that God hath 
prepared for them that love him. But 
God hath revealed them to us by his Spirit. 
Isa. Ixiv. 8. 

Ver. 12, 13. We have received the 
Spirit which is of God, that we might 
know the things that are freely given to 
us of God. Which things we speak, not 
in words which man's wisdom teacheth, 
but which the Holy Ghost teacheth. 

vii. 40. I think also that I have the 
Spirit of God. 

2 Cor. iii. 6. God hath made us able 
ministers of the New Testament : not 
of the letter, but of the spirit : for the 
letter killeth, but the spirit giveth life. — 
Ver. 8. Ministration of the Spirit is glo- 
rious. 

vi. 4. Approving ourselves as the min- 
isters of God, by the Holy Ghost, by love 
unfeigned. Ver. 6. 

Gal. i. 11, 12. The gospel which was 
preached of me, is not after man : For I 
neither received it of man, neither was I 
taught it, but by the revelation of Jesus 
Christ. — Ver. 16. It pleased God to reveal 
his Son in me, that I should preach him 
among the heathen. 

Eph. ii. 20. Ye are built upon the 
foundation of the apostles and prophets, 
an habitation of God through the Spirit. 
Ver. 22. 

iii. 4. The mystery of the knowledge 
of Christ, is now revealed unto his holy 
apostles and prophets by the Spirit. — Ver. 
8. Unto me is this grace given, that I 
should preach among the Gentiles the un- 
searchable riches of Christ. Ver. 7. 

1 Thess. i. 5. Our word came in power, 
and in the Holy Ghost. 

1 Pet. i. 12. Those who have preach- 
ed the gospel unto you, with the Holy 
Ghost sent down from heaven. Ch. 
iv. 11. 

Rev. i. 10. I Avas in the Spirit on the 
Lord's day. 

ii. 7. Hear what the Spirit saith unto 
tlie churches. Ver. 11. 17. 29. Ch. iii. 
6.— xiii. 22. 

xiv. 13. Blessed are the dead which die 
in the Lord ; yea, saith the Spirit, &c. 

xvii. 3. He carried me away in the 
Spirit. 

xxii. 17. The Spirit and the bride say. 
Come. 

XI. Hence the foUovnng character is 
given of the Holy Scriptures, as written by 
the prophets and apostles. 2 Tim. iii. 15. 
The holy scriptures are able to make thee 


wise unto salvation, through faith in 
Christ Jesus. 

Ver. 16, 17. All scripture is given by 
inspiration of God, and is profitable for 
doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for 
instruction in righteousness : That the 
man of God may be perfect, thoroughly 
furnished unto all good works. Rom. 
XV. 4. The scriptures were written for 
our learning. 

2 Pet. i. 21. Holy men spake as they 
were moved by the Holy Ghost. 

Heb. i. 1, 2. God, who at sundry 
times, and in divers manners, spake un- 
to the fathers by the prophets, hath in 
these last days spoken unto us by his 
Son, whom he hath appointed heir of 
all things. 

XII. Miraculous gifts of the Spirit up- 
on the apostles, and some primitive Chris- 
tians. Acts ii. 4. They were all filled 
with the Holy Ghost, and began to speak 
with tongues, as the Spirit gave them 
utterance. Ver. 8. 11. 17. 

X. 44. While Peter spake, the Holy 
Ghost fell on all that heard the word. — 
Ver. 45. On the Gentiles also was poured 
out the gift of the Holy Ghost.— Ver. 47. 
Peter said, Can any man forbid water, 
that these should not be baptized, who 
have received the Holy Ghost. 

xi. 15, 16. The Holy Ghost fell on 
them, (the Gentiles,) as on us. Then re- 
membered they the word of the Lord, Ye 
shall be baptized with the Holy Ghost. — 
Ver. 17. God gave them, (the Gentiles,) 
the like gift as he did unto us, who be- 
lieved on the Lord Jesus Christ. 

Ver. 24. Barnabas was a good man, 
and full of the Holy Ghost, and of faith. 

XV. 8. God, which knoweth the hearts, 
bare them witness, giving them the Holy 
Ghost, even as unto us. 

xix. 6. They spake with tongues, and 
prophesied. 

Rom. XV. 18. I will not dare to speak 
of those things which Christ hath not 
wrought by me, to make the Gentiles 
obedient by word and deed ; through 
mighty signs and wonders, by the power 
of the Spirit of God. 

1 Cor. xii. 4. There are diversities of 
gifts, but the same Spirit. 

Ver. 7 — 11. The manifestation of the 
Spirit is given to every man to profit 
wdthal. To one is given by the Spirit 
the word of wisdom ; to another the 
word of knowledge ; to another faith ; 
to another the gifts of healing; to an- 


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other the working of miracles ; to another 
prophecy; to another the discerning of 
spirits; to another divers kinds of tongues; 
to another the interpretation of tongues. 
But aJl these worketh tliat one and tlie 
self same Spirit, dividing severally to 
every man as he will. Ver, 30. 

1 Cor. XIV. 2. In the Spirit he speaketh 
mysteries. 

Heb. ii. 4. God also bearing them 
witness, both with signs and wonders, 
and with divers miracles, and gifts of the 
Holy Ghost. 

Concerning the gifts of tongues, see 
1 Cor. xiii. 8-.xiv. 2. 5, 6. 18. 22, 23. 39. 

XIII. The influences of the Sjnrit upon 
the ?ninds of Christians in general, in their 
sanctif cation. Gen. vi. 3. God said, My 
Spirit shall not always strive with man. 

Nch. ix. 20. Thou gavest thy good 
Spirit to instruct them. 

Ps. li. 11. Take not thy holy Spirit 
from me. — Ver. 12. Uphold me with thy 
free Spirit. 

cxhii. 10. Thy Spirit is good, lead nie. 

Prov. i. 33. i will pour out my Spirit 
unto you, and make known my words 
unto you. 

Isa. xxxii. 5. Until the Spirit be pour- 
ed upon us from on high, and the wil- 
derness be a fruitful '' field. — Ver. 16. 
Then judgment shall dwell in the wilder- 
ness, and righteousness remain in the 
fruitful field. 

xlv. 3. I will pour water upon him 
that is thirsty, and floods upon the dry 
ground : I will pour my Spirit upon thy 
seed, and my blessing upon thine off- 
spring. 

lix. 21. Tills is my covenant with 
them, saith the Lord, My Spirit that is 
upon thee, and my words whicli I have 
put in thy mouth, shall not depart out 
of thy mouth, nor out of the mouth of 
thy seed, nor out of the mouth of thy 
seed's seed. 

Ixiii. 11. Where is he that put his holy 
Spirit witliin him ? 

Ezek. xi. 1!J. I will put a new Spirit 
within you. Ck xxxvi. 26. 

xxxvi. 27. I will put my Spirit witliin 
you, and cause you to walk in my sta- 
tutes. Ch. xxxvii. 14. 

xxxLx. 29. I liave jwurcd out my Spirit 
on the house of Israel, saith the Lord. 

Mic. ii. 7. Is the Spirit of the Lord 
straitened ? 

Hag. ii. 5. My Spirit rcniaincth among 
you, fear not 


Zech. iv. G. Thus saith the word of 
the Lord, Not by might nor by power, 
but by my Spirit, saith the Lord, shall ye 
prevail. 

xii. 10. I will pour upon the house of 
David, and upon the inhabitants of Je- 
rusalem, the Spirit of grace and of sup- 
plication. 

Matt. iii. 11. He shall baptize you with 
the Holy Ghost. 

John iii. 5, 6. Except a man be born 
of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the 
kingdom of heaven. That which is born 
of the flesh, is flesh ; and that which is 
born of the Spirit, is spirit. — Ver. 8. 
The wind bloweth where it listeth, and 
thou hearest the sound thereof, but canst 
not tell whence it cometh, and whither 
it goeth : so is every one that is born of 
the Spirit. 

vi. 63. It is the Spirit that quickeneth. 

vii. 39. This spake he of the Spirit, 
which they that believed on him should 
receive. 

xvi. 8. He will reprove the world of 
sin, and of judgment. 

Acts V. 32. Also the Holy Ghost, 
whom God hath given to them that obey 
him. 

vi, 3. Look ye out men of honest re- 
port, full of the Holy Ghost, and of wis- 
dom. — Ver. 8. They chose Stephen, a 
man full of the Holy Ghost. 

ix. 31. The churches walking in the 
fear of the Lord, and in the comfort of the 
Holy Ghost, were multiplied. 

Rom. V. 5. The love of God is shed 
abroad in our hearts by the Holy Ghost, 
which is given unto us. 

viii. 1, 2. There is no condemnation 
to them who are in Christ Jesus, wlio 
walk not after the flesh, but after the 
Spirit. The law of the Spirit of life in 
Christ Jesus, hath made me free from the 
law of sin and death. 

Ver. 5. They that are after the Spirit 
do mind the things of the Spirit. — Ver. 9. 
Ye are not in the flesh, but in the Spirit; 
if so be that the Spirit of God dwell in 
you. Now, if any man have not the Spirit 
of Christ, he is none of his. 

Ver. 11. If the spirit of him that raised 
up Jesus from the dead dwell in you, he 
that raised up Jesus from the dead, shall 
also quicken your mortal bodies by his 
Sj)irit that dwclleth in you. 

Ver. 13. If ye through the Spirit do 
mortify the deeds of the body, ye shall 
live. 

Ver. 14 — 16. As many as are led by 


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the Spirit of God, they are the sons of 
God. Ye have received the Spirit of 
adoption, whereby w^e cry, Abba, Fa- 
tlier. "The Spirit beareth witness with 
our spirit, that we are the children of 
God. 

Ver. 23. We who have the first-fruits 
of the Spirit, do groan within ourselves, 
waiting for the adoption, to wit, the re- 
demption of the body. 

Ver. 26. We know not what to pray for 
as we ought, but the Spirit helpeth our 
infirmities. 

xiv. 17. The kingdom of God is not 
meat and drink; but righteousness, and 
peace, and joy in the Holy Ghost. 

XV. 13. Abound in hope, through the 
power of the Holy Ghost. 

Ver. 16. That the ofiering up of the 
Gentiles might be acceptable, being sanc- 
tified by the Holy Ghost. 

1 Cor. iii. 13. Know ye not that ye are 
tlie temple of the Holy Ghost, and that 
the Spirit of God dwelleth in you ? 

vi. 11. Ye are washed, ye are sancti- 
fied, ye are justified in the name of the 
Lord Jesus, and by the Spirit of our 
God. 

Ver. 19. Know ye not that your body 
is the temple of the Holy Ghost, which is 
in you, which ye have of God. 

xii. 3. No man, speaking by the Spirit 
of God, calleth Jesus accursed ; and no 
man can say that Jesus is the Lord, but 
by the Holy Ghost. 

xiv. 15. I will pray with the spirit : I 
will sing with the spirit. 

2 Cor. i. 22. God hath sealed us, and 
given us the earnest of the Spirit in our 
hearts. 

iii. 3. Ye are the epistle of Christ, writ- 
ten with the Spirit of the living God, in 
fleslily tables of the heart. 

Ver. 17. Where the Spirit of the Lord 
is, there is liberty. 

Ver. 18. We are changed fi-om glory to 
glory, as by the Spirit of the Lord. 

iv. 13. We, having the Spirit of faith, 
believe. 

v. 5. God hath given unto us the earn- 
est of the Spirit. 

xii. 18. Walked we not in the same 
Spirit. 

xiii. 14. The grace of our Lord Jesus 
Christ, and the love of God, and the com- 
munion of the Holy Ghost, be with you 
all. Amen. 

' Gal. iii. 2. Received ye the Spirit by 
the works of the law, or by the hearing 
of faith? 


iii. 3. Having begun in the Spirit, are 
ye now made perfect by the flesh ? 

Ver. 14. That we might receive the 
promise of the Spirit through faith. 

ix. 6, God hath sent forth the Spirit of 
his Son into our hearts, crying, Abba, 
Father. 

Ver. 29. He that was born after the 
flesh, persecuted him that was born after 
the Spirit. 

V. 5. We through the Spirit wait for the 
hope of righteousness by faith. 

Ver. 16, 17. Walk in the Spirit, and 
ye shall not fulfil the lusts of the flesh. 
For the flesh lusteth against the Spirit, 
and the Spirit against the flesh: and these 
are contrary. 

Ver. 18. If ye be led by the Spirit, ye 
are not under the law. 

Ver. 22. The fruit of the Spirit is love, 
joy, peace, long-suflering, gentleness, 
goodness, faith, meekness, temperance. 
Ver. 23. 

Ver. 2.5. If we live in the Spirit, let us 
also walk in the Spirit. 

vi. 8. He that soweth to the Spirit, shall 
of the Spirit reap life everlasting. 

Eph. i. 13. Ye were sealed with the 
holy Spirit of promise. 

Ver. 16, 17, Making mention of you 
in our prayers, that the God of our Lord 
Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may 
give unto you the Spirit of wisdom and 
revelation, in the knowledge of him. 

ii. 18. We have access by one Spirit 
unto the Father. 

Ver. 22. Ye are built up an habitation 
of God through the Spirit. 

iii. 16. God grant you to be strength- 
ened with might, by his Spirit, in the in- 
ner man. 

iv. 3, 4. Keep the unity of the Spirit in 
the bond of peace. There is one body 
and one Spirit. 

Ver. 30. The holy Spirit, wherewith ye 
are sealed. 

V. 9. The fruit of the Spirit is in all 
goodness, righteousness, and truth. — Ver. 
18. Be filled with the Spirit. 

vi. 17, 18. Take the sword of the. 
Spirit, which is the word of God. Pray- 
ing with all prayer and supplication in 
the Spirit. 

Phil. i. 19. I know that this shall turn 
to my salvation, through your prayer, 
and the supply of the Spirit of Jesus 
Christ. 

ii. 1. If there be any fellowship of the 
Spirit, be ye like minded. 

iii. 3. We are the circumcision, which 


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Chap. XII. 


worship of God in the Spirit, which re- 
joice in Christ Jesus, &c. 

Col. i. 8. Epaphras declared to us your 
love in the Spirit. 

1 Thess. i. 6. Ye received the word — 
with joy of the Holy Ghost. 

iv. 8. God hath given unto us his holy 
Spirit. 

V. 9. Quench not the Spirit. 

2 Thess. ii. 13. God hath cliosen you 
to salvation, through sanctification of the 
Spirit, and belief of the truth. 

1 Tim. iv. 12. Be thou an example 
of the behevers, in word, in conversa- 
tion, in charity, in spirit, in faith, in pu- 
rity. 

2 Tim. i. 7. God hath not given us the 
spirit of fear, but of love, and of a 
sound mind. — Ver. 14. That good thing 
committed to thee, keep by the Holy 
Ghost. 

Tit. iii. 5. Ged, according to his mercy 
saved us, by the washing of regeneration, 
and renewing of the Holy Ghost. 

Heb. iii. 7. The Holy Ghost saith, To- 
day, if ye will hear his voice, harden not 
your hearts. 

1 Pet. i. 2. Elect according to the fore- 
knowledge of God the Father, through 
sanctification of the Spirit, imto obedi- 
ence, and sprinkUng of the blood of 
Jesus. 

Ver. 22. Seeing ye have purified your 
souls in obeying the truth, through the 
Spirit, unto the unfeigned love of the 
brethren, see tliat ye love one another 
with a pure heart fervently. 

iv. 6. For this cause was the gospel 
preached unto them that are dead, that 
they might live according to God in the 
Spirit. 

Ver. 14. The Spirit of glory and of God 
resteth upon you. 

1 John ii. 20. Ye have an unction 
from the Holy One, and ye know all 
tilings. 

iii. 24. We know that he abidcth in 
us, by the Spirit which he hath given 
\is. 

iv. 2. Every Spirit that confesseth 
that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh, 
is of God. — Ver. 6. Hereby know we 
the Spirit of truth, and tlie spirit of 
error. 

Ver. 1.3. Hereby know we tliat we 
dwell in him, and lie in us, because he 
hath given us of liis Spirit. 

Judc 20. Yc, beloved, building your- 
selves up in your most holy faith, pray- 
ing in tlic Holy Ghost. 


Rev. xxii. 17. The Spirit and the bride 
say, Come. 

XIV. The Spirifs influence upon go- 
vernors, magistrates, and warriors. Gen. 
xli. 31. Pharaoh said. Can we find such a 
man as this, in whom the Spirit of God is? 

Numb. xi. 17. The Lord said unto Mo 
ses, I will take of the Spirit which is upon 
thee, and I will put it upon tlie elders, 
and they sliall bear the burthen of the 
people with thee. 

xxvii. 18. The Lord said unto Moses, 
Take thee Joshua, a man in whom is the 
Spirit, and lay thine hand upon him. — 
Ver. 2] . At his word shall they go out, 
and at his word shall they come in, even 
all the congregation. 

xxxiv. 9. Joshua was full of the Spirit 
of wisdom, and the children of Israel 
hearkened unto him. 

Judges iii. 10. The Spirit of the Lord 
came upon Othniel, and he judged and 
went out to war. 

Ch. vi. 34. Upon Gideon.— Ch. xi. 29. 
Upon Jephtha.— Ch. xiii. 25.— xiv. 6. 19.^ 
XV. 14. Upon Samson. — 1 Sam. x. 6. — 
xi. 6. Upon Saul. — Chap. xvi. 13. Upon 
David — 1 Chron. xi. 18. Upon Amasai. 

That the Spirit directed in making the 
high priest's vestments; see Exod. xxviii. 
3. — xxxi. 10. In making the altar, and 
other things pertaining to God's external 
worship among the Jews ; see Exod. xxxi. 
from ver. 1 to ver. 12. 

XV. The Spirit proceedeth from the 
Father and the Son ; or is given and sent 
by them. Matt. iii. 11. He [Christ] shall 
baptize you with the Holy Ghost. Mark 
i. 8. Luke iii. 16. John i. 33. Acts i, 5. 

Luke xi. 13. How much more shall 
your heavenly Father give the Holy 
Spirit. 

xxiv. 49. I send the promise of the 
Father unto you. 

John xiv. 16. The Comforter, which 
is tlie Holy Ghost, whom the Father will 
send in my name, lie sliall leach you all 
things, and bring all things to your re- 
membrance, whatsoever I have said unto 
you. 

XV. 26. When the Comforter is come, 
whom I will send unto you from tlic 
Father, even the Sj)irit of truth, which 
proceedeth from the Father. 

xvi. 7. I will send him unto you. 

Ver. 8. Ho shall reprove the world 
of sin, and of righteousness, and of 
judgment. — Ver. 13. He will guide you 


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Of the Trinity, 


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into all truth, and shall shew you things 
to come. 

Acts i. 4. The promise of the Father, 
Ch. ii. 33. 

V. 32. The Holy Ghost, whom God hath 
given to them that obey him. 

Gal. iii. 4. The promise of the Spirit. 
Eph. i. 13. The Spirit of promise. 

iv. 6. Because ye are sons, God hath 
sent forth the Spirit of his Son into your 
hearts, crying, Abba, Father. 

See also all those places in the forego- 
ing chapter^ where God is represented as 
promising, sending, and giving the Holy 
Spirit. 

XVI. Sins against the Spirit reproved 
and punished, from which the contrary 
duties are easily known. Isa. xxx. 1. Woe 
to the rebellious children, saith the Lord, 
that take counsel but not of me ; and that 
cover with a covering, but not of my Spirit. 

Ixiii. 10. They rebelled and vexed his 
holy Spirit, therefore he was turned to be 
their enemy. 

Zech. vii. 12. They made their hearts 
as an adamant stone, lest they should hear 
the law, and the words which the Lord of 
hosts sent in his Spirit by the former pro- 
phets ; therefore came a great wrath from 
the Lord of hosts. 

Matt. xii. 31, 32. Blasphemy against 
the Holy Ghost shall not be forgiven 
unto men. (1 John v. 16, 17.) Who- 


soever speaketh against the Holy Ghost it 
shall not be forgiven unto him. 

Acts V. 3, 4. Peter said. Why hath Sa- 
tan filled thine heart to lie unto the Holy 
Ghost : thou hast not lied unto men but 
unto God. — Ver. 9. How is it that ye 
have agreed together to tempt the Spirit 
of the Lord ? 

vii. 51. Ye uncircumcised in heart and 
ears, ye do always resist the Holy Ghost; 
as your fathers did, so do ye. 

Eph. iv. 30. Grieve not the holy Spirit 
of God. 

1 Thess. V. 19. Quench not the Spi- 
rit. 

Heb. vi. 4. It is impossible for those 
who were once enlightened, and have 
tasted of the heavenly gift, and were 
made partakers of the Holy Ghost, and 
have tasted of the good word of God, 
and the powers of the world to come, 
if they fall away, to renew them again to 
repentance. 

X. 28, 29. He that despised Moses's 
law, died without mercy. Of how much 
sorer punishment shall he be thought 
worthy, who hath trodden under foot the 
Son of God, and hath counted the blood 
of the covenant wherewith he was sanc- 
tified an unholy thing, and hath done 
despite to the Spirit of grace. 

Jude 19. Sensual, having not the 
Spirit. See Simon Magus's sin, Acts 
viii. 19, 20. 


CHAPTER XIIL 


OF THE TRINITY. 


THE SAME THINGS ATTRIBUTED TO THE FATHER, TO THE SON, AND TO 
THE HOLY GHOST. 


I. THE Father is, Deut. xxxiii. 27. 
The eternal God. 

Isa. xl. 28. The everlasting God. 

The Son is. Col. i. 17. Before all 
things. 

Heb. xiii. 8. The same yesterday, to- 
day, and for ever. 

Rev. i. 8. The beginning and the 
endinor. — Ver. 17. The first and the 


12 


The Spirit is, Heb. ix. 14. The eter- 
nal Spirit. 

II. The Father is omnipresent. Jer. 
xxiii. 24. Do not I fill heaven and earth? 
saith the Lord. 

Ps. cxxxix. 7. Whither shall I fiee 
fi"om thy presence? 

The Son. John iii. 13. The Son of 
man, which is in heaven. 


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Chap. XIII. 


Epli. i. 23. He fiUeth all in all. 
The Spirit. Ps. cxxxix. 7. Whither 
shall I go from thy Spirit ? 

III. God''s knowledge. 1 Sam. ii. 3. 
The Lord is a God of knowledge, and by 
him actions are weighed. 

Acts XV. 18. Known unto God are all 
his works. 

1 Kings viii. 39. Thou only knowest 
the hearts of all tlie children of men. 

Jer. xi. 20. O Lord of hosts, that triest 
the reins. 

Matt. xi. 27. No man knoweth the 
Son but the Father. 

The Son's knowledge. Matt. xi. 27. 
Neither knoweth any man the Father, 
save the Son. 

John ii. 24. He knew all men — he 
knew what was in man. 

Acts i. 24. They prayed and said, 
Thou Lord, which knowest the hearts of 
all men. 

Rev. ii. 23. I am he which searcheth 
the reins and heart. Ch. v. 6. 

The Spirifs knowledge. 1 Cor. ii. 10. 
The Spirit searcheth all things ; yea the 
deep things of God. 

Ver. 11. The things of God knoweth 
no man, but the Spirit of God. 

IV. The wisdom of God. Job ix. 4. He 
is wise in heart, and mighty in strength. 

Dan. ii. 20. Wisdom and might are his. 

Rev. vii. 12. Blessing, and glory, and 
wisdom be unto our God. 

The Son's wisdom. Col, ii. 3. In him 
arc hid all the treasures of wisdom and 
knowledge. 

Rev. v. 12. Worthy is the Lamb to re- 
ceive power, and riches, and wisdom, &lc. 

The Spirit's wisdom. Isa. xi. 2. He is 
the Spirit of wisdom. 

Acts vi. 3. Full of the Holy Ghost and 
of wisdom. 

Eph. i. 17. The Spirit of wisdom and 
revelation. 

V. The power of God. Ps. Ixii. 11. 
Power belongetli unto God. 

Matt. vi. 13. Thine is the kingdom, 
the power, and the glory. 

Christ's power. Isa. ix. 6. His name is, 
The mighty God. 

Matt, xxviii. 18. All power is given 
unto me in heaven and in earth. 

1 Cor. i. 24. Christ, the power of God. 
See The power of Christ. 

The Spirit's power. Rom. xv. 13. 
Abound in hope, through the power of 
the Holy Ghost. 


Ver. 19. Through mighty signs and 
wonders, by the power of the Spirit of God. 

VI. Goodness of God. 1 Chron. xvi. 
34. The Lord is good. 

Christ. Acts x. 38. He went about 
doing good. 

Spirit. Ps. cxliii. 10. Thy Spirit is good. 

VII. Works of God — Creation. Isa. xl. 
28. The Creator of the ends of tlie earth. 

Gen. i. 27. God created man. 

Works of Christ. Jolm i. 3. All tilings 
were made by him. 

Col. i. 16. By him were all things 
created that are in heaven and tliat are 
in earth. 

Works of the Spirit. Job xxxiii. 4. The 
Spirit of God hath made me. 

Ps. civ. 30. Thou sendest forth thy 
Spirit, they are created. 

VIII. God sendeth teachers to his 
church. Jer. vii. 25. I have sent unto 
you my servants the prophets. Ch. xxv. 
3, 4. — xxvi. 5. — xxix. 19. — xxxv. 14, 15. 
— xliv. 4. 

Matt. ix. 38. Pray ye the Lord of the 
harvest, that he will send forth labourers 
into his harvest. See Acts ix. 15. 17. Gal. 
i. 15. Eph. iv. 11, 12. Acts xxii. 14. 

Christ sendeth them. Matt. x. 5. These 
twelve Jesus sent forth, saying, Go, preach ; 
heal the sick, cleanse the lepers, raise the 
dead, cast out devils, &.c. 

Acts xxvi. 16, 17, 18. He said, I have 
appeared unto thee, to make tliee a 
minister. I send thee to open their eyes, 
to turn them from darkness to light, &.c. 
See Ch. xxii. 14. 21. 

1 Cor. i.-17. Paul said, Christ sent me 
to preach the gospel. 

2 Cor. V. 20. We are ambassadors for 
Christ. 

The Holy Ghost sendeth them. Isa. 
xlviii. 16. The Lord God and his Spirit 
hath sent me. 

Acts xiii. 2. The Holy Ghost said. Se- 
parate me Barnabas and Saul for the work 
whereunto I have called tlicm. — Ver. 4. 
They being sent forth by the Holy Gliost, 
departed into Scleucia. 

XX. 28. Paul said. Take heed unto 
yourselves, and to all the flock over 
whicli tlic Holy Ghost hatli made you 
overseers — (or bishops, as in the ori- 
ginal.) 

IX. Teachers receive their knowledge 
from. God. John vi. 45. They shall be 


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all taught of God. Isa. liv. 13. Jer. 
xxxi. 34. 

Phil, iii, 15, God shall reveal this unto 
you. 

From Christ. Gal. i. 12. Neither was 
I taught it but by the revelation of Jesus 
Christ. 

From the Spirit. Luke ii. 26. It was 
revealed unto him by the Holy Ghost. 

John xiv. 26. The Holy Spirit shall 
teach you all things. 

X. God spake by those who were sent. 
Heb. i. 1. God spake unto the fathers by 
the prophets. 

Christ spake by them. 2 Cor. xiii. 3. Ye 
seek a proof of Christ speaking in me. 

The Holy Ghost spake by them. Mark 
xiii. 11. It is not ye that speak, but the 
Holy Ghost. ^ i- ' 

XI. God is in his people, as his temple. 
Acts vii. 48. The most High dwelleth 
not in temples made with hands. Ch. 
xvii. 24. 

1 Cor. iii. 16. Know ye not that ye are 
the temple of God ? Ver. 1 7. 

2 Cor. vi. 16. Ye are the temple of 
the living God : God hath said, I will 
dwell in them, and live in them. 

Christ is in them. 2 Cor. xiii. 5. Christ 
is in you of a truth. 

Eph. iii. 17. That Christ may dwell in 
your hearts. 

The Holy Ghost is in them. John xiv. 
17. The spirit of truth that dwelleth with 
you, and shall be in you. 

Rom. viii. 11. His spirit that dwelleth 
in you. 

1 Cor. vi. 19. Your body is the temple 
of the Holy Ghost. 

iii. 13. Know ye not that ye are the 
temple of the Holy Ghost, and that the 
Spirit of God dwelleth in you. 

XII. God sanctijieih his people. Jude 
1. To them that are sanctified of God 
the Father. 

Christ sanctifieth. Heb. ii. 11. He that 
sanctifieth and they that are are sanctified 
are all of one ; wherefore he is not ashamed 
to call them brethren. 

The Spirit sanctifieth. Rom. xv. 16. 
Being sanctified by the Holy Ghost. 


XIII. God leadeth his people. Isa. 
xlviii. 17. I am the Lord thy God, which 
leadeth thee by the way thou shouldest 
go. 

Christ leadeth. John x. 3. He calleth 
his own sheep by name, and leadeth 
them. 

The Spirit leadeth. Rom. viii. 14. As 
many as are led by the Spirit of God, they 
are the sons of God. 

XIV. God is life, and giveth life. Deut. 
XXX. 20. The Lord thy God, he is thy 
hfe. 

Christ is life. Col. iii. 4. When Christ , 
who is our life, shall appear. 

John V. 12. He that hath the Son hath 
life. 

Gal. ii. 20. Christ liveth in me. 

The Spirit is life. Rom. viii. 10. 

XV. God raiseth the dead. John v. 21. 
The Father raiseth up the dead and 
quickeneth them. 

Rom. iv. 17. God quickeneth the dead. 
2 Cor. i. 9. 

Christ raiseth the dead. John v. 21. 
The Son quickeneth whom he wiU. 

John X. 18. I have power to lay down 
my life, and power to take it again. 

ii. 19. Destroy this temple, (viz. his 
body, ver. 21.) and in three days I will 
raise it up. 

Matt. xi. 5. The dead are raised up. 
Persons raised by Christ, were, La- 
zarus, John xi, 32. — xii. 1. A daugh- 
ter. Matt. ix. 25. A widow's son, Luke 
vii. 11. 

The Spirit raiseth the dead. 1 Pet. iii. 
18. Jesus Christ quickened by the 
Spirit. 

John vi. 63. It is the Spirit that quick- 
eneth. 

XVI. The Son and Spirit joined with 
the Father in worship. Matt, xxviii. 19. 
Go ye therefore and teach all nations, 
baptizing them in the name of the Fa- 
ther, and of the Son, and of the Holy 
Ghost. 

2 Cor. xiii. 14. The grace of our Lord 
Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the 
communion of the Holy Ghost, be with 
you all. Amen. 


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CHAPTER XIV. 


DUTIES TOWARDS GOD, ENFORCED BY THREATS AND PROMISES, 


KNOWLEDGE. 

I. TO know God and Christ command, 
ed, with its fruits. Deut. iv. 39. Know 
and consider in thine heart, that the Lord 
he is God, in heaven above, and upon the 
earth beneath : there is none else. 

1 Chron. xxviii. 9. Know thou the 
God of thy father, and serve him with a 
perfect heart, and with a wilHng mind. 

Ps. xlvi. 10. Be still, and know that I 
am God. Ps. c. 3. 

Jer. ix. 24. Let him that glorieth, 
glory in this, that he undcrstandcth, and 
knoweth me, that I am the Lord, which 
exercise loving-kindness and judgment, 
and righteousness in the earth. 

Hos. vi. 6. I desired tlie knowledge of 
God more than burnt offerings. 

2 Pet. i. 8. Neither be ye barren nor 
unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord 
and Saviour Jesus Christ. 

IL Denying God. Tit. i. 16. Some 
profess to know God, but in works deny 
him. See 2 Pet. ii. 1. 

IIL Prayers for them that Jcnoiv God, 
and inomises to them. Ps. xxxvi. 10. 
Continue thy loving-kindness to them 
that know thee. 

xci. 14. I will set him on high, because 
he hath known my name. 

Dan. xi. 32. The people that know 
God shall be strong and do exploits. 

John xvii. 3. This is life eternal, to 
know thee, tlie only living and true God, 
and Jesus Christ whom tliou hast sent. 
1 John ii. 13. 

IV. God loill he known hy his people. 
Ps. xlviii. 3. God is known in the pa- 
laces of Zion for a refuge. 

Ixxvi. 1. In Judah God is known; his 
name is great in Israel. 

Isa. xix. 21. The Lord shall be known 
to Egypt; the Egyptians shall know the 
Lord, and do sacrifice to him. 

liv. 13. All thy children nhall be taught 
of the Lord. 


Isa. Ix. 2, 3. Darkness shall cover the 
earth, and gross darkness the people ; 
but the Lord shall arise upon thee, and 
his glory shall be seen upon thee. The 
Gentiles shall come to thy light, and 
kings to the brightness of thy rising. 
Isa.xlii. 7. 16. 

Jer. xxiv. 7. I will give them an heart 
to know me, that I am the Lord ; and 
they shall be my people, and I will be 
their God. 

xxxi. 33, 34. I will put my law in 
their inward parts, and write it in their 
hearts. And they shall all know me, 
from the least even unto the greatest. 

Hos. ii. 19. I will betroth thee to me 
in righteousness, and in judgment, and 
in loving -kindness, and in mercies, and 
in faithfulness ; and thou shalt know the 
Lord. 

vi. 2. Then shall we know, if we fol- 
low on to know the Lord. 

Hab. ii. 14. The earth shall be full of 
the knowledge of the Lord, as the waters 
cover the sea. Isa. xi. 9. 

Mai. i. 11. From the rising of the 
sun to the going down of the same, 
my name shall be great among the 
Gentiles ; and in every place incense 
shall be offered unto my name, and a 
pure offering. 

God is made known hy his works. Ps. 
ix. 16. The Lord is known by the judg- 
ments he executeth. 

xix. 1, 2. The heavens declare the 
glory of God ; the firmament shewcth his ^ 
handy-work. Day unto day uttereth 
speech, and night unto night sheweth 
knowledge. Rom. i. 20. The invisible 
tilings of God from the creation of the 
world are clearly seen, being understood 
by the things that he hath made, even 
his eternal power and Godhead. 

Ps. Iviii. 11. Verily he is a God that 
judgcth in the earth. 

c. 3. The Lord he is God ; he made 
us. 

2 Cor. i. 21. He which stablishcth us 
with you in Christ, and hath anointed us, 
is God. 


Chap. XIV. 


Faith. 


151 


Heb. iii. 4. He that built all things is 
God. 

V. Christ called lights as a teacher sent 
to give the true knowledge of God. Luke 
ii. 32. A light to lighten the Gentiles. 

John i. 4. In him was life, and the life 
was the light of men. Ver. 7, 8. Matt. 
iv. 16. 

Ver. 9. The true light, that lighteth 
every man that cometh into the world. 

viii. 12. Jesus said, I am the hght of 
the world : he that followeth me shall not 
walk in darkness, but shall have the light 
of life. 

ix. 5. As long as I am in the world, I 
am the light of the world. 

X. 14. I know my sheep, and am known 
of mine. 

xii. 46. I am come a light into the 
world, that whosoever believeth on me 
should not abide in darkness. Ver. 35, 36. 

Acts xiii. 47. I have set thee to be a 
light of the Gentiles, that thou shouldst be 
for salvation to the ends of the earth. 

VI. Duties of the enlightened, who know 
God. Acts xvi. 30. The times of igno- 
rance God winked at, but now command- 
eth all men every where to repent. 

Rom. xiii. 12. Let us put on the armour 
of light. — Ver. 13. Let us walk honestly 
as in the day, not in rioting and drunken- 
ness, not in chambering and wantonness. 

1 Thess. V. 5, 6. Ye are all the children 
of the light and of the day : we are not of 
the night nor of darkness. Therefore let 
us not sleep as do others, but let us watch 
and be sober. — Ver. 8. Let us wtio are of 
the day be sober, putting on the breast- 
plate of faith and love, and for an helmet 
the hope of salvation. 

1 Pet. ii. 9. Ye should show forth the 
praises of him who hath called you out of 
darkness into his marvellous light. 

VII. The wicked know not God. Exod. 
V. 2. Pharaoh said, Who is the Lord ? 
that I should obey his voice. I know not 
the Lord, neither will I let Israel go. Job 
xxi. 15. 

Ps. xiv. 4. Have all the workers of 
iniquity no knowledge. 

Ixxix. 6. Pour out thy wrath upon the 
heathen that have not known thee, 

Ixxxii. 5. They know not, neither will 
they understand : they walk on in dark- 
ness. 

Isa. i. 3. Israel doth not know, my 
people doth not consider. — ^Ver. 7. Your 
IS* 


country is desolate, your city is burned 
with fire. 

Jer. iv. 22. My people is foohsh, they 
have not known me ; they are wise to do 
evil, but to do good they have no know- 
ledge. — Ver. 27. The whole land shall be 
desolate. 

V. 4. They are foolish, they know not 
the way of the Lord, nor the judgments 
of their God. Ver. 5. 

ix. 3. They proceed from evil to evil, 
and know not me, saith the Lord. — Ver. 
11. I will make Jerusalem heaps. 

Hos. iv. 1. The Lord hath a contro^ 
versy with the inliabitants of the land, 
because there is no truth, nor mercy, nor 
knowledge of God in the land. 

V. 4. The spirit of whoredoms is in 
them ; they have not known the Lord. 

John viii. 19. Jesus said to the Phari- 
sees, Ye neither know me, nor my Father. 
Ver. 55. 

xvi. 3. Jesus said unto his disciples, 
These things will they do unto you, be- 
cause they have not known the Father 
nor me. 

xvii. 25, O righteous Father, the world 
hath not known thee. 

Rom. i. 27. They did not like to retain 
God in their knowledge, wherefore God 
gave them up to a reprobate mind. Ps. x. 4, 

1 Cor. XV. 34. Some [professed Chris^ 
tains] have not the knowledge of God. 

1 John iv. 8. He that loveth not, know^ 
eth not God. 


FAITH. 

VIII. Faith in God. 2 Chron. xx. 20, 
Believe in the Lord your God, so shall ye 
be established. 

Isa. xliii. 10. Ye are my witnesses, 
saith the Lord, and my servant whom I 
have chosen, that ye may know and he- 
lieve me, that I am the Lord. 

Mark xi. 22. Jesus said, Have faith in 
God. John xii. 44, 

Heb, vi, 1. Let us go on unto perfecr 
tion ; not laying again the foundation of 
repentance, and of faith toward God. 

xi, 6, Without faith it is impossible 
to please God; for he that cometh to 
God must believe that he is, and that he 
is a rewarder of them that diligently seek 
him. 

James ii, 19, Thou believest there is 
one God ; thou dost well, 

1 Pet, i, 21, That your faith and hope 
might be in God. 


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Faith. 


Chap. XIV 


Ps. cxix. 66. 
mandments. 


I have believed thy com- 


IX. Faith in Christ. John vi.29. Jesus 
said, This is the work of God, that ye be- 
lieve on him whom he hath sent. 

1 John iii. 23. This is God's command- 
ment, Tiiat we should believe on the 
name of his Son Jesus Christ, and love 
one anotlicr. 

John xii. 36. Believe in the light, that 
ye mvLj be the children of light. 

xiv. 1. Jesus said. Ye believe in God, 
believe also in me. 

XX. 27. Jesus said to Thomas, Be not 
faithless but believing. 

X. FaitJi in Christ: hrief summaries 
tJiereof. John ix. 2.5. Dost thou believe in 
the Son of God ? Ver. 38. 

xi. 27. I believe that thou art Christ 
the Son of God, that should come into the 
world. 

xvi. 30. We believe that thou earnest 
forth from God. 

xvii. 6. Jesus said, I have manifested 
thy name unto the men which thou gavest 
me out of the world. — Ver. 8. And they 
have believed that thou didst send me. 
Ver. 21. 

Acts viii. 37. Philip said to the eunuch, 
If thou believest with all thine heart, thou 
mayest be baptized : and he answered and 
said, I believe that Jesus Christ is the 
Son of God.— Ver. 38. And Philip bap- 
tized him. 

Rom. vi. 8. If wc be dead with Christ, 
we believe that we shall also live with him. 

X. 9. If thou shalt confess with thy 
mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe 
in thine heart that God raised him from 
the dead, thou shalt be saved. 

1 Thess. iv. 14. If we believe that Jesus 
died and rose again, even so them also 
that sleep in Jesus will God bring with 
him. 

XI. Confessing Christ ; promises. Matt. 
X. 32. Whosoever shall confess me before 
my Father which is in heaven. 

Rom. X. 9, 10. If thou shalt confess 
with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and slialt 
believe in thine heart that God raised him 
from tlie dead, tliou shalt be saved. For 
with the heart man bclicveth unto right- 
eousness, and with the mouth confession 
is made unto salvation. 

1 John iv. l.O. Wiiosocver slmll confess 
that Jesus is the Son of God, God dwell- 
cth in him, and he in liim. 


Rev. ii. 13. Thou boldest fast my name. 

Ch. iii. 8. 

XII, Denying Christ; threats. Matt. 
X. 33. Whosoever shall deny me before 
men, him will I also deny before my Fa- 
ther which is in heaven. 

Luke xii. 9. He that denieth me before 
men, shall be denied before the angels of 
God. 

2 Tim. ii. 12. If we deny him, he also 
will deny us. 

2 Pet. ii. 1. False teachers shall bring 
in damnable heresies, even denying the 
Lord that bought them. 

1 John ii. 22, 23. Who is a liar, but 
that denieth that Jesus is the Christ? He 
is Antichrist that denieth the Father and 
the Son. Whosoever denieth the Son, 
the same hath not the Father. 

Jude 4. Ungodly men turn the grace 
of God into lasciviousness, denying the 
only Lord God, and our Lord Jesus Christ. 
See Acts iii. 14. Matt. xxvi. 70. 

XIII. The certainty and assurance of 
faith. Luke i. 1. Many have taken in 
hand to set forth a declaration of those 
things which are most surely believed 
among us. — Ver. 4. It seemed good to 
me also, that thou mightest know the 
certainty of those things wherein thou 
hast been instructed. 

John iv. 22. We have heard ourselves, 
and know that this is indeed the Christ, 
the Saviour of the world. 

vi. 69. We believe and are sure, that 
thou art Christ the Son of the living God. 

xvi. 30. Now are we sure that thou 
knowcst all things : by this wc believe that 
thou earnest forth from God. Ver. 31. 

xvii. 8. Jesus said. They have known 
surely that I came out from thee, and 
they have believed that thou didst send 
me, Ch. xvi. 27. 

Acts i. 36. Let all the house of Israel 
know assuredly, that God hath made that 
same Jesus both Lord and Christ. 

xvii. 31. God hath appointed a day in 
the which he will judge the world in 
righteousness, by that man whom he hath 
ordained ; whereof he hath given assur- 
ance unto all men, in that he hath raised 
him from the dead. 

Heb. X. 22, Let us draw near with a 
true lieart, in full assurance of faith. 

xi. 1. Faith is the substance of things 
hoped for, tlie evidence of things not seen. 
See Col. ii. 2. 1 Tlicss. i. 5. 2 Tim. iii, 
14. . 1 John iii. 19. 


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153 


Of being strong, steadfast, and perse- 
vering in faith. Rom. iv. 9. Abraham, 
being not weak in faith. 

Ver. 20—22. He staggered not at the 
promise of God, through unbelief; but 
was strong in faith, giving glory to God : 
Being fully persuaded, that what God had 
promised he was able to perform. And 
therefore it was imputed to him for 
righteousness. 

1 Cor. xvi. 13. Watch ye, stand fast 
in the faith, quit you like men, be 
strong. 

2 Cor. V. 7. We walk by faith, not by 
sight. 

iv. 18. We look not at the things 
which are seen and are temporal, but at 
the things which are not seen, and are 
eternal. Heb. xi. 27. Moses endured as 
seeing him who is invisible. 

xiii. 5. Examine yourseheg whether 
ye be in the faith; prove your own- 
selves. 

Gal. ii. 20. The life which I now live 
in the flesh, I live by faith of the Son of 
God. 

Eph. iii. 17. I pray that Christ may 
dwell in your hearts by faith. 

vi. 16. Take the shield of faith, where- 
by ye may be able to quench all the fiery 
darts of the wicked one. 

Phil. i. 27. Stand fast in one Spirit, 
with one mind, striving together for the 
faith of the gospel. 

Col. i. 23. Continue in the faith, ground- 
ed and settled, and be not moved away 
from the hope of the gospel, wliich ye 
have heard. 

ii. 5, 6, 7. I am with you in the spirit, 
joying and beholding the steadfastness 
of your faith in Christ. As ye have re- 
ceived Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk 
ye in him ; rooted and built up in him, 
aiid established in the faith, as ye have 
been taught, abounding therein with 
thanksgiving. 

1 Tim. vi. 12. Fight the good fight of 
faith, lay hold on eternal life. 

2 Tim. i. 13. Hold fast the form of 
sound words, which thou hast heard, 
in faith and love which is in Christ 
Jesus. 

iv. 7, 8. I have fought a good fight, 
I have finished my course, I have kept 
the faith. Henceforth there is laid up for 
me a crown of righteousness. 

Tit. i, 13. Rebuke them sharply, that 
they may be sound in the faith. 

Heb. X. 23. Hold fast the profession of 
your faith without wayering, 


James i. 3. The trying of your faith 
worketh patience. 1 Pet. i. 7. 

1 Pet. V. 8, 9. Your adversary the devil, 
walketh about seeking whom he may de- 
vour : whom resist, steadfast in the faith. 

2 Pet. iii. 7. Beware lest ye fall from 
your steadfastness. 

1 John V. 4. This is the victory that 
overcoraeth the world, even your faith. 
See John viii. 31. Compare with Rom. 
X. 8. See also, Acts xiv. 22. Eph. vi. 10. 


2 Tim. ii. 1. 1 John ii. 14. Rev. ii. 13.— 
xiii. 8. See Heb. chap. xi. throughout. 

XIV. Graces and duties accompanying 
true faith ; or marks and evidences of true 
faith. Exod. iv. 31. The people believed, 
and worshipped. 

xiv. 31. The people feared the Lord, 
and believed the Lord. 

Ps. cvi. 11, 12. The waters covered 
their enemies: then believed they his 
words ; they sung his praise. 

cxvi. 10. I believed, therefore have I 
spoken. 2 Cor. iv. 13. Ps. xxvii. 13. 

Jonah iii. 5. The people of Nineveh 
believed God, and proclaimed a fast. 

Acts XV. 9. God purifying the hearts of 
the Gentiles by faith. 

xvi. 34. The keeper of the prison re- 
joiced, believing in God, with all his 
house. 

XX. 21. Paul testified both to the Jews 
and also to the Greeks, repentance toward 
God, and faith toward our Lord Jesus 
Christ. 

xxiv. 24, 25. Felix heard Paul con- 
cerning the faith. Paul reasoned of righ- 
teousness, temperance, and judgment to 
come. 

1 Cor. xiii. 2. Though I have all faith, 
so that I could remove mountains, and 
have not charity, I am nothing. — Ver. 13. 
Now abideth faith, hope, charity. 

2 Cor. viii. 7. As ye abound in faith, 
in utterance, in knowledge , and in all 
diligence, and in your love to us ; see 
that ye abound in this grace also [of li- 
berality]. 

Gal. V. 6. Faith worketh by love. 

Ver. 22. The fruit of the Spirit is love, 
joy, peace, long-suffering, gentleness, 
goodness, faith. 

Eph. i. 15. After I heard of your faith 
in the Lord Jesus, and love to all the 
saints, I cease not to give thanks for you, 
Col.i. 4. 

iii. 17. I pray that Christ may dwell in 
your hearts by faith ; that ye being rooted 
and grounded in love, &c, 


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Chap. XIV. 


1 Thess. i. 3. We give thanks to God, 
remembering' your work of faitli, and la- 
bour of love, and patience of hope in our 
Lord Jesus Clirist. — Ver. 7. Ye were ex- 
amples to all them that believe in Mace- 
donia and Achaia. 

v. 8. Let us who are of the day be 
sober, putting on the breast-plate of faith 
and love, and for an helmet the hope of 
salvation. 

2 Thess. i. 3. We are bound to thank 
God always for you, brethi-en, because 
that your faith groweth exceedingly, and 
the charity of every one of you towards 
each other aboundeth. 

ii. 13. God hath chosen you to salva- 
tion, tlirough sanctification of the Spirit, 
and belief of the truth. 

1 Tim. i. 5. The end of the command- 
ment is charity, out of a pure heart, and 
of a good conscience, and of faitli un- 
feigned. 

Ver. 14. The grace of our Lord Jesus 
Christ was exceeding abundant, with faith 
and love which is in Christ Je?us. 

ii. 15. Continue in faitli, and charity, 
and holiness, with sobriety. 

iii. 9. Holding the mystery of faith, in 
a pure conscience. 

iv. 12. Be thou an example of the be- 
lievers, in word, in conversation, in chari- 
ty, in spirit, in faith, in purity. 

2 Tim. i. 13. Hold fast the form of 
sound words, in faith and love, which is 
in Christ Jesus. 

ii. 22. Follow righteousness, faith, 
charity, peace, with them that call on the 
Lord out of a pure heart. 

iii. 10. Thou hast fully known my 
doctrine, manner of life, purpose, faith, 
long-suffering, charity, patience. — Ver. 14. 
Continue in the things thou hast learn- 
ed. — Ver. 17. Be perfect, thorouglily fur- 
nished to all good works. 

Tit. i. 1. The faith of God's elect, and 
the acknowledgment of the truth which 
is after godliness. 

ii. 1, 2. Speak thou the things that 
become sound doctrine ; that the aged 
men may be sober, grave, temperate, 
sound in the faith, in charity, and in pa- 
tience. 

iii. 8. This is a faithful saying, and 
these things I will that thou affirm con- 
stantly, That they which iiavc believed 
in God, might be careful to maintain good 
works. Ver. 14. 

Heb. vi. 12. Be ye followers of them 
who through faitli and patience inherit 
the promises, 


James ii. 15. What doth it profit, my 
brethren, though a man say he have faith, 
and have not works? Can faith save 
him ? — Ver. 17. Faith if it hath not works 
is dead, being alone. — Ver. 20. Know, 
O vain man, that faith without works is 
dead. — Ver. 26. As the body without the 
spirit is dead, so faith without works is 
dead also ? See ver. 22, 24. 

2 Pet. i. 5—7. Add to your faith, vir- 
tue, knowledge, temperance, patience, 
godliness, brotherly kindness, and charity. 

1 John iii. 23. This is God's command- 
ment. That we should believe on the name 
of his Son Jesus Christ, and love one an- 
other. 

Jude 20, 21. Ye, beloved, building your- 
selves up in your most holy faith, pray- 
ing in the Holy Ghost, keep yourselves 
in the love of God, lookifig for the mer- 
cy of our Lord Jesus Christ, to eternaJ 
life. 

Rev. ii. 19. I know thy works, and 
charity, and service, and faith, and thy 
patience, and thy works ; and the last to 
be more than the first. 

xiii. 10. Here is the patience and faith 
of the saints. 

xiv. 12. Here are they that keep the 
commandments of God, and the faith of 
Jesus, 

XV. The author, or cause and means 
of faith. God the author and supreme 
cause of faith. Matt. xvi. 16, 17. Peter 
said to Jesus, Thou art Christ, the Son 
of the living God. Jesus answered and 
said unto him. Blessed art thou Simon 
Barjonah, for flesh and blood hath not 
revealed it unto thee, but my Father 
which is in heaven. 

John i. 13. They that believed on his 
name were born, not of blood, nor of the 
will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, 
but of God. 1 John iv. 14, 15.— v. 1. 

Acts xiii. 48. As many as were ordained 
to eternal life, believed. 

xiv. 27. God opened the door of faith to 
the Gentiles. 

Rom. xii. 3. Think soberly, as God 
hath dealt to every man the measure of 
faith. 

1 Cor. ii. 5. Your faith should not stand 
but in the power of God. 

Eph. ii. 8. By grace ye are saved, 
through faith ; and that not of yourselves, 
it is the gift of God. 

Phil. i. 29. Unto you it is given on the 
behalf of Christ, not only to believe on 
him, but also to suffer for his sake, 


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2 Thess. ii. 13. God hath chosen you 
to salvation, through sanctification of the 
Spirit, and belief of the truth. See 1 
Tim. i. 14 

XVI. God heing the author of faith, he 
is prayed to and thanked for faith as his 
gift. Rom. XV. 3. The God of hope, fill 
you with all joy and peace in believing. 

Eph. i. 15. After I heard of your faith 
in tlie Lord Jesus Christ, and love to all 
the saints, I cease not to give thanks for 
you, making mention of you in my 
prayers. Col. i. 3, 4. Philem. ver. 5. 

vi. 23. Peace be to the brethren, and 
love with faith, from God the Father, and 
the Lord Jesus Christ. 

1 Thess. i. 2, 3. We give thanks to 
God always for you, remembering your 
w^ork of faith and labour of love. Col. ii. 13. 

2 Thess. i. 3. We are bound to thank 
God always for you brethren, because 
your faith groweth exceedingly. — Ver. 11. 
W^e pray always for you, that our God 
would count you worthy of this calling, 
and fulfil all the good pleasure of his good- 
ness, and the work of faith with powder. 

XVII. Christ the author of faith. Luke 
xvii. 5. The apostles said. Lord increase 
our faith. 

1 Tim. i. 13. The grace of our Lord 
Jesus Christ Was exceeding abundant, 
with faith and love, which is in Christ 
Jesus. 

Heb. xii. 1. Let us rim with patience 
tlie race set before us, looking to Jesus, 
the author and finisher of our faith. 

1 Pet. i. 21. Ye by him do believe in 
God who raised him from the dead. 

2 Pet. i. 1. To them that have obtain- 
ed like precious faith with us, through 
the righteousness of God, and our Sa- 
viour Jesus Christ. See Eph. vi. 23. 2 
Thess. i. 12. 

The Holy Ghost the author of faith. 1 
Cor. xii. 8, 9. To one is given by the 
Spirit the word of wisdom, to another 
the word of knowledge : To another 
faith, by the same Spirit. 

2 Cor. iv. 13. We having the same 
Spirit of faith, also believe. 

Gal. V. 22. The fruit of the Spirit is 
love, joy, peace, long-suffering, gentle- 
ness, goodness, faith, meekness, temper- 


XVIII. Subordinate mean of faith is 
God's word. John xx. 31. These are 
written, that ye might believe that Jesus 


is the Christ the Son of God. Rom. i. 16. 
1 John V. 3. Rev. i. 19. 

XIX. A gospel ministry the means of 

faith. John i. 7. John came for a witness, 
that all men might believe. Acts xix. 4. 

xvii. 20. Jesus said, I pray not for 
these alone which thou gavest me out of 
the world, but for them also which shall 
believe on me through their word. 

xix. 35. He that saw' bare record, that 
ye might believe. 

Acts ii. 41. At hearing Peter's ser- 
mon, there were added to the church 
about three thousand souls. 

iv. 4. Many that heard the word be- 
lieved. 

viii. 12. They believed Philip, preach- 
ing the things concerning the kingdom 
of God, and the name of the Lord Jesus. 
Ver. 13. 

xi. 21. The hand of the Lord was 
with the apostles, and a great number 
believed. 

xiv. 1. Paul and Barnabas so spake 
that a great number believed. 

XV. 7. Paul said, God made choice 
among us, that the Gentiles by my mouth 
should hear the word of the gospel, and 
believe. 

xvii. 2. Paul reasoned out of the scrip- 
tures, &c. — Ver. 4. And some of the 
Jews believed, of the devout' Greeks a 
great multitude, and of the chief women 
not a few. — Ver. 34. Certain men clave 
to Paul and believed. See Acts xviii. 
4. 8. 27, 28.— xix. 9. 

xxvi. 17, 18. Jesus said to Paul, I send 
thee to the Gentiles, to open their eyes, 
and to turn them from darkness to light, 
and from the power of Satan unto God. 
That they might receive forgiveness of 
sins, and an inheritance among them 
which are sanctified by faith that is in me. 

Rom. i. 5. By whom we have received 
grace and apostleship, for obedience to 
the faith. 

X. 8. The word is nigh thee : that is, 
the word of faith which we preach. 

Ver. 14, ] 5. How shall they call upon 
him on whom they have not believed? 
and how shall they believe in him of 
whom thay have not heard ? and how 
shall they hear without a preacher ? and 
how shall they preach except they be 
sent ? Ver. 17. So faith cometh by hear- 
ing, and hearing by the word of God. 

xvi. 25, 26. The mystery which was 
kept secret, is now made known to all 
nations for the obedience of feuth. 


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Chap. XIV. 


1 Cor. i. 21. It pleased God by the 
foolishness of preaching to save them that 
believe. 

iii. 5, 6, Who is Paul or Apollos, but 
ministers by whom ye believed, even as 
the Lord gave to every man. I have 
planted, Apollos watered, but God gave 
the increase. Ver. 7. 

XV. 2. I have delivered unto you the 
gospel by which ye are saved, if ye 
keep in memory what I preached unto 
you, unless ye have believed in vain. — 
Ver. 11. So we preach, and so ye be- 
lieved. 

2 Cor. i. 14. Not that we have domi- 
nion over your faith, but are helpers of 
your joy. 

Eph. ii. 20. Ye are all built upon the 
foundation of the apostles and prophets 
Jesus Christ himself being the chief cor- 
ner-stone. 

iv. 11 — 15. Christ gave some apos- 
tles, and some prophets, and some evan- 
gelists, and some pastors and teachers; 
for the perfecting of the saints, for 
the work of the ministry, for the edify- 
ing of the body of Christ. Till we all 
come in the unity of the faith, and of the 
knowledge of the Son of God, unto a 
perfect man. 

Phil. i. 25. I shall continue with you, 
for your furtherance and joy of faith. 

ii. 17. If 1 be offered upon the sacri- 
fice and service of your faith, I joy and 
rejoice with you all. 

1 Thess. ii. 3. We sent Timotheus, to 
establish and comfort you concerning 
your faith. — Ver. 10. Praying that we 
might see your face, and perfect that 
which is lacking in your faith. 

Heb. xiii. 7. Remember them which 
have the rule over you, who have spo- 
ken imto you tlie word of God, whose 
faith follow. 

1 John i. 3. That which we have seen 
and heard declare we unto you. 

The Gospel called faith, and the 
LAW OF faith. — Rom. iii. 17. Boasting 
is excluded by the law of faith. 

X. 8. The word of faith which wc 
preach. 

Gal. i. 23. Paul preached the faith 
which once he destroyed. 

iii. 2. Received ye the Spirit by the 
works of the law, or by the hearing of 
faith? Ver. 5. 

Ver. 23. Before faith came, wC were 
shut up unto the faith that should after- 
ward be revealed. Ver. 2.'>. Sec 1 Tim. 
i. 4. — v. 8. Jude ver. 3. Rev. ii. 13. 


XX. Promises to faith. Justijicatioii 
promised to believing in God. Gen. xv. 
6. Abram believed in the Lord, and he 
counted it to him for righteousness. 
Rom. iv. 3. 9. Gal. iii. 6. Jam. ii. 23. 

John V. 24. Jesus said, He that hear- 
eth my words, and believeth on him 
that sent me, hath everlasting life, and 
shall not come into condemnation, but 
is passed from death unto life. See 
Luke i. 45. 

XXI. Justification to believing in Christ 
promised. Acts xiii. 39. By him all that 
believe are justified from all things, from 
which they could not be justified by the 
law of Moses. 

Rom. iii. 21, 22, The righteousness 
of God (i. e. justification) without the 
law is manifested, being witnessed by 
the law and the prophets : Even the 
righteousness of God, which is by faith 
of Jesus Christ, unto all and upon all that 
believe. 

Ver. 25, 26, Jesus Christ hath God 
set forth, to be a propitiation through 
faith in his blood, to declare his right- 
eousness for the remission of sins : To 
declare his righteousness ; that he might 
be just, and the justifier of them that 
believe in Jesus. 

Ver. 28. Therefore we conclude that 
a man is justified by faith without the 
deeds of the law. — Ver. 30. God shall 
justify the circumcision by faith and the 
uncircumcision through faith. 

iv. 5. He that worketh not but be- 
lieveth on him that justifieth the ungodly, 
his faith is counted to liim for righteous- 
ness, (or justification.) 

v, 1, Being justified by faith, we have 
peace with God through our Lord Jesus 
Christ. 

X. 4. Christ is the end of the law for 
righteousness (or justification) to every 
one that believeth. 

xi. 20. Thou standest by faith. 2 Cor. 
i.24. 

Ver. 23. The Jews, if they abide not 
still in unbelief, shall be grafted in. — 
Ver. 26. And so all Israel shall be saved. 
Ver. 30, 31, 32. 

Gal. ii. 16. A man is not justified by 
tlie works of the law, but by the faith 
of Jesus Christ. — Ver. 21. If righteous- 
ness came by the law, then is Christ dead 
in vain. 

iii. 8, 9. The scripture foreseeing 
that God would justify the heathen 
through faith, preached before the gos- 


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pel to Abram, saying, In thee shall all 
nations be blest. (Gen. xii. 3.) So they 
which be of faith are blessed with faithful 
Abraham. 

Ver. 11. But that no man is justified 
by the law in the sight of God is evident; 
for, The just shall live by faith. Hab. ii. 
4. Rom. i. 17. Heb. x. 38. 

Ver. 12. And the law is not of faith ; 
but, The man that doeth these things shall 
live in them. 

Ver. 22. The Scripture hath concluded 
all imder sin, that the promise by faith of 
Jesus Christ might be given to them that 
believe. 

Ver. 24. The law was our school-mas- 
ter to bring us to Christ, that we might 
be justified by faith. 

V. 5. We through the Spirit wait for 
the hope of righteousness (or justification) 
through faith. 

Ver. 6. In Jesus Christ neither circum- 
cision availeth any thing, nor uncircumci- 
sion, but faith which wcrketh by love. 

Phil. iii. 8 — 10. I count all things but 
loss for the excellency of the knowledge 
of Christ Jesus my Lord : for whom I 
have suffered the loss of all things, and 
count them but dung, that I may win 
Christ, and be found in him, not having 
mine own righteousness, which is of the 
law, but that which is through the faith 
of Christ, the righteousness which is of 
God by faith ; that I might know him, 
and the power of his resurrection, and the 
fellowship of his sufferings, being made 
conformable to his death. 

XXII. Adoption, or heing the sons of 
God, promised. John i. 12. To as many 
as received Christ, to them gave he power 
to become the sons of God, even to them 
that believe on his name. 

Gal. iii. 26. Ye are all the children of 
God by faith in Jesus Christ. Rom. viii. 17. 

XXIII. God''s love promised to believers 
in Christ. John xvi. 27. The Father him- 
self loveth you, because ye have loved me, 
and have believed that I came out from God. 

XXIV. Christ prayeth for believers. 
John xvii. 20. Neither pray I for these 
alone, but for them also Avhich shall be- 
lieve on me through their word, 

XXV. The sins of believers pardoned. 
Acts X. 42. Whosoever believeth on me 
shall receive the remission of sins. Ch. 
xiii. 38. 


Rom. iii. 25. Him hath God set forth 
to be a propitiation through faith in his 
blood, to declare his righteousness for the 
remission of sins. 

XXVI. The holy Spirit is given to be- 
lievers. John vii. 38, 39. Jesus said, He 
that believeth on me, out of his belly shall 
flow rivers of living waters. This spake 
he of the Spirit, which they that believe 
on him should receive. 

Gal. iii. 13, 14. Christ hath redeemed 
us from the curse of the law : That the 
blessing of Abraham might come on the 
Gentiles, through Jesus Christ, that we 
might receive the promise of the Spirit 
through faith. 

XXVII. They have light and direction. 
John xii. 36. Believe in the light: (that 
is, in Christ.) Ch. i. 9. — viii. 12. — ix. 5. 

Ver. 46. 1 am come a light into the 
world, that whosoever believeth on me 
shall not abide in darkness. 

XXVIH. They have grace and peace. 
2 Pet. i. 1, 2. To them that have obtained 
like precious faith with us, grace and 
peace be multiplied. Rom. v. 1. 

XXIX. They have joy and comfort, 
John xiv. 1. Let not your hearts be trou- 
bled ; ye believe in God, believe also in me, 

1 Cor. XV. 12, The God of hope fill you 
with all joy and peace in believing. 1 Pet. 
i. 8. In whom [Christ] believing, ye rejoice 
with joy unspeakable and fiill of glory. 

1 John V. 10. He that believeth on the 
Son of God hath the witness in himself. 

John viii. 56. Abraham saw Christ's 
day and was glad. 

XXX. Christ is precious to them. 2 Thess. 
i. 10. He shall come to be glorified in his 
saints, and admired in all them that believe. 

1 Pet. ii. 1. To them that believe he is 
precious. 

XXXI. They have access to God in 
prayer. Eph. iii. 12. In Christ we have 
boldness, and access v/ith confidence by 
the faith of him, 

XXXII. Sanctijication by faith. Acts 
XV. 9. God purifying their hearts by faith. 

xxvi. 18. That they may receive an in- 
heritance among them that are sanctified 
by faith in me. 

XXXIII. Salvation by faith in God. 


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Dan. vi. 23. No manner of hurt was 
found upon Daniel, [in the lion's den,] be- 
cause he believed in his God. 

XXXIV. Salvation to Christians by 
faith in Christ. Isa. xxviii. 16. Thus 
saith the Lord God, Behold, I lay in Zion 
for a foundation, a stone, a tried stone, a 
precious corner-stone, a sure foundation ; 
he that believcth shall not make haste. 
Rom. ix. 33. — x. 11, He that believcth 
shall not be ashamed. 1 Pet. ii. 6. He 
tliat believcth sliall not be confoimded. 

Mark xvi. 15, 16. Jesus said, Preach 
the gospel : He that believcth and is bap- 
tized, shall be saved ; he that believcth not 
shall be damned. 

John iii. 14 — 16. As Moses lifted up the 
serpent in the wilderness, even so must 
the Son of man be liflcd up ; that whoso- 
ever believcth in him should not perish, 
but have eternal life. For God so loved 
the world, that he gave his only begotten 
Son, that whosoever believcth in him 
should not perish, but have everlasting life. 

Ver. 17, 18. God sent not his Son into 
the world to condemn the world, but that 
the world tlarough him might be saved. 
He that believcth is not condemned : he 
that believcth not is condemned already, 
because he hath not believed in the name 
of the only begotten Son of God. 

Ver. 36. He that believcth on the Son 
hath everlasting life : and he that believcth 
not the Son shall not see hfe; but the 
wrath of God abideth on him. 

vi. 35. Jesus said. He that believeth on 
me shall never thirst. 

Ver. 40. This is the will of him that 
sent me, tliat every one that sccth tlie 
Son and bclicvctli on Jiim, may have ever- 
lasting life: and I will raise him up at 
tlie last day. — Ver. 47. He that believeth 
on me hath everlasting life. 

xi. 25. He that believcth on mc, though 
he were dead, yet shall he live. 

Ver. 26. Whosoever livcth and believcth 
in me sliall never die, [or shall not die for 
ever.] 

XX. 31. These are written, that ye 
might believe that Jesus is tlie Christ, 
the Son of God, and that believing ye 
might liave life through his name. 

Acts xvi. 31. Paul and Silas said to the 
jailor, Believe in the Lord Jesus Cln-ist, 
and thou shalt be saved. 

xxvi. IS. Tliat they might receive an 
inheritance among tliem that are sancti- 
fied by faith in me. 

Rom. X. 9. If thou shalt confess with 


thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt be- 
lieve in thine heart that God raised him 
from the dead, thou shalt be saved. 

Eph. ii. 8. By grace ye are saved, 
through faith. 

2 Thess. ii. 13. God hath chosen us to 
salvation, through sanctification of the 
Spirit and belief of the truth. 

1 Tim. i. 16. I [Paul] obtained mercy, 
that in me Jesus Christ might shew forth 
all long-suffering, for a pattern to them 
which should hereafter believe on him to 
life everlasting. 

vi. 12. Fight the good fight of faith, lay 
hold on eternal life. 

2 Tim. iii. 15. The Scriptures are able 
to make thee wise unto salvation through 
faith which is in Christ Jesus. 

iv. 7, 8. I have fought a good fight, I 
have finished my course, I have kept the 
faith : Henceforth there is laid up for me 
a crown of righteousness, which the Lord 
the righteous judge shall give me at that 
day, and not to me only, but unto all them 
that love his appearing. 

Heb. iv. 3. We which have believed do 
enter into rest. 

vi. 12. Be ye followers of them who 
through faith and patience inherit the 
promises. 

X. 39. We are not of them that draw 
back unto perdition, but of tlicm who be- 
lieve to the saving of the soul. 

1 Pet. i. 5. We are kept by the power 
of God through faith unto salvation. — Ver. 
9. Receiving the end of your faith, the 
salvation of your souls. 

I John V. 13. These things have I 
written unto you that believe on the name 
of the Son of God, that ye might know 
that ye have eternal life. 

XXXV. Things extraordinary promised 
to the faith of some primitive Christians. 
Matt. xxi. 21. If yc have faith as a grain 
of mustard-seed, and doubt not, ye shall 
not only do this tliat is done to the fig- 
tree, but also if ye sliall say to this moun- 
tain. Be thou removed, and be thou cast 
into the sea, it shall be done. Luke xvii. 
26. 

Ver. 22. And all things whatsoever ye 
shall ask in prayer, believing, yc shall re- 
ceive. Mark xi. 24. 

Mark xvi. 17, 18. These signs shall 
follow tlicm that believe : In my name 
shall they cast out devils; they shall 
speak with new tongues ; they shall 
take up serpents ; and if they shall 
drink any deadly thing, it shall not hurt 


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them ; they shall lay hands on the sick, 
and they shall recover. 

John xiv. 12. He that believeth on me, 
the works that I do shall he do also. 

XXXVI. These promises were fulfilled 
in the following instances. Acts ii. 4. The 
disciples of Christ spake with new tongues. 

iii. 2 to 8. and xiv. 10. They cured the 
lame. 

xvi. 18. They cast out unclean spirits. 
Ch. V. 16.— vii. 8. 

xix. 11, 12. They healed the sick. 
Ch. XXV. 8. 

ix. 36, 37. 40. They raised the dead. 
Ch. XX. 12. 

V. 5. 10. Lying hypocrites die at their 
rebuke. 

xxviii. 3. 5. Paul shakes a viper off 
his hand, and is not hurt by it. 

xiii. 11. Enemies of the faith are struck 
with blindness. 

ix. 12. 17, 18. They restore sight to 
the blind. 

viii. 15. 17. The Holy Ghost is given 
at laying on of their hands. 

V. 12. They do great miracles, signs, 
and wonders. Ch. vi. 8. — xv. 12. 2 Cor. 
xii.l2. 

viii. 6. The people gave the more heed 
to them, and embraced the faith. Ch. v. 4. 

XXXVII. Instances of miracles v)rought 
for persons of eminent faith. Matt. viii. 
8. 10. 13. Luke vii. 9. At the centurion's 
faith his servant is healed. 

ix. 28, 29, 30. Two blind men restored 
to sight. Mark x. 52. 

Mark ii. 5. One sick of the palsy 
cured. Matt. ix. 2. 6, 7. 

V. 34. A woman cured of a bloody issue. 

ix. 20. 25. A dumb spirit is cast out of 
a child at the faith of the child's father. 

V. 36. At the faith of the ruler of the 
synagogue, his daughter, who had been 
dead, is restored to life. 

Luke xvii. 19. A leper cleansed. 

John V. 50. At a nobleman's faith his 
son is healed of a fever. 

xi. 40 to 46. At Martha's faith her 
brother Lazarus is restored to life. 

Acts iii. 16. At the faitli of a lame man 
he is healed by Peter. 

xiv. 9. A cripple from the womb heal- 
ed by Paul. 

XXXVIII. Other instances of approved 
faith. In Abraham, Gen. xv. 6. compared 
with John viii. 56. Rom. iv. 18. 20. — 
The virgin Mary, Luke i. 45. — The woman 

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who washed Christ's feet with tears, Luke 
vii. 37 to 50. — The disciples, John ii. 22. 
— The Samaritans, John iv. 39. — The 
Jews, John viii. 31. — xi. 45. — A man born 
blind, John ix. 35. 38. — The chief rulers, 
John xii. 11. 42. — Those given to Christ, 
John xvii. 8. — About five thousand. Acts 
iv. 4. 32. — Many priests, Acts vi. 7. — Ste- 
phen, Acts vi. 8. — The eunuch, Acts viii, 
13. — They of the circumcision. Acts x. 
45. — A great number. Acts xi. 21. — xiv. 
1. 23. — Many at Lystra, Greeks and de- 
vout women. Acts xvii. 4. — Crispus, the 
ruler of the synagogue, Acts xviii. 8. 
Ver. 27. — Many in Achaia, Acts xix. 18. 
— Many thousands of Jews, Acts xxi. 20. 
Ver. 25. — The Gentiles : some among all 
nations, Rom. i. 5. 16. &c. &c. 


INFIDELITY. 

XXXIX. Want of faith reproved. Matt, 
vi. 30. Jesus said, If God so clothe the 
grass of the field, will he not much more 
clothe you, O ye of little faith ? 

Mark xvi. 14. Jesus upbraided the 
disciples with their unbelief and hardness 
of heart, because they believed not those 
who had seen him after he was risen. — 
Christ upbraideth the disciples afraid 
upon sea, with their want of faith. Matt, 
viii. 26. — Peter upon the sea. Matt. xiv. 
31. — The disciples solicitous about bread, 
Matt. xvi. 8, 9, 10.— The disciples at their 
not being able to cast out a devil, Matt, 
xvii. 17. 19, 20. 

Matt. xiii. 58. Jesus did not many 
miracles there because of their unbelief. 
Mark vi. 5, 6. 

XL. Exhortations against unhetief. 
John XX. 27. Jesus said to Thomas, Be 
not faithless, but believing. 

Heb. iii. 12. Take heed lest there be 
in any of you an evil heart of unbelief. 

iv. 11. Let us labour to enter into the 
rest that remaineth to the people of God, 
lest any man fall afler the same example 
of unbelief. 

XLI. Threatenings against unbelief. 
Unbelief towards God ; threats. Numb. 
xiv. 11. The Lord said, How long shall 
this people provoke me ? How long shall 
it be ere they believe me, for all the signs 
I have shewed among them? — Ver. 12. 
I will scatter them with the pestilence 
and disinherit them. Ver. 37, 38. Heb. 
iii. 17, 18.— iv. 6. Jude 5. 


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Infidelity. 


Chap. XIV. 


Numb. XX. 12. The Lord spake unto 
Moses and Aaron, Because ye believed 
me not, to sanctify me in the eyes of the 
children of Israel, therefore ye shall not 
bring this congregation into the land 
which I have given them. 

Deut. i. 32. Moses said, Ye did not 
believe the Lord }^our God. 

Vcr. 34, 35. And the Lord was wroth, 
and sware, saying, Surely there shall not 
one of these men, of this evil generation, 
see that good land which I sware to give 
unto their fathers. Heb. iii. 19. — iv. 6. 

2 Kings xvii, 14. 18. 20. Because they 
did not believe, the Lord rejected the seed 
of Israel. 

Isa. vii. 9. If ye will not believe, ye 
shall not be established. 

liii. 9. Who hath believed our report ? 
See Ps. Ixxviii. 21, 22. 32, 33.— cvi. 24. 
26. 29. 

XLII. Unbelief towards Christ ; threats. 
Matt, xxi. 31. Jesus said. Verily I say 
unto you, The publicans and harlots en- 
ter into the kingdom of heaven before 
you. — Ver. 32. For ye believed not John 
the Baptist, but the publicans and harlots 
believed him. 

Mark xvi. 16. He that believeth not 
.shall be damned. 

Luke xii. 46. The Lord of the wicked 
servant will appoint him his portion with 
unbelievers. 

John iii. 18. He that believeth not is 
condemned already, because he hath 
not believed on the name of the only 
begotten Son of God.— Ver. 36. He that 
believeth not the Son, shall not see life ; 
but the wrath of God abideth on him. 
1 John V. 10. 

viii. 24. If ye believe not that I am he, 
ye shall die in your sins. 

Ver. 48. He that rejecteth me and 
receiveth not my words, hath one that 
judgeth him : the word that I have spo- 
ken the same shall judge him in tlie last 
day. 

Rom. ix. 31, 32. Israel hath not attain- 
ed to tlie law of righteousness ; because 
they sought it not by faith, but as it were 
by the works of the law. 

xi. 20. Because of unbelief the Jews 
were broken off. 

xiv. 23. He that doubteth is damned, if 
he eat, because he eatcth not of faitli: for 
whatsoever is not of faith, is sin. 

2 Thess. ii. 10 — 12. They received 
not the love of the truth, that they might 
be saved. P^or this cause God shall send 


them strong delusion that they might be- 
lieve a lie ; that they all might be damned 
who believed not the truth, but had plea- 
sure in unrighteousness. 

1 Tim. v. 8. If any provide not for his 
own, he hath denied the faith. 

Ver. 5. 11, 12. They have begun to 
wax wanton against Christ. Having 
damnation, because they have cast off 
their first faith. 

Tit. i. 15. To them that are defiled and 
unbelieving is nothing pure, but even their 
mind and conscience is defiled. 

Heb. iv. 2. Unto us was the gospel 
preached as well as unto them ; but the 
word preached did not profit them, not 
being mixed with faith in them that 
heard it. Ch. x. 38, 39. The just shall 
live by faith ; but if any man draw back, 
my soul shall have no pleasure in him. 
We are not of them that draw back unto 
perdition ; but of them who believe to the 
saving of the soul. 

xi. 31. By faith Rahab perished not 
with them that believed not. 

1 John ii. 23. Whosoever denieth the 
Son, the same hath not the Father. 

Rev. xxi. 8. The fearful and unbeliev- 
ing, and the abominable, and murderers, 
and whoremongers, and sorcerers, and 
idolaters, and all liars, shall have their 
part in the lake which burneth with fire 
and brimstone, Avhich is the second death. 
See Isa. Ixvi. 24. 

XLIII. The following causes of unbelief 
are assigned in Scripture by Christ and his 
apostles. Luke viii. 12. The devil takcth 
away the word out of their hearts, lest 
they should believe and be saved. 

John V. 44. How can ye believe which 
receive honour one of another, and seek 
not the honour that cometh from God only. 

Ver. 46, 47. Had ye believed Moses, 
ye would have believed me, for he wrote 
of me. But if ye believe not his writ- 
ings, how shall ye believe my words ? 
2 Cor. iii. 14, 15. 

viii. 45. Because I tell you the truth, 
ye believe me not. 

X. 26. Yc believe me not because ye 
are not of my sheep. 

2 Cor. iv. 3. Because the god of this 
world hath blinded their minds. 

1 Tim. iv. 4. Giving heed to seducing 
spirits, and doctrines of devils. 

vi. 10. The love of money. — Ver. 20, 
21. Vain babblings, and professing false 
science. Hence is apjjlied to unbe- 
lievers the prophecy of Isa. vi. 9. com- 


Chap. XIV. 


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pared with John xii. 40, 41. Acts xxviii. 
26, 27. 

LOOKING TO GOD. 

XLIV. Look to God. Ps. xxxiv. 5. They 
looked unto God, and were lightened. 
Ps. V. 3. — cxxiii. 2. 

Isa. xvii. 7. At that day shall a man look 
to his Maker, and his eyes shall have 
respect to the holy One of Israel. Chap, 
viii. 17. 

xlv. 22. Look unto me and be ye saved, 
all the ends of the earth; for I am God, 
and there is none else. 

Mic. vii. 7. I will look unto the Lord : 
I will wait for the God of my salvation : 
my God will hear me. See Isa. xxxiii. 14. 

REMEMBERING GOD. 

XLV. Remembering God. Neh. iv. 14. 
Remember the Lord, which is great and 
terrible. Ps. xx. 7. 

Job xxi. 6. When I remember him I 
am afraid. 

Ps. xlii. 6. My God, my soul is cast 
down in me ; therefore will I remember 
thee. Ps. XX. 7. — Ixxvii. 10. 

Ixiii. 5, 6. My soul shall be satisfied as 
with marrow and fatness ; and my mouth 
shall praise thee with joyful lips : When I 
remember thee upon my bed, and meditate 
on thee in the night-watches. 

Eccl. xii. 1. Remember thy Creator in 
tlie days of thy youth. 

Isa. xxvi. 9. The desire of our soul is to 
thee, and to the remembrance of thy name. 

Jonah ii. 7. When my soul fainted 
within me, I remembered the Lord, and 
TCij prayer came unto thee, even unto 
thine holy temple. See Zech. x. 9. 

Not remembering God. Isa. Ivii. 11. Of 
whom hast thou been afraid, that thou 
hast lied, and hast not remembered me, 
nor laid it to thy heart? Ch. li. 12, 13. 
Judg. viii. 34. Ps. Ixxviii. 42. 

FORGETTING GOD. 


XL VI. Forgetting God. Ps. cvi. 21. 
Israel forgat God their Saviour, which had 
done great things in Egypt for them. 

Jer. ii. 32. My people have forgotten 
me days without number. Ch. xiii. 25. — 
xviii. 5. 

iii. 21. They have perverted their way, 
and have forgotten the Lord their God. 

Ezek. xxii. 12. Thou hast gained of 
thy neighbour by extortion, and hast 


forgotten me, saith tlie Lord. Ver. 14. 
Jer. xxiv. 27. 

XL VII. Threatenings against those thai 
forget God. Deut. xxxii. 18. Of the Rock 
that begat thee, thou art unmindful; and 
hast forgotten God that formed thee. — 
Ver. 19. The Lord abhorred them. See to 
ver. 26. 

Judg. iii. 7. The children of Irael for- 
gat the Lord. — Ver. 8. Therefore the an- 
ger of the Lord was hot against Israel, &c. 

1 Sam. xii. 9. They forgat the Lord 
their God, and he sold them into the hand 
of their enemies. 

Ps. ix. 17. The wicked shall be turned 
into hell, and all the nations that forget 
God. Job viii. 11, 12, 13. 

1. 21, 22. These things thou hast done 
and I kept silence ; but I will reprove thee, 
saith the Lord. Consider this, ye that 
forget God, lest I tear you in pieces, and 
there be none to deliver. 

Isa. xvii. 10. Because thou hast forgot- ' 
ten the God of thy salvation, and hast tiot 
been mindful of the rock of thy strength, 
therefore shalt thou plant pleasant plants, 
&c. — Ver. 11. But the harvest shall be 
an heap in the day of desperate sorrow. 

Ezek. xxiii. 35. Thou hast forgotten 
me ; therefore bear thy lewdness. 

Hos. viii. 14. Israel hath forgotten his 
Maker. I will send a fire upon his cities. 

XL VII I. Warnings against forgetting 
God. Deut. vi. 12. Beware lest thou 
forget the Lord thy God. 

viii. 11 — 14. Beware lest thou forget 
the Lord thy God, in not keeping his com- 
mandments, and his judgments, and his 
statutes. Lest when thou hast eaten, and 
art full, and hast built goodly houses, and 
hast dwelt therein ; and when thy herds 
and thy flocks multiply, and thy silver 
and thy gold is multiplied, and all that 
thou hast is multiplied; that then thine 
heart be lifted up, and thou forget the 
Lord tliy God. See to ver. 20. 

Ps. xliv. 17. All this is come upon us, 
yet have we not forgotten thee. — Ver. 20. 
If we have forgotten the name of our God, 
or stretched out our hands to a strange 
ffod, shall not God search out this ? 


MEDITATION. 

XLIX. Meditation upon God and his 
word. A good man meditates upon God*s 
law day and night. Ps. i. 2.— xHx. 3.—* 
cxix. 97. Josh. i. 8. 


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Fearing God. 


Chap. XIV. 


Job XLxii. 22. Lay up his words in thine 
heart. 

Ps. xvi. 8. I have set the Lord always 
before me. 

xJ. 8. O my God, thy law is within my 
heart. Ps. xxxvii. 31. — cxix. 11. 

Ixiii. 5, 6. My soul shall be satisfied — 
when I meditate on thee in the night- 
watches. Ps. civ. 34. 

Ixxvii. 12. I will meditate of all thy 
works, and talk of thy doings. Ps. cxliii. 5. 

cxix. 15. I will meditate in thy precepts, 
and have respect unto thy ways. Ver. 78. 

Ver. 23. Thy servant did" meditate in 
thy statutes. Ver. 48. 

Ver. 99. Thy testimonies are my me- 
ditation. — Ver. 148. ]Mine eyes prevent 
the niglit-watches, tliat I might meditate 
in thy word. 

1 "Tun. iv. 15. Meditate upon these 
things. 

FEARING GOD. 

L. Fear due unto God. Exod. xv. 11. 
Who is like unto thee, O Lord I glorious 
in holiness, fearful in praises, doing won- 
ders ! 

Ps. kxvi. 7. Tliou, even thou art to be 
feared ; and who may stand when thou 
art angry? Ver. 11. 

Ixxxix. 7. God is greatly to be feared 
in tlie assembly of the saints. 

xcvi. 4. The Lord is to be feared above 
all gods. 

Jer. X. 7. Wlio would not fear thee, O 
King of nations? 

Rev. XV. 4. Who shaU not fear thee, O 
Lord, and glorify thy name ? for tliou 
only art holy. 

LL The excellency of fearing God. 
Job xx\-iii. 28. The fear of the Lord, that 
is wisdom, and to depart from evil is un- 
derstanding. 

Ps. cxi. 10. The fear of the Lord is 
the beginning of wisdom. Prov. ix. 10. — 
XV. 33. It is the instruction of wisdom. 

Prov. i, 7. The fear of the Lord is the 
begirming of knowledge. Ps. xix. 9. It is 
clean, enduring for ever. 

LII. It is a commanded duty. Dcut. vi. 
24. The Lord our God commanded us to 
do all these statutes, to fear the Lord our 
God, for our good always. 

2 Kings x\ii. 3G. The Lord, him shall 
ye feai*. Ver. 39. 

1 Chron. xvl 30. Fear before liim all 
the earth. Ps. xcvi. 9. 


Ps. xxii. 23. Fear him all the seed of 
Israel. 

xxxiii. 8. Let all tlie earth fear the 
Lord. Ps. xxxiv. 9. 

Prov. xxiii. 17. Be thou in the fear of 
the Lord aU the day long. 

xxiv. 21. Fear the Lord and the king. 
1 Pet. ii. 17. 

Isa. viii. 13. Sanctify the Lord God of 
hosts, and let him be your fear, and let 
him be your dread. 

Jer. v. 22. Will ye not fear me, saith 
the Lord ? will ye not tremble at my pre- 
sence ? Ver. 24. 

Mai. i. 6. If I be a master, where is 
my fear ? saith the Lord of hosts. 

oMatt. X. 28. Fear him that is able to 
destroy botli soul and body in hell. 

Rev. xiv. 7. Fear God, and give glory 
to him. 

LIII. God is to he feared on account of 
his perfections. Job xiii. 11. Shall not his 
excellency make you afraid? 

XXV. 2. Dominion and fear are with him. 

xxxvii. 23, 24. The Almighty is excel- 
lent in power, and judgment, and in plen- 
ty of justice. Men do therefore fear him. 

Ps. cxxx 4. There is forgiveness with 
tliee that thou mayest be feared. Rev. 
XV. 4. 

LIV. God is to he feared on account of 
his words and ivorJcs. Deut. iv. 10. I will 
make them hear my words, that they may 
learn to fear me all the days that they 
shall hve upon the earth. 1 Kings viii. 
40. 43. 2 Cliron. vi. 30. 33. 

Josh. iv. 23. The Lord your God dried 
up the waters of Jordan as he did the 
Red Sea, that all people of the earth 
might know tlie hand of the Lord, that 
it is mighty; that ye might fear the Lord 
your God for ever. 

Eccl. iii. 14. What God doth shall be 
for ever ; nothing can be put to it, nor 
any thing taken from it ; and God doth 
it, that men may fear before him. See 
Jer. xxxiii. 9. Rev. xiv. 7. Isa. Ixv. 8. 

Examples. Instances. Exod. xiv. 31. 
1 Sam. xii. 18. 

LV. The fear of the Lord is promised 
and prayed for. Ps. xxxvi. 11. Unite my 
heart to fear thy name. 

Isa. lix. 11. TJicy shall fear the Lord 
from the west, and his glory from the 
rising of the sun. See Ch.xxix. 23. Prov. 
ii. 5. Jer. xxxiii. 

Jer. xxxii. 39. I will give them one 


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Chap. XIV. 


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heart and one way, that they may fear 
me for ever; for the good of them and of 
their children. I will put my fear into 
their hearts, and they shall not depart 
from me. 

Isa. xi. 2. The Spirit of knowledge 
and of the fear of the Lord shall rest upon 
him. 

LVI. The fear of God joined with obe- 
dience toward God. Deut. vi. 2, 3. Fear 
the Lord thy God, to keep all his statutes 
and his commandments : that it may be 
well with thee. — Ver. 13. Thou shalt fear 
the Lord thy God, and serve him. 

X. 12. What doth the Lord thy God re- 
quire of thee, but to fear the Lord thy 
God, to walk in all his ways, and to love 
him, and to serve the Lord thy God with 
all thy heart, and with all thy soul ? — 
Ver. 20. Thou shalt fear the Lord thy 
God, him shalt thou serve, and to him 
shalt thou cleave, and swear by his name. 

xiii. 4. Ye shall walk after the Lord 
your God, and fear him, and keep his 
commandments, and obey his voice, and 
ye shall serve him and cleave unto him. 

Josh. xxiv. 14. Now, therefore, fear 
the Lord, and serve him in sincerity and 
truth. 

1 Sam. xii. 24. Fear the Lord, and 
serve him with all your heart. 

Eccl. xii. 13. Fear God, and keep his 
commandments : for this is the whole 
duty of man. 

LVII. Joined with the worship of God. 
Ps. ii. 11. Serve the Lord with fear. 

V. 7. In thy fear will I worship toward 
thy holy temple. 

xxii, 23. Ye that fear the Lord, praise 
him. 

cxxxv. 20. Ye that fear the Lord, bless 
the Lord. 

Acts X. 2. Cornelius feared God, and 
prayed to God alway. 

Heb. xii. 28. Serve God with reverence 
and godly fear. 

LVIII. It is a motive to duty in general 
toward God and man, and a restraint from 
sin. Gen. xxii. 12. God said to Abraham, 
Thou fearest God, seeing thou hast not 
withheld thy son, thine only son, from 
me. 

xlii. 18. Joseph said, This do, and live; 
for I fear God. 

Exod. i. 17. The midwives feared God, 
and did not do as the king of Egypt com- 
manded them. 

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Exod. ix. 20. He that feared God 
among the servants of Pharaoh, made his 
cattle and servants go into the houses. 

XX. 20. That his fear may be before 
your faces, that ye sin not. 

Lev. xix. 14. Thou shalt not curse the 
deaf, nor put a stumbling-block before 
the bhnd, but shalt fear thy God. Ver. 
32. 

Deut. xiii. 11. All Israel shall hear and 
fear the Lord, and do no more such wick- 
edness as this among you. Ch. xiv. 23. 
— xvii. 13. 19. — xix. 20. — xxi. 21. — xxxi. 
12, 13. 

Job i. 1. Job feared God, and eschewed 
evil. Ver. 8. Ch. ii. 3. 

Prov. iii. 7. The fear of the Lord is to 
depart from evil. 

viii. 13. The fear of the Lord is to hate 
evil. Ch. xiv. 16. 

xvi. 6. By the fear of the Lord men 
depart from evil. 

2 Cor. vii. 1. Let us cleanse ourselves 
from all filthiness of the flesh and spirit, 
perfecting holiness in the fear of God. 
Ver. 11. 

Eph. v. 21. Submitting yourselves to 
one another in the fear of God. 

Phil. ii. 12. Work out your salvation 
with fear and trembling. 

Heb. xi. 7. Noah, moved with fear, pre. 
pared an ark. 

1 Pet. i. 7. Pass the time of your so- 
journing here in fear. 

iii. 2. Your chaste conversation, cou- 
pled with fear. 

Col. iii. 22. Servants, obey your mas- 
ters, with singleness of heart, fearing God. 
Eph. vi. 5. 

Instances. Isaac, Gen. xxxi. 42, 43. 1 
Kings xviii. 3, 4. 12, 13. 2 Kings. Oba- 
diah iv. 1. Neh. vii. 2. — Hanani, Ps. xl. 
3. — Iii. 6. — cxix. 63. See the Qualijica-. 
tions of the cjvil magistrate, Commands 
ment 5th, 

LIX. Promises to them that fear God. 
Deut. vi. 24. The Lord commanded us 
to fear the Lord our God, for our good 
alway. 

2 Kings xvii. 39. The Lord your God 
ye shall fear, and he shall deliver you out 
of the hand of all your enemies. 

Neh. i. 11. Let thine ear be attentive to 
the prayer of thy servant, who desires to 
fear thy name. 

Ps. XXV. 12. 14. What man is he that 
feareth the Lord ? him shall he teach the 
way that he shall choose. 

xxxi. 19. How great is thy goodness, 


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Chap. XIV. 


which thou hast laid up for tliem that 
fear thee I 

Ps. xxxiii. 18. Behold, the eye of the 
Lord is on them that fear him. 

xxxiv. 7. The angel of the Lord en- 
campeth round them that fear hihn, and 
dclivereth tliem. — Vcr. 9. There is no 
want to tliem that fear him. 

Lx. 4. Thou hast given a banner to 
tliem that fear thee. 

Ixxxv. 9. His salvation is nigh them 
that fear him. 

ciii, 11. As the heaven is high above 
the earth, so great is his mercy toward 
them tliat fear him. — Ver. 13. Like as a 
father pitieth his children, so tlie Lord 
pitieth tliem that fear him. — Ver. 17. The 
mercy of the Lord is from everlast- 
ing to everlasting upon them that fear 
him. 

cxi. 5. He hath given meat unto them 
that fear liim. 

cxii. 1. Blessed is the man that fearetli 
the Lord. 

' cxv. 11. Ye tliat fear the Lord, trust in 
the Lord : he is their help and shield. — 
Ver. 13. The Lord v;ill bless them that 
fear him. 

cxix. 38, Stablish thy word unto thy 
servant, who is devoted to thy fear. 

exxviii. 1. Blessed is every one that 
feareth the Lord. — Ver. 4. Thus shall 
the man be blessed that feareth the 
Lord. 

cxlv. 19. He will fulfil the desire of 
them that fear liim ; he will hear their cry, 
and will save them. 

cxlvii. 11. The Lord taketh pleasure in 
them that fear him. 

Prov. X. 27. The fear of the Lord pro- 
longeth days. 

xiv. 26, 27. In the fear of the Lord is 
strong confidence; and his children shall 
have a place of refuge. The fear of the 
Lord is a fountain of life, to depart from 
the snares of death. 

XV. 16. Better is a little with the fear 
of the Lord, than great treasures and 
trouble therewith. 

xix. 23. The fear of the Lord tend- 
eth to life ; he that hath it shall abide sa- 
- tisfied. 

xxii. 24. By humility and the fear of 
the Lord, are riches, and honour, and 
Ufe. 

xxviii. 14. Happy is the man that 
feareth alway. 

xxxi. 30. Favour is dcceitfiil, and 
beauty is vain ; but a woman that feareth 
the Lord she shall be praised. 


Eccl. viii. 12. It shall be well with 
them that fear God. 

Isa. xxxiii. 6. The fear of tlie Lord is 
his treasure. 

1. 10. Who is among you that feareth 
the Lord, and obeyeth the voice of his 
servant, that walketh in darkness and 
hath no light? let him trust in the name 
of the Lord, and stay upon his God. 

Zeph. iii. 7. I said, Surely thou wilt 
fear me ; so thy dwelling should not be 
cut off. 

Mai. ii. 5. My covenant was with Levi 
of life and peace ; and I gave them to 
him, for the fear wherewith he feared me., 

iii. 16, 17. They that feared the Lord, 
spake often one to another : and the 
Lord heakened and heard ; and a book of 
remembrance was written before him, 
for them that feared the Lord, and that 
thought upon his name. And they shall 
be mine, saith the Lord, in the day that 
I make up my jewels : and I will spare 
them as a man spareth his son that 
serveth him. 

iv. 2. Unto you that fear my name, 
shall the Sun of righteousness arise with 
healing under his wings. 

Luke i. 50. His mercy is on them 
that fear him, from generation to genera- 
tion. 

Rev. xi. 18. The time is come, that 
thou shouldst give a reward to them 
that fear thy name. Sec 1 Sam. xii. 14. 
18. Ps. Iii. 6. — ixvi. 16. — cxviii. 4. — cxix. 
74. 79. Eccl. vii. 18. Isa. lx. 5. Jer. 
xxxii. 39, 40. Acts ix. 31. 

LX. Other expressions to the same ef- 
fect. Trembling. Ezra ix. 4. they trem- 
bled at the word. Isa. Ixvi. 2. 5. 

X. 3. They trembled at the command- 
ment. 

Job xxi. 6. When I remember, trem- 
bling taketh hold on my flesh. Ps. cxix. 
120. 

Ps. ii. 11. Rejoice with trembling. 

Hos. xiii. 11. When Ephraim spake 
trembling, he exalted himself in Israel. 

Joel ii. 11. Let all tremble, for the day 
of the Lord comcth. Vcr. 10. See Ezra 
X. 10. .Job iv. 14. — xxxvii. 1. Isa. Ixiv. 2. 
Dan. vi. 26. Jer. xxxiii. 9. Hab. iii. 16. 
Acts vii. 32.— xvi. 29.— xxiv. 25. Eph. vi. 
5. Phil. ii. 12. 

LXI. Heaven and earth tremble at God^s 
greatness. Job ix. 6. He shakcth the 
earth out of her place ; the pillars thereof 
tremble. 


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xxvi. 11. The pillars of heaven trem- 
ble, and are astonished at his reproof. 

Ps. xviii. 7. The earth shook and 
trembled, the fomidations of the hills 
moved, because he w^as vc^roth. See Ps. 
Ix. 2. — Ixxvii. 18. — xcvii. 4. — civ. 32. 
•— cxiv. 7. Jer. x. 10. — li. 29. Amosviii. 8. 

Quake. Neh. i. 7. The mountains 
quake at him : the hills melt. 

Heb. xii. 21. Moses said, I exceedingly 
fear and quake. See Exod. xviii. 9. 
Ezek. xii. 18. 

Terror. Job vi. 4. The terrors of God 
set themselves in array against me. 

xxxi. 23. Destruction from the Al- 
mighty was a terror to me. 

Ps. Ixxxviii. 15. While I suffer thy 
terrors I am distracted. 

Jer. xvii. 17. Be not a terror to me ; 
for thou art my hope in the day of evil, 
Job xxxiii. 7. 

2 Cor. V. 11. Knowing the terrors of 
the Lord we persuade men. 

Reverence. Ps. Ixxxix. 7. God is to be 
had in reverence of all that are about him. 

cxi. 9. Holy and reverend is his name. 
—Heb. xii. 28. Serve God with reve- 
rence. 

iv. 4. Stand in awe, and sin not. Ps. 
xxxiii. 8. — cxix. 16. 

Afraid. Deut. ix. 19. I was afraid of 
the anger and hot displeasure of the 
Lord. 

2 Sam. vi. 9. David was afraid of the 
Lord. See 1 Chron. xiii. 12. Job xiii. 
11. — ^xxi. 6. — ^xxiii. 15. — xxxiii. 7. Ps. 
cxix. 120.— Ivi. 3. Hab. iii. 2. 


LXII. Threatenings against those tJiat 
fear not God. Prov. i. 29. They hated 
knowledge, and did not choose the fear 
of tlae Lord. — Ver. 31. Therefore shall 
they eat the fruit of their own way. Ver. 
25, &c. 

Eccl. viii. 13. It shall not be well with 
the wicked, because they fear not God. 

Jer. ii. 19. Thine own wickedness 
shall correct thee, and thy backslidings 
shall reprove thee: know therefore and 
see, that it is an evil thing and bitter, 
that thou hast forsaken the Lord thy God, 
and that my fear is not in thee, saith the 
Lord God of Hosts. 

xliv. 10, 11, They are not humbled, 
neither have they feared, nor walked 
in my law. Therefore, thus saith the 
Lord of Hosts, the God of Israel, Be- 
hold, I will set my face against you for 
evil, &c. 

MaL iii. 5, I will be a swift witness 


against the sorcerers, adulterers, false 
swearers, against those that oppress the 
hireling in his wages, the widow, and 
the fatherless, and that turn aside the 
stranger from his right, and fear not me, 
saith the Lord of hosts. See 2 Kings 
xvii. 25. 40, 41. 


NOT FEARING GOD. 

LXIII. The wicked fear not God, with 
that fear which is a restraint from sin, and 
a motive to duty. Gen, xx. 11. Abraham 
said, I thought surely the fear of God is 
not in this place, and they will slay me 
for my wife's sake. 

Exod. ix. 30. Moses said to Pharaoh, 
As for thee and thy servants, I know that 
ye will not yet fear the Lord God, to let 
Israel go. 

Deut. XXV. 18. Amalek smote Israel, 
and feared not God. 

Job vi. 14. The wicked forsaketh the 
fear of the Almighty.— Ver. 18. The 
paths of their way are turned aside, they 
go to nothing and perish. 

XV. 4. He casteth off fear, and restrain- 
eth prayer before God. 

Ps. xxxvi. 1. The transgression of the 
wicked saith within my heart, That there 
is no fear of God before his eyes. 

Iv. 19, 20. Because they have no 
changes, therefore they fear not God. 
— He hath broken his covenant. 

Ixiv. 4. Suddenly do they shoot at the 
perfect, and fear not. 

Jer. iii. 8. Judah feared not, but played 
the harlot. 

V. 22. Fear ye not me ? saith the Lord. 

Ver. 23, 24. This people hath a revolt- 
ing heart. Neither say they in their 
heart, Let us fear the Lord our God. 

Luke xviii. 2. There was a judge which 
feared not God, neither regarded man. 
See Jer. xxxvi. 24. Hos. x. 3. Luke 
xxiii. 40. Jude 12. 


LXIV. The wicked have a tormenting 
fear of God, which is their punishment. 
Job XV. 21. A dreadful sound is in his 
ears. — Ver. 24. Trouble and anguish 
shall make him afraid. 

xviii. 11. Terrors shall make him 
afraid on every side. Ver. 14. Ch. xxiv. 17. 

Ps. ix. 20. Put them in fear, O Lord, 
that they may Imow themselves to be but 
men. Ps.lxxxiii. 15. 

Ixxiii. 19. They are utterly consumed 
with terrors. 


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Chap. XIV. 


Prov. X. 24. The fear of the wicked 
shall come upon him. 

Isa. ii. 10. Enter into the rock, and 
hide thee in the dust, for fear of the Lord, 
and for the glory of his majesty. Ver. 
19. Hos. X. 8. Mic. vii. 17. Lukexxiii. 
30. Rev. vi. 15, 16. 

Heb. X. 27. A fearful looking for of 
judgment. (Matt xxv. 25.) Ver. 31, It 
is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of 
the living God. 

Isa. xxxiii. 14. The sinners in Zion are 
afraid, fearfulness hath surprised the hypo- 
crites : Who among us shall dwell with 
devouring fire ? with everlasting burnings ? 

Heb. xii. 29. Our God is a consuming 
fire. See Isa. Ixvi. 4. 

LXV. God delivers the imched up to 
their fears of their enemies. Exod. xv. 6. 
Fear and dread shall fall upon them, by 
tlie greatness of thine arm. Gen. xxxv. 
5. Isa. xix. 17. Lev. xxv. 16. I will ap- 
point over you terror. Deut. xxviii. 66, 
67. Ezek. xxi. 12. Sam. iii. 47. 

xxiii. 27. I will send my fear before 
tliee, and make thine enemies turn their 
backs. Deut. xi. 25. — ii. 25. Josh, ii. 9. 

Deut iv. 34. Hath God assayed to 
take a nation, «fec. by great terrors, &c. 
Ch. xxvi. 8. 

xxxii. 25. The sword and terror shall 
destroy. Jer. vi. 24, 25. — xxx. 5. 

2 Chron. xx. 29. The fear of God was on 
all tlie kingdoms. Ps. xKin. 45. See Ps. xiv. 
5. — xlviii. 6. — liii. 5. Isa. xxiv. 17. Jer. 
xlviii. 43.— slix. 5. 24. 29. Ezek. xxx. 13. 

LOVE TO GOD. 

LXVI. Love to God commanded. Deut. 
vi. 5. Thou shalt love the Lord thy God 
with all thine heart, and with all thy 
soul, and witli all thy might Ch. x. 12. 
Matt xxii. 37. 

xi. 1. Thou shalt love the Lord thy 
God, and kee*- his charge, and his sta- 
tutes, and his judgments. Ch. xiii. 3. 

xxx. 1.5, 16. I have set before you this 
day life and good, dcatli and evil ; in that 
I command thee to love tlie Lord thy God. 
Ver. 19. 

Josh. xxii. 5. Take diligent heed to 
love the Lord your God, «fec. 

Ps. xxxi. 23. O love the Lord all ye 
his saints. 

LXVII. Promises tothem that love God. 
Exod. XX. 5, 6. 1 the Lord thy God am 
n jealous God; shewing mercy unto 


thousands of them that love me, and 
keep my commandments. Deut. v. 10. 

Deut. vii. 9. Know the Lord thy God, he 
is God, the faithful God, which keepeth 
covenant and mercy with them that love 
him and keep his commandments, to a 
thousand generations. Dan. ix. 5. Neh. i. 5. 

Ps. xci. 14. — 15. Because he hath set 
his love upon me, therefore will I de- 
liver him and honour him. I will shew 
him my salvation. 

cxix. 132. Look upon me, and be 
merciful unto me, as thou usest to do 
unto them that love thy name, 

cxlv. 20. The Lord preserveth them 
that love him. 

Rom. viii. 28. All things work toge- 
ther for good to them that love God. 

1 Cor. ii. 9. Eye hath not seen, nor 
ear heard, neither have entered into the 
heart of man, the things which God hath 
prepared for them that love him. 

viii. 3. If any man love God, the same 
is known of him. 

James ii. 5. A kingdom God hath pro- 
mised to them that love him. See also 
Deut. xi. 13, 14, 15. 22. 23.— xix. 9.— 
xxx. 16. 19, 20. Ps. Lxix. 36. Isa. hi. 6, 
7. Jer. ii. 2, 3. Col. ii. 12. Heb. vi. 10. 
1 John iv. 7. 16. 18. Judc 21. 

LXVIII. Prayers for them that love 
God. Judg. V. 31. Let them that love 
him be as the sun, when he goeth forth in 
his strength. 

Ps. v. 11. Let them that love thy name 
be joyful in thee. 

LXIX. Exhortations to love God. Ps. 
xxxi, 20. O love the Lord all ye saints- 

1 Thcss. V. 8. Putting on tlie breasts 
plate of faith and love. 

1 Tim. vi. 11. O man of God, follow 
after righteousness, godliness, faith, and 
love. 

Jude 21. Keep yourselves in the love 
of God, looking for the mercy of our 
Lord Jesus Christ to eternal life. 

LXX. Instances of persons loving God, 
Ps. xviii. 1. I will love the Lord my 
strength. 

Song i. 3. The upright love thee. 
I Kings iii. 3. 

Rom. viii. 38. Neither death nor life, 
<fcc. nor any other creature, shall be able 
to separate us from the love of God, which 
is in Christ Jesus our Lord. Ver. 39. 

2 Cor. vi. 4. Approving ourselves by 
love unfeigned. Vpr, 6. 


Chap. XIV. 


Love to Christ. 


167 


Eph. i. 4. He hath chosen us in Christ, 
that we should be holy, and without blame 
before him in love. 

1 John iv. 19. We love him because 
he first loved us. Ps. cxvi. 1. 

LXXI. How love to God is produced in 
Christians. Deut. xxx. 6. The Lord thy 
God will circumcise thine heart, and the 
heart of thy seed, to love the Lord thy 
God with all thine heart, and with all thy 
soul, that thou mayest live. 2 Cor. xiii. 
11. God is the God of love. 

LXXII. It is prayed for as a gift from 
God. Eph. vi. 23. Peace be to the bre- 
thren, and love, with faith from God the 
Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ. Phil. 
i. 9. I pray that your love may abound. 

1 Thess. iii. 5. The Lord direct your 
hearts into the love of God, and into the 
patient waiting for Christ. See Eph. 
iii. 14. 17. 

LXXIII. It is a work of the Spirit. 
Rom. V. 5. The love of God is shed abroad 
in our hearts by the Holy Ghost. 

Gal. V. 22. The fruit of the Spirit is love, 
joy, peace, &c. Col. i. 8. 2 Tim. i. 7. 

V. 6. Faith worketh by love. 

LXXIV. Love to God is evidenced by 
keeping his commandments, and loving 
his servants, Deut. xi. 13. Love the 
Lord your God, and serve him with all 
your heart, and with all your soul. Ver. 
22. Ch. xix. 9. 

xxx. 20. Love the Lord thy God, obey 
his voice, cleave unto him, for he is thy 
life, and the length of thy days. 

Isa. Ivi. 6. The sons of the stranger 
tliat join themselves to the Lord, to love 
the name of the Lord, and to be his ser- 
vants, &c. — Ver. 7. Them will I bring 
to my holy mountain, &c. 

Eph, iv. 15. Speaking the truth in 
love. Ver. 16. 

1 Thess. i. 3. We give thanks to God, 
remembering your work of faitli and la- 
bour of love, &c. Heb. vi. 10. 

1 John ii. 5. Whoso keepeth God's 
word, in him verily is the love of God 
perfected. Ch. v. 2. 

V. 3. This is the love of God, that we 
keep his commandments. — 2 John 6. That 
we walk after his commandments. 

iv. 20. If a man say, I love God, and 
hateth his brother, he is a liar. For this 
commandment have we from him. That 
he wlio loveth God, love his brother 
also. Ch. iii. 17. 


LOVE TO CHRIST. 

LXXV. Love to Christ enforced by 
promises. Luke vii. 47. Jesus said. Her 
sins, which are many, are forgiven ; for 
she loved much. 

John xiv, 21. He that loveth me, shall 
be loved of my Father, and I will love him. 
Ver. 23. And we will come unto him, and 
make our abode with him. Ch. xvi. 27. 

1 Tim. i. 14. The grace of our Lord 
was exceeding abundant, with faith and 
love, which is in Christ Jesus. 

2 Tim. iv. 8. A crown of righteous- 
ness the Lord the righteous Judge will 
give to them that love him. 

James i. 12. A crown of life the Lord 
hath promised to them that serve him. 

LXXVI. Prayers for them that love 
Christ. Eph. vi. 24. Grace be with all 
them that love our Lord Jesus Christ in 
sincerity. 

LXXVII. Love to Christ enforced by 
threatenings. Matt. x. 37. He that loveth 
father or mother, son or daughter, more 
than me, is not worthy of me. 

1 Cor. x\-i. 22. If any man love not 
the Lord Jesus Christ, let him be Ana- 
thema Maran-atha. 

Rev. ii. 4. I have somewhat against thee, 
because thou hast left thy first love. 

LXXVIIL Enforced by the example of 
God the Father, who loveth Christ. Prov. 
viii. 30. I was daily his delight. 

Isa. xlii. 1. Mine elect, in whom my 
soul delighteth. Matt. xii. 18. 

Matt. iii. 17. This is my beloved Son, 
in whom I am well pleased. Ch. xvii. 5. 
2 Pet. i. 17. 

John iii. 35. The Father loveth the 
Son. Ch. xvii. 24. 

viii. 42. Jesus said. If God were youj" 
Father, ye would love me. 

LXXIX. Enforced by the example of 
the church and people of God, who love 
Christ. Song i. 4. The upright love 
thee. Ver. 7. Ch. ii. 5. 

vii. 6. How pleasant art thou, O love, 
for delights ! See also, Ch. i. 14, 15, 16.— 
ii. 3. 8, 9. 16, 17.— iii. 1 to 5.— iv. 1. 7. 16.— 
V. 2 to 16.— vi. 1,2,3.— vii. 10.— viii. 1.4, 5. 

Rom. viii. 35. Who shall separate us 
from the love of Christ ? 

1 Pet. i. 8. Whom having not seen ye love. 

LXXX. Enforced by Christ's love to 


168 Hating God — Desiring God, Thirsting, ^-c. Chap. XIV. 


his church. John xv. 9. I have loved you; 
continue ye in my love. Philem, 5. 

Eph. v. 25. Christ loved the Church, 
and gave himself for it. 

LXXXI. Obedience to Christ the evi- 
dence of love to him. Matt. xii. 33. The 
tree is known by its fruit. 

John xiv. 15. Jesus said, If ye love 
me, keep my commandments. — Ver. 21. 
He that hath my commandments, and 
keepcth them, he it is that loveth me. — 
Ver. 23. If a man love me, he will keep 
my words. Ver. 24. 28. 

XV. 10. If ye keep my commandments 
ye shall abide in my love. 

xxi. 15. Simon, lovest thou me ? Feed 
my lambs. Ver. 16. 

2 Cor. V. 14 The love of Christ con- 
strain eth us. 

Phil. i. 17. Some of love preach Christ. 

HATING GOD. 

LXXXII. Threatenings against the 
haters of God. Exod. xx. 5. I am a jea- 
lous God, visiting the iniquities of the 
fathers upon the children, unto the third 
and fourtli generation of them that hate me. 

Dcut vii. 10. God repay eth them that 
hate him, to their face, to destroy them : 
he will not be slack to him that hateth 
him ; he will repay liim to his face. 

xxxii. 15. Jeshurun waxed fat; then he 
forsook God that made him, and lightly 
esteemed the Rock of his salvation. — 
Ver. 19. The Lord abhorred them. 

Ver. 22. A fire is kindled in mine an- 
ger, saith the Lord, and shall burn unto 
the lowest hell, and shall consume the 
earth with her increase, and set on fire 
the foundations of the mountains. — Ver. 
23. I will heap mischiefs upon them. — 
Ver. 41, I will render vengeance to mine 
enemies, and will reward them that hate 
me, saitli God. 

1 Sam. ii. 30. The Lord saith. Them 
tliat honour me I will honour ; and they 
that despise me shall be lightly esteemed. 

2 Chron. xix. 2. Shouldst thou help 
the ungodly, and love them tliat hate the 
Lord ; therefore is wrath upon thee from 
before the Lord. 

Ps. cxxxix. 21. Do not I hate them, O 
Lord, that hate thee. 

Rom. i. 30. Haters of God, &c. are 
worthy of death. 

LXXXIII. Hating Christ. John xv. 
23, Jciius said, Ho that hateth me hateth 


my Father also. Ver. 24. See Ps. xxi. 8. 
— lx\iii. 1. Prov. viii. 36. 

DESIRING GOD, THIRSTING, &c. 

LXXXIV. Desiring God. Ps, Ixxiii. 
25, Whom have I in heaven but thee? 
and there is none upon eartli whom I de- 
sire besides thee. 

Isa. xxvi. 8. The desire of our soul is to 
thy name, and to the remembrance of thee. 

Ver. 9. With my soul have I desired 
thee in the night ; with my Spirit within 
me will I seek thee early. Hag. ii. 7. 
Clu'ist is the desire of all nations. 

LXXXV. Thirsting, longing for God, 
and the things of God. Ps. xlii. 2. My 
soul thirsteth for God. Ps. Ixiii. 1. 6. — 
cxliii. 6. 

Ixxxiv. 2. My soul longeth for the 
courts of the Lord. 

cxix, 20. My soul breaketh for the 
longing it hath unto thy testimonies at 
all times. 

Ver. 131. I longed after thy command- 
ments. Ver. 54. 94. 

Ver. 174. I have longed for thy salvu- 
tion, O Lord ; and tliy law is my delight. 

Promises. Ps. Ixxxi. 10. Open thy 
mouth wide, and I will fill it. 

Isa. xliv. 3. I will pour water upon 
him that is thirsty, and floods upon the 
dry ground. Ps. cvii. 9. Jer. xxxi. 13. 

Iv. 1. Ho I every one that thirsteth, 
come ye to the waters. Rev. xxii. 17. 

Matt. v. G. Blessed are they which do 
hunger and thirst after righteousness. 
John iv. 13, 14,— vi. 35,— vi, 37, 38. 

JOY IN GOD. 

LXXXVI. Joy in God. Phil. iii. 1, 
Finally, brethren, rejoice in the Lord 
iv, 4. Rejoice in the Lord alway. 
1 Thess. v. 16. Rejoice evermore. 

LXXXVII, Through Christ. Rom. v. 
11, We joy in God through our Lord 
Jesus Christ, by whom we have now re- 
ceived the atonement. 

LXXXVII. Persons encouraged to re- 
joice in God. The righteous. Ps. xxxii, 
H. Be glad in the Lord and rejoice, ye 
righteous ; and shout for joy all ye that 
are upright in lieart. Ps. xxxiii. 1. 

Ixiv. 10, The righteous shall be glad 
in the Lord, and all the upright in heart 
ahall glory. Ps. Ixviii. 3. 

xcvii. 11. Light is sown for the right- 


Chap. XIV. 


Joy in God. 


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eous, and gladness for the upright in 
heart. Ver. 12. Job viii. 20, 21. 

Matt. XXV. 21. Thou good and faithful 
servant, enter into the joy of thy Lord. 
Job xxxiii. 26. 

LXXXIX. The meek. Isa. xxix. 19. 
The meek shall increase their joy in the 
Lord. Ver. 20. 

XC. Those that seek God. Ps. xl. 16. 
Let those that seek thee rejoice and be 
glad in thee. 1 Chron. xvi. 10. 27. Ps. 
Ixx. 4. — cv. 3. 

XCT. Those that trust in God. Ps. v. 11. 
Let all those that put their trust in thee re- 
joice; let them ever shout for joy, because 
thou defendest them: let them also that 
love thy name, be joyful in thee. Ps. 
xxxiii. 21. 

XCII. Those thai hope in God. Rom. v. 
2. We rejoice in hope of the glory of God. 
Heb. iii. 6. Rom. xii. 12. Ps. xvi. 11. 

1 Pet. i. 3. God hath begotten us to 
a lively hope, &c. — Ver. 6. Wherein ye 
greatly rejoice. 

Luke X. 20. Rejoice that your names 
are written in heaven. 

XCIII. Those who have faith, or be- 
lieve. Acts xvi. 34. The jailor rejoiced, 
believing in God, with all his house. 

Rom. XV. 13. Now the God of peace fill 
you with all joy and peace in believing. 
Phil. i. 25. 

1 Pet. i. 8. Believing in Christ, ye re- 
joice with joy unspeakable and full of 
glory. John xiv. 1. 

XCIV. Joy promised. Ps. iv. 7. Thou 
hast put gladness in my heart, more than 
in tlie time that their corn and wine in- 
creased. 

xvi. 11. Thou wilt shew me the path 
of life: in thy presence is fulness of joy, 
at thy right hand are pleasures for ever 
more. Acts ii. 28. 

xcii. 4. Thou hast made me glad through 
thy work. 

cxxvi. 5. They that sow in tears, shall 
reap in joy. Isa. Ixi. 3. 10. Jer. xxxi. 9. 
12. Matt. V. 4. 

Eccl. ii. 26. God giveth to a man that 
is good in his sight, wisdom, and know- 
ledge, and joy. Ch. v. 20. — ix. 7. 

Isa. Ixv. 14. My servant shall sing for 
joy of heart. 

John xvi. 20. Your sorrow shall be 
turned into joy. Ch. xiv. 1. 

XCV. Things rejoiced in are, God. — 


See the first section. In Christ. John 
viii. 56. Jesus said, AbraJiam rejoiced to 
see my day ; and he saw it, and was glad. 

XV. 11. These things have I spoken 
unto you, that my joy might remain in 
you, and that your joy might be fiill. Ch. 
x%'ii. 13. 1 John i. 4. 

xvi. 22. I will see you again, and your 
hearts shall rejoice. 

Phil. iii. 3. We are the circumcision, 
which worship God in the Spirit, and re- 
joice in Christ Jesus, and have no con- 
fidence in the flesh. 

Rev. xix. 7. Let us be glad and rejoice, 
and give honour to him, for the marriage 
of the Lamb is come, 

XCVI. In the Holy Ghost. Rom. xiv. 
17. The kingdom of God is not meat and 
drink, but righteousness and peace, and 
joy in the Holy Ghost. GaL v.22. Col. i. 11. 

XCVII. In God's worship. Ps. ii. 11. 
Serve the Lord with fear, and rejoice with 
trembling. 

xxvii. 6. I will offer in his tabernacles 
sacrifices of joy. 

xlii, 4. I went with them to the house 
of God, with the voice of joy and praise. 
Ps. Iv. 14. 

xliii. 4. I will go unto the altar of God, 
imto God my exceeding joy. 

Ixiii. 5. My mouth shall praise thee 
with joyful lips. 

Ixvi. 1. i\Iake a joyful noise tmto God, 
all ye lands. Ps. Ixxxi. 8. — xcviii. 4. 6. — 
c. 1. 2. 

Ixviii. 4. Sing praises to God, and re- 
joice before him. Ch. Ixxxi. 1. 

Ixxxix. 15. Blessed is the people that 
know the joyful sound. Ver. 16. 

cvii. 22. Declare his works with re- 
joicing. 

cxviii. 24. This is the day God made, 
we will be glad and rejoice in it. 

cxxii. 1. I was glad when they said 
unto me, Let us go unto the house of the 
Lord. 

Isa. Ivi. 7. I wdll make them joyful in 
my house of prayer. 

See instances of this joy, 1 Chron. xv. 
16. 2 Chron. xxiii. 18.— xxix. 30. Neh. 
xii. 48. 

XCVIII. Worship of God, fixed and 
carried on among God^s people, a cause of 
their joy. 1 Sam. vi. 13. The people re- 
joiced to see the Ark of God returning to 

2 Sam. vi. 12. The Ark of God 


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Chap. XIV. 


brought to tlie city of David with glad- 
ness. 1 Chron. x\'. 25. 

1 Chron. xxix. 9. David and the people 
rejoiced, because that with a perfect licart 
tlie people offered willingly to the Lord 
tlie materials for building tlie house of 
the Lord. 2 Chron. xxiv. 10. 

2 Chron. vi. 41. At the dedication of 
tlie temple, Solomon prayed, saying, Let 
thy priests, O Lord, be clothed with salva- 
tion, and let thy saints rejoice in good- 
ness. 1 Kings viii. 66. Ps. Ixiii. 2. 

Ezra iii. 12. At laying the foundation 
of the second temple, many shouted aloud 
for joy. Ver. 13. 

vi. 12. They kept the dedication of the 
second temple with joy. 

2 Chron. xxix. 35, 36. The service of 
tlie house of the Lord was set in order : 
And Hezekiali the king, and all the peo- 
ple, rejoiced that God had prepared the 
people. 

XXX. 1. 21. 26. There was great joy in 
Jerusalem, at holding the passover by the 
commandment of king Hezekiah. See 
Ch. XV. 12. 14, 15. Ezra vi. 22. 

Neh. viii. 9, 10. 12. The people re- 
joiced at hearing the law read. 

Ver. 12 — 44. They rejoiced at the de- 
dicating of the wall of Jerusalem, and 
divine worship restored. 

XCIX. God^s presence with his people 
a cause of joy, Zeeh. ii. 10. Sing and re- 
joice, O daughter of Zion ; for, lo, I come, 
and will dwell in the midst of thee, saith 
tlie Lord. Ch. ix. 9. Ps. xvi. 8, 9. 11.— 
xlvi. 4, 5. — xlviii. 2. Isa. xii. 6. Zcph. iii. 
14 to 20. 

C. God^s love and care for his people, a 
cause of joy. Song i. 4. We will be glad 
and rejoice in thee; we will remember 
tliy love more than wine. 

Ps. XXXV. 27. Let them shout for joy 
and be glad; let them say continually the 
Lord be magnified, who taketh pleasure 
in the prosperity of his servants. 

CI, God^s mercy a cause of joy. Ps. 
xxxi. 7. I will be glad and rejoice in thy 
mercy : for thou hast considered my trou- 
ble, thou hast known my soul in adver- 
sity. Ps. li. 8, 9. 12.— Ixxxv. 6, 7. 

CII. Help and strength from God a 
cause of joy. Neh. i. 10. The joy of the 
Lord is your strength. 

Ps. xvi. 8, 9. Because the Lord is at 
my right hand, I shall not be moved. 
Therefore my heart is glad. 


xx\'iii. 7. The Lord is my strength, 
and my shield ; my heart trusted in him, 
and I am helped; therefore my heart 
greatly rejoiceth. 

cm. Salvation from God against ene- 
mies a cause of joy. 1 Sam. ii. 1. My 
mouth is enlarged over mine enemies; 
because I rejoiced in thy salvation. 

Ps. cix. 14. I will rejoice in thy salva^ 
tion. Ps. xiii. 5. — xxxv. 9. 

cxviii. 15. The voice of rejoicing and 
salvation is in the tabernacles of the 
righteous. Ps. xxi. 1. 

Luke i. 47. My spirit hath rejoiced in 
God my Saviour. 

CIV. God''s vengeance uponhis and his 
peopWs enemies, a cause of rejoicing. 
Deut. xxxii. 43. Rejoice, O ye nations 
with his people, for he will avenge the 
blood of his servants, and will render ven- 
geance to his adversaries, and will be mer- 
ciful unto his land, and to his people. 

Ps. xlviii. 11. Let mount Zion rejoice, 
let the daughters of Judah be glad, be- 
cause of thy judgments. Ver. 7, 8. 

Iviii. 10, The righteous shall rejoice 
when he seeth the vengeance; he shall 
wash his feet in the blood of the wicked. 
Job xxii. 19. 

CV. Rejoicing in God's word. Ps. xix. 
9. The statutes of the Lord are right, re- 
joicing the heart. 

cxix. 14. I have rejoiced in the way of 
thy testimonies, as much as in all riches, 

Ver. 111. Thy testimonies have I ta- 
ken as an heritage for ever, for they are 
the rejoicing of my heart. Ver. 77. 92. 
174. 

Jer. XV. 16. Thy word was unto me 
the joy and rejoicing of my heart. 

1 John i. 4. These things I write \mto 
you that your joy may be full. 

The loord was received with joy. Acts 
ii. 14.— viii. 8.— xiii. 48. 1 Thess. i. 6. 

CVI. Joy in God's providential govern- 
merit. 1 Chron. xvi. 31. Let the heavens 
be glad, and let the earth rejoice, and let 
them say among the nations, The Lord 
rcigneth. 

Ps. ix. 2. I will be glad and rejoice in 
thee. — Ver, 4. Thou sattcst in tlie throne 
judging right. — Ver. 8. He will judge 
the world in righteousness. 

Ixvii. 4. Let the nations be glad, and 
sing for joy; for tliou shalt judge the 
people righteously, and govern the na- 
tions upon earth. 


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Comfort in God. 


171 


Ps. Ixxxix. 12. Tabor and Hermon shall 
rejoice in thy name. — Ver. 14. Justice 
and judgment are the habitation of thy 
tiirone. 

xcvi. 10. Say among the heathen, The 
Lord reigneth, the world shall be stablish- 
ed, that it shall not be moved : he shall 
judge the people righteously. 

Ver. 11. Let the heavens rejoice, and 
let the earth be glad. — Ver. 13. For the 
Lord shall judge the world with right- 
eousness, and the people with his truth. 
Ps. xcviii. 4. 9. 

xcvii. 1, 2. The Lord reigneth, let the 
earth rejoice, let the multitude of the isles 
be glad. Righteousness and judgment 
are the habitation of his throne. 

Rev. xix. 6, 7. The Lord God omni- 
potent reigneth : Let us be glad and give 
honour to him. See Ps. civ. 34. — cvii. 42. 
— cxlii. 9. 

CVII. Temporal deliverances of Gocfs 
church, a cause of joy. See the deliver- 
ances of the Jews from the Egyptians, 
Exod. xviii. 9, 10. Ps. Ixv. 6.— cv. 43.— 
cvi. 5. 

Deliverance from captivity. Ps. xiv. 7. 
— cxxvi. 3. 

CVIIL Spiritual blessings conferred on 
the church, a cause of rejoicing. Isa. ix. 3. 
They joy before thee according to the joy 
in harvest. — Ver. 6. For unto us a child 
is born, unto us a Son is given. Ch. Iv. 
4. 12. Zech. ix. 9. See Rejoicing in 
Christ. 

xii. 2, 3. The Lord Jehovah is my 
strength and my song ; he is also become 
my salvation. 

Therefore with joy shall ye draw water 
out of the wells of salvation. Ver. 5, 
6,7. 

XXXV. 1, 2. , The wilderness and the 
solitary place shall be glad for them, and 
tlie desert shall rejoice and blossom as the 
rose. It shall blossom abundantly and re- 
joice, even with joy and singing: they 
shall see the glory of the Lord, and the 
excellency of our God. 

xli. 10. Fear not, for I am with thee ; I 
am thy God, I will strengthen thee; yea, 
I will uphold thee with the right hand of 
my righteousness : thou shalt rejoice in 
the Holy One of Israel. Ver. 13, 14. 

xlix. 13. Sing, O heavens, and be joy- 
ful, O earth ; for the Lord hath comforted 
his people. 

li. 3. The Lord shaU comfort Zion. 
Ver. 10. 12. 

14 


Ver. 11. They shall obtain gladness 
and joy, &c. Ch. lii. 9. Ch. liv. 1 to 8. 

Ix. 15. I will make thee an eternal ex- 
cellency, the joy of many generations. 
Ver. 16, 17. 

Isa. Ixi. 3 to 11.— Ixv. 14. 18.— IxvL 5. 
10 to 15. 

Jer. xxxi. 13, 14. — xxxiii. 8, 9, 10. Zeph. 
iii. 17, 18. 20. Zech. ii. 10. 

CIX. The worlc of creation a cause of 
joy. Job xxxviii. 4. 7. When God laid 
the foundations of the earth, the morning 
stars sang together, and all the sons of 
God shouted ior joy. 

ex. Worldly prosperity from the hand 
of God, a cause of joy. Deut. xii. 7. Ye 
shall rejoice in all that ye put your hand 
unto, you and your households, wherein 
the Lord. thy God hath blessed thee. Ver. 
12. 18. 

Deut. xxvi. 11. Thou shalt rejoice in 
every good thing which the Lord thy God 
hath given unto thee, and unto thine house. 

Joel ii. 23. Be glad, ye children of 
Zion, and rejoice in the Lord your God ; 
for he hath given you the former rain 
moderately, and he will cause to come 
down for you the rain, the former rain, 
and the latter rain, in the first month. 

Ver. 24. And the floors shall be fiill of 
wheat, and the fats shall overflow with 
wine and oil. — Ver. 26. And ye shall eat 
in plenty and be satisfied, and praise the 
name of the Lord your God, that hath 
dealt wondrously with you. 

CXI. Rejoicing in God in time of 
imrldly adversity. Hab. iii, 17, 18. Al- 
though the fig-tree shall not blossom, 
neither shall fruit be in the vines ; the 
labour of the olive shall fail, and the fields 
shall yield no meat ; the flocks shall be 
cut off from the fold, and there shall be 
no herd in the stall : Yet will I rejoice 
in the Lord, I will joy in the God of my 
salvation. Ps. xlvi. 1 to 5. 

COMFORT IN GOD. 

CXII. God giveth comfort and consola- 
tion. Job XV. 11. Are the consolations of 
God small with thee ? 

Ps. xxiii. 4. Though I walk through 
the valley of the shadow of death, I will 
fear no evil : for thou art with me ; thy 
rod and thy staff* they comfort me. 

Ixxi. 20, 21. O God, thou hast shewed 
me great and sore troubles : Thou shalt 
increase my greatness, and comfort me 
on every side. 


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Satisfaction. 


Chap. XIV. 


Ps. Ixxxvi. 17. The Lord hath holpen 
me and comforted me. 

xciv, 19. In the multitude of my 
thoughts witliin me, thy comforts deliglit 
ray soul. 

cxix. 52. I remembered thy judgments 
of old, O Lord, and have comforted my- 
self. 

Ver. 76. Let, I pray thee, thy merci- 
ful kindness be for my comfort, according 
to thy word unto tliy servant. — Ver. 82. 
Mine eyes fail for thy word, saying, 
When wilt thou comfort me. 

Isa. xii. 1. O Lord, I will praise thee : 
though though wast angry with me, thine 
anger is turned away, and thou comfort- 
edst me. 

xl. 1, 2. Comfort ye, comfort ye my 
people, saitli your God. Speak ye com- 
fortably to Jerusalem, and cry, that licr 
warfare is accomplished, that her iniquity 
is pardoned. 

xlix. 13. The Lord hath comforted his 
people, and will have mercy on his afflict- 
ed. Ch. lii. 9. 

li. 3. The Lord shall comfort Zion; 
joy and gladness shall be found therein, 
thanksgiving and the voice of melody. 

Ver. 12. I, even I (saith tlie Lord) am 
he that comforteth you : who art tliou, 
that thou shouldst be afraid of a man tliat 
shall die, and of the son of man that shall 
be made as grass? 

Ivii. 18. I have seen his ways and will 
heal him ; I will lead him, and restore 
comforts to him and to his mourners. 

Ixi. 2. I appoint, to comfort all that 
mourn in Zion. 

Ixvi. 13. As one whom his mother 
comforteth, so will I comfort you. 

Jer. xxxi. 13. I will turn their mourn- 
ing into joy, and will comfort them. 

Hos. ii. 14. I will speak comfortablj^ 
unto her. 

Zech. i. 1.3. The Lord answered with 
comfortable words. — Ver. 17. Tlie Lord 
shall yet comfort Zion, and shall yet 
choose Jerusalem. 

Martt. V. 4. Blessed are they that mourn, 
for they shall be comforted. 

Luke xvi. 25. Lazarus is comforted in 
heaven. 

John xiv. 18. JesuB said, I will not 
leave you comfortless. 

Acts ix. 31. The churches walking in 
the fear of the Lord, and in the comfort 
of the Holy Ghost, wore muUi|)licd. 

Rom. XV. 4. Whatsoever things were 
written aforetime, were written for our 
learning ; tJiat we tlirough patience and 


comfort of the Scriptures might have 
hope. 

Ver. 5. Now the God of patience and 
consolation grant you to be like minded 
one toward another, ?iccording to Christ 
Jesus. 

2 Cor. i. 3, 4. Blessed be God, even 
the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the 
Father of mercies and the God of all com- 
fort ; who comforteth us in all our tribu- 
lations, that we may be able to comfort 
them that are in any trouble, by the com- 
fort wherewith we ourselves are comfort- 
ed of God. 

Ver. 5. Our consolation aboundeth by 
Christ. Phil. ii. 1. 1 Pet. i. 8. 

vii. 6. God that comforteth those that 
are east down, comforted us. 

2 Thess. ii. 16. Now our Lord Jesus 
Christ himself, and God even our Father, 
which hath loved us, and given us ever- 
lasting consolation and good hope through 
grace. (Heb. vi. 18.) Ver. 17. Comfort 
your hearts, and stablish you in every 
good word and work. 

Observe, the foregoing Scriptures repre- 
sent a Christian's comfort, as proceeding 
from God the Father, from Christ, the 
Holy GJiost, and from the holy Scriptures. 


SATISFACTION. 

CXIII. God satisjieih. Ps. xvii. 15. I 
will behold thy face in righteousness ; I 
shall be satisfied when I awake with tlay 
likeness. 

xxxvi. 8, 9. They shall be abundantly 
satisfied with the fatness of thy house, 
and thou wilt make them drink of the 
river of thy pleasures. For with thee is 
the fountain of life. 

Ixiii. 5, 6, My soul shall be satisfied as 
with marrow and fatness ; when I remem- 
ber thee upon my bed, and meditate on 
thee in the night-watches. 

Ixv. 4. We shall be satisfied with the 
goodness of thy house, even of thy holy 
place. 

ciii. 2, 5. Bless the Lord, O my soul, 
who satisficth thy mouth with good things. 

cvii. 9. The Lord satisficth the longing 
soul, and fiUeth the hungry soul with 
goodness. 

cxxxii. 15. 1 will abundantly bless Zion's 
provision ; I will satisfy her poor with bread. 

Isa. Iv. 2. WJicrefore do ye spend 
your money for that vvliieh is not bread, 
and your labour for tJiat which satisficth 
not : hearken diligently unto me, and 


Chap. XIV. Delight in Godf ^"C. — Sinful Boasting. 


173 


eat that which is good, and let your soul 
delig-ht itself in fatness. 

Jer. xxxi. 14. I will satiate the soul of 
the priests with fatness, and my people 
shall be satisfied with my goodness, saith 
the Lord. — Ver. 25. I have satisfied the 
weary soul. 


DELIGHT IN GOD. 

CXIV. Delight in God. Job xxii. 21. 
Acquaint thyself with God.— Ver. 26. 
Then shalt thou have thy delight in the 
Almighty, and liflt up thy face unto God. 

Ps. xxxvii. 4. Delight thyself in the 
Lord, and he shall give thee the desires 
of thine heart. 

Isa. Iviii. 14. Keep the sabbath, &c. 
Then shalt thou delight thyself in the 
Lord, and I will cause thee to ride upon 
the high places of the earth, and feed thee 
with the heritage of Jacob thy father. 

CXV. Things of God delighted in hy 
his people, Neh. ix. 25. Thy people de- 
lighted themselves in thy great goodness. 

Ps. i. 2. A good man's delight is in 
the law of the Lord. Ps. cxix. 70. 77. 92. 
Rom. vii. 22. 

xciv. 19. Thy comforts delight my soul. 

cxii, 1. Blessed is the man that de- 
lighteth in God's commandments. 

cxix. 16. I will delight myself in thy 
statutes. Ver. 47. 143. 

Isa. Iviii. 13. Call the sabbath a delight. 

CXVI. Delight in Christ. Song ii. 3. 
I sat down imder his shadow with great 
delight. 

Mai. iii. 1. The Lord whom ye seek 
shall suddenly come to his temple, even 
the messenger of the covenant whom ye 
deliofht in. 


GLORYING IN GOD. 

CXVII. Glorying in God. Isa. xli. 
16. Thou shalt rejoice in the Lord, and 
glory in the Holy One of Israel. Ch. 
xliv. 25. Jer. vi. 2. 

Jer. ix. 24. Let him that glorieth 
glory in the Lord. Ps. Ixiii. 11. — Ixiv. 
10.— cv. 3.— cvi. 4, 5. 1 Cor. i. 31. 2 
Cor. X. 17. 

Gal. vi. 14. God forbid that I should 
glory, save in the cross of our Lord Jesus 
Christ, by whom the world is crucified 
unto me and I unto the world. 


CXVIII. Sinful glorying forhidden- 
Jer. ix. 23. Let not the wise man glory 
in his wisdom, neither let the mighty 
man glory in his might, let not the rich 
man glory in his riches. 

1 Cor. i. 29. No man should glory in 
God's sight. Rom. iv. 2. 

iii. 21. Let no man glory in man. 

iv. 7. Who maketh thee to diflTer? and 
what hast thou that thou didst not receive ? 
Now if thou didst receive it, why dost thou 
glory as if thou hadst not received it ? 

ix. 16. Though I preach the gospel I 
have nothing to glory of, for necessity is 
laid upon me ; yea, woe is unto me if I 
preach not the gospel. 

2 Cor. xi. 18. Many glory after ^the 
flesh. 1 Cor. v. 6. James i, 4. 

xii. 5. Of myself will I not glory, but 
of mine infirmities. Ver. 9. Ch. xi, 30. 


BOASTING IN GOD. 

CXIX. Boasting in God. Ps. xxxiv. 2. 

My soul shall make her boast in the Lord. 

xliv. 8. In God we boast all the day long. 


SINFUL BOASTING. 

CXX. Sinfulhoasting of the wicked. Ps. 
X. 3, 4. The wicked boasteth of his heart's 
desire. God is not in all his thoughts. 

xlix. 6. They boast themselves of the 
multitude of their riches. 

Iii. 1. Why boastest thou thyself of 
mischief? 

xciv. 4. How long shall the workers 
of iniquity boast themselves? — Ver. 7. 
They say. The Lord shall not see nor 
regard it. 

Prov. xxvii. 1. Boast not thyself of 
to-morrow, for thou knowest not what a 
day may bring forth. 

Isa. X. 15. Shall the axe boast itself 
against him that heweth therewith! 

Ezek. XXXV. 13. With your mouth ye 
have boasted against me. — Ver. 14. 
Thus saith the Lord, I will make you 
desolate. 

Rom. i. 20. Wicked men are boasters. 
2 Tim. iii. 2. 

ii. 17, 18. Thou makest thy boast of 
God, and knowest his will. — Ver. 23. 
Thou that makest thy boast of the law, 
through breaking the law dishonourest 
thou God ? 

iii. 27. Boasting is excluded by the 
law of faith. 


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Hope in God. 


Chap. XIV. 


James iii. 5. The tongue boasteth 
great things. 

iv. 16. Ye rejoice in your boasting: 
all such rejoicing is evil. 


HOPE IN GOD. 

CXXI. Hope in God and in Christ. 
Ezra X. 2. We have trespassed against 
our God, yet now is there hope concern- 
ing this. 

Job V. 15, 16. God saveth the poor 
from the sword, and from the hand of the 
mighty. The poor hath hope, and iniquitj^ 
stoppcth her mouth. 

xi. 14. Put iniquity far from thee. — 
Ver. 18. Then thou shalt be secure, be- 
cause there is hope. 

Ps. xvi. 9, 10. My flesh shall rest in 
hope : For tliou wilt not leave my soul 
in hell. Acts ii. 26. 

xxii. 9. Thou didst make me to hope 
when I was upon my mother's breasts. 

xxxi. 24. Be of good courage, and he 
shall strengthen your heart, all ye that 
hope in the Lord. 

xxxiii. 18. The eye of the Lord is upon 
them that fear him, upon them that hope 
in his mercy. Ver. 22. Ps. cxlvii. 11. 
Let tliy mercy. Lord, be upon us, accord- 
ing as we hope in thee. 

xxxviii. 15. For thee, O Lord, do I 
hope ; thou wilt hear, O Lord, my God. 

xxxix. 7. Lord what wait I for ? my 
hope is in thee. 

xlii. 5. Why art thou cast down, O my 
soul ? why art thou disquieted in me ? 
Hope thou in God, for I shall yet praise 
him, for the help of his countenance. 
Ver. 1. Ps. Ixxi. 4, 5. 14. 

Ixxviii. 5. He commanded our fathers, 
that they should make known to tlicir 
children his testimony and iiis law. — 
Ver. 7. That they might set tlicir hope 
in God, and not forget the works of God, 
but keep his commandments. 

cxix. 43. I have hoped in thy judg- 
ments. 

Ver. 49. Remember the word on which 
thou hast caused me to hope. — Ver. 74. I 
have hoped in tiiy word. Ver. 81. 114. 116. 

Ver. 166. Lord I have hoped for thy 
salvation, and done t!iy commandments. 

cxxxi. .3. Let Israel hope in tlic liOrd; 
for with iho Lf)r(l there is mercy, and 
plenteous red niption. 

cxlvi. 5. Ha])py is lie tliat halli the 
God of Jacob for his help, and whose liope 
is in the Lord his God. 


Prov. X. 28. The hope of the righte- 
ous shall be gladness ; but the expectation 
of the wicked shall perish. 

xiv. 32. The wicked is driven away in 
his wickedness : but the righteous hath 
hope in his death. 

Jer. iii. 23. In vain is salvation hoped 
for from the hills and from the multitude 
of mountains : truly in the Lord our God 
is the salvation of Israel. 

xiv. 8. O Lord, the hope of Israel and 
the Saviour thereof in time of trouble. 

xvii. 7. Blessed is the man that 
trusteth in the Lord, and whose hope the 
Lord is. 

Ver. 13. O Lord, the hope of Israel. — 
Ver. 17. Thou art my hope in the day 
of evil. 

xxxi. 17. There is hope, saith the 
Lord, that thy children shall come again 
from captivity. 

1. 7. They sinned against the Lord, 
the hope of their fathers. 

Lam. iii. 24. The Lord is my portion, 
saith my soul ; therefore will I hope in 
him. 

Ver. 26. It is good that a man should 
both hope and quietly wait for the salva- 
tion of the Lord. — Ver. 29. He putteth 
his moutli in the dust, if so be there may 
be hope. — Ver. 31. For the Lord will 
not cast off for ever. 

Hos. ii. 15. Tlie Lord saith, I will give 
her (the church) the valley of Achor for 
a door of hope. 

Joel iii. 16. The Lord will be the hope 
of his people. 

Zeeh. ix. 12. Turn you to the strong- 
hold, ye prisoners of hope. 

Acts xxili. 6. Of the hope and resur- 
rection of the dead am I called in ques- 
tion, said Paul. 

xxiv. 15. I have hope toward God, that 
there shall be a resurrection of the dead. 
Ch. xxvi. 6, 7. — xxviii. 20. 

Rom. iv. 18, Abraham believed in 
hope. 

V. 2. We rejoice in hope of the glory 
of God. 

Ver. 4, 5. Experience worketh hope : 
and hope maketh not asliamed. 

vii. 24. We are saved by hope : but 
hope that is seen is not hope ; for what a 
man seeth why doth he yet hope for? If 
we hope for that we see not, then do we 
with patience wait for it. 

xii. 12. Rejoicing in liope. 

XV. 4. W^hatsoever things were writ- 
ten' aforetime, were written for our 
learning, that we througli patience and 


Chap. XIV. 


Hope in God, 


175 


comfort of the Scriptures might have 
hope. 

Ver. 13, Now the God of hope fill you 
with all joy and peace in believing-, that 
ye may abound in hope through the power 
ofthe Holy Ghost. 

1 Cor. ix. 10. For our sakes this is 
written, That he that plougheth should 
plough in hope, and that he that thresh- 
eth in hope should be a partaker of his 
hope. 

xiii. 7. Charity hopeth all things. — 
Ver. 13. Now ^bideth faith, hope, cha- 
rity. 

XV. 19. If in this life only we have 
hope in Christ, we are of all men most 
miserable. 

2 Cor. iii. 12. Seeing we have such 
hope, we use great plainness of speech. 

Gal. v. 5. We through the Spirit wait 
for the hope of righteousness through 
faith. 

Eph. i. 18. Your understanding being 
enlightened, that ye may know what is 
the hope of his calling, and what the 
riches ofthe glory of his inheritance in 
the saints. 

iv. 4. Ye are called in one hope of 
your calling. 

Phil. i. 20. My earnest expectation 
and my hope, that in nothing I shall be 
ashamed; but that with all boldness, as 
always, so now also, Christ shall be mag- 
nified in my body, whether it be by life 
or by death. 

Col. i. 5. The hope laid up for you in 
heaven. 

Ve r. 23. Be not moved away from the 
hope of the gospel. — Ver. 27. Christ in 
you he hope of glory. 

1 Thess. i. 2, 3. We give thanks to 
God always for you; remembering your 
work of faith, and labour of love, and 
patience of hope in our Lord Jesus 
Christ, in the sight of God and our 
Father. 

ii. 19. What is our hope and joy, or 
crown of rejoicing; are not even ye in 
the presence of our Lord Jesus Christ ? 

v. 8. Let us who are of the day be 
sober, putting on the breastplate of faith 
and love, and for an helmet the hope of 
salvation. 

2 Thess. ii. 16. Now our Lord Jesus 
Christ, and God even our Father, which 
hath loved us, and hath given us ever- 
lasting consolation and good hope 
through grace, comfort your hearts, 
and stablish you in every good word and 
work, 

14* 


1 Tim. i. 1. The Lord Jesus Christ 
which is our hope. 

Tit, i. 2. In hope of eternal life, which 
God hath promised. 

ii. 13. Looking for that blessed hope, 
and the glorious appearing of the great 
God our Saviour, who gave himself for us. 

iii. 17. Being justified by his grace, 
we shall be made heirs according to the 
hope of eternal life. 

Heb. iii. 6. Hold fast the confidence 
and rejoicing of hope firm unto the end. 

vi. 11. Full assurance of hope. 

Ver. 17 — 19. God confirmed his pro- 
mise by an oath ; that we might have a 
strong consolation who have fled for 
refuge to lay hold upon the hope set 
before us: Which hope we have as an 
anchor of the soul, both sure and stead- 
fast, and which entereth into that within 
the veil. Whither the forerunner is for 
us entered, even Jesus, made an high 
priest. 

vii. 19. The law made nothing perfect, 
but the bringing in of a better hope did. 

xi. 6. Faith is the substance of things 
hoped for. 

1 Pet. i. 3. Blessed be the God and 
Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, which 
according to his abundant mercy, hath be- 
gotten us again into a lively hope, by the 
resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead. 

Ver. 13. Be sober and hope to the end, 
for the grace, &c. — Ver. 21. God raised 
Christ from the dead, and gave him glory, 
that your faith and hope might be in 
God. 

iii. 15. Be ready always to give an 
answer to every man that asketh you a 
reason ofthe hope that is in you, with 
meekness and fear. 

1 John iii. 2, 3. Now are we the sons 
of God : when he shall appear we shall 
be like him. Every man that hath this 
hope in him purifieth himself, even as he 
is pure. 

CXXII. The hope of the iciched perish- 
eih. Job viii. 13. The hypocrite's hope 
shall perish. Ver. 14. 

xi. 20. The eyes of the wicked shall 
fail, their hope shall be as the giving up 
of the ghost, 

xxvii. 8. What is the hope of the hypo- 
crite, when God taketh away his soul ? 

Prov. X. 28. The expectation of the 
wicked shall perish. Job xviii, 14, 

xi. 7. When a wicked man dieth, his 
expectation shall perish ; and the hope of 
unjust men perisheth. 


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Uxpectation — Waiting. 


Chap. XIV. 


Jer. xviii. 12. They said, There is no 
hope ; but we will walk after our own 
dcNices. Ch. ii. 25. 

Eph. ii. 12. Having no hope, and with- 
out God in the world. 

1 Thess. iv. 13. Sorrow not [for the 
dead] as others which have no hope. 

EXPECTATION. 

CXXIII. The expectation of the righteous 
from God. Ps. Ixii. 5. My expectation is 
from the Lord. 

Prov. xxiii. 18. Thine expectation shall 
not be cut off. Ch. xxiv. 14. 

Phil. i. 20. According to my earnest 
expectation Christ shall be magnified in 
my body, whether it be by life or by 
death. 

CXXIV. Expectation of the wicked. 
Prov. X. 28. The expectation of the wick- 
ed shall perish. Ch. xi. 7. 

xi. 23. The expectation of tlie wicked 
is wrath. 

Zech. ix. 5. Ekron, her expectation 
.shall be ashamed. 

Acts xii. 11. The Lord hath delivered 
mc from the expectation of tlie Jews. 

WAITING. 

CXXV. The righteous wait for God. 
Gen. xlix. 18. I have waited for thy sal- 
vation, O Lord. 

Ps. XXV. 3. Let none that wait on tlie 
Lord be ashamed. 

Ver. 5. Thou art the God of my salva- 
tion : on thee do I wait all tlic day. Ver. 
21. 

xxvii. 14. Wait on the Lord, he of 
good courage, and he shall strengthen 
thine heart. 

xxxiii. 20. Our soul waited for the 
Lord: he is our help and our shield. 

xxxvii. 7. Rest in the Lord, and wait 
patiently for him. — Ver. 9. Those that 
wait on the Lord shall inherit tlie earth. 
Ver. 34. 

xxxix. 7. Lord, wliat wait I for ? my hope 
is in thee; deliver me from all my trans- 
gressions. Ver. 8. 

xl. 1. I waited patiently for the Lord, 
and he inclined unto me and heard my 
cry. 

lix. 9. Because of his strength I will 
wait upon thee, for God is my defence. 

Ixii. 1. ]My soul waitcth upon God : 
from him comcth my salvation. Ver. 5. 
Ixix. 3. Mine eyes fail while I wait for 


my God. — Ver. 6. Let not them that wait 
on thee be ashamed. 

Ps. exxiii. 2. Our eyes wait upon the 
Lord our God, until he have mercy upon 
us. 

cxxx. 5, 6. 1 wait for the Lord ; my 
soul doth wait, and in his word do I hope. 
My soul waiteth for the Lord, more than 
they that watch for the morning. 

Prov. viii. 34. Blessed is the man that 
heareth me, [Wisdom,] watching daily at 
the posts of my gates. 

XX. 22. Wait on the Lord, and he shall 
save the. 

Isa. viii. 17. I will wait upon the Lord 
that hideth his face from the house of 
Jacob, und I will look for him. 

XXV. 9. Lo this is our God, we have wait- 
ed for him, and he will save us; this is 
the Lord, we have waited for him ; we 
will be glad and rejoice in his salvation. 

xxvi. 8. In the way of thy judgments, 
O Lord, have we waited for thee : the de- 
sire of our soul is to thy name, and to tlie 
remembrance of thee. 

XXX. 18. The Lord is a God of judg- 
ment: blessed are all that wait for 
him. 

xxxiii. 2. O Lord, be gracious unto us ; 
we have waited for thee : be thou their 
arm every morning, our salvation also in 
time of trouble. 

xl. 31. They that wait upon the Lord 
shall renew their strength. 

xlix. 23. Thou shalt know that I am 
the Lord, for they shall not be ashamed 
that wait for me. 

Ii. 5. The isles shall wait upon me, 
and upon mine arm shall they trust Sec 
also, Isa. xlii. 4. 

Ixiv. 4. Men have not heard, nor per. 
ceivcd by the ear, neither hath the eye 
seen what he hath prepared for them that 
wait for him. 

Jer. xiv. 22. Are there any among the 
vanities of the Gentiles that can cause 
rain ? or can the heavens give showers ? 
Art not thou he, O Lord our God ? there- 
fore we will wait upon thee ; for thou hast 
made all these things. 

Lam. iii. 25, 2G. The Lord is good unto 
them that wait for him, to the soul that 
seekcth him. It is good that a man 
should both liopc and quietly wait for the 
salvation of the Lord. 

Hos. xii. 6. Keep mercy and judgment, 
and wait on thy God continually. 

Mic. vii. 7. I will wait for the God of 
my salvation : my God will hear me. 
Hab. ii. 3. The vision is for an ap- 


Chap. XIV. Submission and Resignation to God, ^c. 


177 


pointed time ; wait for it, because it will 
surely come. 

Zeph. iii. 8. Wait upon me, saith the 
Lord. 

Mark xv. 43. Joseph of Arimathea 
waited for the kingdom of God. Luke 
xxiii. 51. 

Luke ii. 25. Simeon waited for the con- 
solation of Israel. 

xii. 36. Be ye like men that wait for 
the coming of their Lord. 

Rom. viii. 23. We groan within our- 
selves, waiting for the adoption, to wit, 
the redemption of our body. 

1 Cor. i. 5. 7. In every thing ye are 
enriched : So that ye come behind in no 
gfift, waiting for the coming of our Lord 
Jesus Christ. 

Gal. V. 5. We through the Spirit wait 
for the hope of righteousness by faith. 

1 Thess. i. 9. Ye turned from idols to 
serve the living and true God, and to wait 
for his Son from heaven. 2 Thess. iii. 5. 
James v. 7. See Zech. ix. 1. 

CXXVI. The wicked wait not for God. 
2 Kings vi. 33. Behold, this evil is of the 
Lord, what should I wait for the Lord 
any longer ? 

Ps. cvi. 13. They forget his works, 
they waited not for his counsel. 


SUBMISSION AND RESIGNATION 
TO GOD. 

CXXVII. Language expressive of this 
temper of mind. Judg. x. 15. Do unto us 
what seemeth good unto thee. 

1 Sam. iii. 18. Eli said, It is the Lord, 
let him do what seemeth him good. 2 
Sam. X. 12.— XV. 26. 

2 Kings XX. 19. Hezckiah said unto 
Isaiah, Good is the word of the Lord 
which thou hast spoken. Isa. xxxix. 8. 

Matt. xi. 26. Jesus said, Even so, Fa- 
ther; for so it seemed good in thy sight. 
Luke X. 21. 

vi. 10. Thy will be done. Luke xi. 2. 

xxvi. 42. Jesus prayed, and said, O my 
Father, if this cup may not pass away 
from me, except I drink it, thy will be done. 

Acts xxi. 14. The will of the Lord be 
done. 

Neh. ix. 33. Thou art just in all that is 
brought upon us. 

Job i. 21. The Lord gave, and the 
Lord hath taken away, and blessed be his 
name. 

Lam, iii, 39, Wherefore should a liv- 


ing man complain ? a man for the punish- 
ment of his sins. 

James iv. 7. Submit yourselves to God. 

Ps. xxxix. 9. I was dumb and opened 
not my mouth, because thou didst it. 

Threats. Isa. xlv. 9. Wo to him that 
striveth with his Maker. 


RELYING UPON GOD. 

CXXVIII. Relying upon God. 2Chron. 
xiii. 18. The children of Judah prevailed 
against their enemies, because they relied 
upon the Lord God of their fathers. 1 
Chron. v. 20. 

xiv. 11. Help us, O Lord our God, for 
we rest on thee. 

xvi. 8. Because thou didst rely upon 
the Lord, he delivered thine enemies into 
thine hand. 

Ps. xxxvii. 7. Rest in the Lord, and 
wait patiently for him. 

Iv. 22. Cast thy burden upon the Lord, 
and he will sustain thee ; he shall never 
suffer the righteous to be moved. 

cxvi. 7. Return unto thy rest, O my souL 

Jer. vi. 16. Walk in the good way, and 
ye shall find rest to your souls. 

1 Pet. v. 7. Casting all your care upon 
him, for he careth for you. 


TRUST IN GOD. 

CXXIX. Trusting in God and Christ. 
2 Sam. xxii. 2, 3. David said, The Lord 
is my rock and my fortress, and my deli- 
verer ; the God of my rock, in him will I 
trust ; he is my shield, and the horn of my 
high tower, and my refuge, my Saviour : 
thou savest me from violence. Ps. xviii. 
2.— cxliv. 1, 2. 

Ver. 31. The Lord is a buckler to all' 
that trust in him. 

2 Kings xviii. 5. Hezekiah trusted in 
the Lord God of Israel, so that after him 
was none like him among all the kings 
of Judah, nor any that were before him. 
Ch. xix. 10. 2 Chron. xxxii. 7, 8. Isa. 
xxxvi. xxxvii. chapters. 

1 Chron. v. 18—20. The sons of Reu- 
ben, and the Gadites, and half the tribe of 
Manasseh, made war with the Hagarites. 
And the Hagarites were delivered into 
their hand ; for they cried to God in the 
battle, and he was entreated of them; be- 
cause they put their trust in him. 

Job xiii. 15. Job said, Though he slay 
me, vet will I trust in him, 


178 


Trust in God. 


Chap. XIV. 


,^ob XXXV. 14. Judgment is before him, 
therefore trust tliou in liim. 

Ps. ii. 12. Blessed are tliey that put 
tlieir trust in him. 

iv. 5. Offer the sacrifices of righteous- 
ness, and put your trust in the Lord. 

V. 11. Let all those that put their trust 
in thee rejoice. 

vii. 1. O Lord my God, in thee do I 
put my trust ; save me from all that per- 
secute me. 

ix. 10. They that know thy name will 
put their trust in thee; for thou, Lord, 
hast not forsaken them that seek thee. 

xi. 1. In the Lord put I my trust. 

xiii. 5. I have trusted in thy mercy, my 
heart shall rejoice in thy salvation. 

xvi. 1. Preserve me O God, for in thee 
do I put my trust. 

xvii. 7. Shew thy marvellous loving- 
kindness, O thou that savest by thy right 
liand them wliich put their trust in 
thee. 

XX. 7. Some trust in chariots and horses, 
but we will remember the name of the 
Lord our God. 

xxi. 7. The king trusteth in the Lord, 
and through the mercy of the Most Pligh 
he shall not be moved. 

xxii. 4, 5. Our fathers trusted in thee 
and thou didst deliver them. They trusted 
in thee, and were not confounded. 

Ver. 8. He trusted in the Lord that 
he would deliver him. Matt, xxvii. 43. 

XXV. 2. O my God, I trust in thee ; let 
me not be ashamed, let not mine enemies 
triumph over me. — Ver. 20. O keep my 
soul, and deliver me ; let me not be 
ashamed, for I put my trust in thee. 

xxvi. 1. I have trusted in the Lord, 
therefore I shall not slide. 

xxviii. 7. The Lord is my strength and 
my shield ; my heart trusted in him and 
I am helped : therefore my heart greatly 
rejoiceth, and with my song will I praise 
him. 

xxxi. 1. In thee, O Lord, do I put my 
trust : let me never be ashamed : deliver 
me in thy righteousness. Ps. Ixxi. 1. 5. 

Ver. G. I have hated them that regard 
lying vanities, but I trusted in the Lord. 

Ver. ly. How great is thy goodness 
which thou hast laid up for them that 
fear thee, which thou hast wrought for 
them that trust in thee before the sons of 
men. 

xxxii. 10. Many sorrows shall be to 
the wicked; but he that trustctli in the 
liord, mercy shall coinp.-iss him round. 

Ps. xxxiii. 21, 22. Our hearts shall 


rejoice in him because we trusted in his 
holy name. Let thy mercy be upon us. 

xxxiv. 8. Blessed is the man that 
trusteth in him. (Ps. Ixxxiv. 12.) Ver. 
22. None that trust in him shall be de- 
solate. 

xxxvi. 7. How excellent is thy loving, 
kindness, O God ; therefore the sons of 
men put their trust under the shadow of 
thy wings. 

xxxvii. 3. Trust in the Lord and do 
good, so shalt thou dwell in the land, and 
verily thou shalt be fed. Ver. 5. 40. 

xl. 4. Blessed is the man that maketh 
the Lord his trust. Ver. 3. 

xliv. 6. I will not trust in my bow : 
thou hast saved us from our enemies. 
Ver. 7. 

lii. 8. I trust in the mercy of God for 
ever and ever. 

Iv. 22. Cast thy burden upon the Lord, 
and he shall sustain thee ; he shall never 
suffer the righteous to be moved. Ver. 23. 

Ivi. 3, 4. What time I am afraid, I will 
trust in thee. In God I have put my trust, 
I will not fear what flesh can do unto me. 
Ps. cxviii. 6. 

Ivii. 1. Be merciful unto me, O God, 
be merciful unto me, for my soul trusteth 
in thee; yea, in the shadow of thy wings 
will I make my refuge, until the calami- 
ties be overpast. 

Ixi. 4. I will trust in the covert of thy 
wings. 

Ixii. 8. Trust in him at all times : God 
is a refuge for us. 

Ixiv. 10. The righteous shall be glad 
in the Lord, and shall trust in him. 

Ixxiii. 28. It is good for me to draw 
near to God : I have put my trust in the 
Lord God. 

Ixxxvii. 2. O tliou my God, save thy 
servant that trusteth in t))ee. 

xci. 2. I will say of the Lord, He is 
my refuge and my fortress, my God, in 
him will I trust. 

cxii. 7. A good man shall not be afraid 
of evil tidings ; his heart is fixed trusting 
in the Lord. Ver. 8. 

cxv. 9. Israel, trust thou in the Lord : 
he is their help and shield. Ver. 10, 11. 

cxviii. 8, 9. It is better to trust in the 
Lord, than to put confidence in mvin. It 
is better to trust in the Lord, than to put 
confidence in princes. Ps. cxlvi. 3. 

cxix. 41, 42. Let thy mercies come 
unto me, O Lord, even thy salvation, ac- 
cording to thy word. For I trust in thy 
word. 

c.xxv. 1, They that trust in the Lord 


Chap. XIV. 


Confidence. 


179 


shall be as Mount Zion, which cannot be 
removed. 

cxli. 8. Mine eyes are unto thee, O 
God, the Lord ; in thee is my trust ; leave 
not my soul destitute. 

cxliii. 8. Cause me to hear thy loving-, 
kindness in the morning, for in thee do 
I trust : cause me to know the way 
wherein I should walk, for I lift my soul 
to thee. 

Prov. iii. 5. Trust in the Lord with 
all thine heart, and lean not unto thine 
own understanding. 

xvi. 3. Commit thy works unto the 
Lord. 

Ver. 20. Whoso trusteth in the Lord, 
liappy is he. 

xxii. 19. That thy trust may be in the 
Lord, I have made known to thee, &c. 

xxviii. 25. He that putteth his trust in 
the Lord shall be made fat. 

xxix. 25. Whoso putteth his trust in 
the Lord shall be safe. 

Isa. xii. 2. Behold God is my salva- 
tion, I will trust and not be afraid ; for the 
Lord Jehovah is my strength, and my 
song-, he is also become my salvation. 

xxvi. 3, 4. Thou v/ilt keep him in per- 
fect peace, whose mind is stayed on thee, 
because he trusteth in thee. Trust in the 
Lord for ever, for in the Lord Jehovah is 
everlasting strength. 

1. 10. Who is among you that feareth 
the Lord, and obeyeth the voice of his 
servant, that walketh in darkness and 
hath no light? let him trust in the 
name of tlie Lord, and stay upon his 
God. 

li. 5. The isles shall wait upon me, 
and on mine arm shall they trust. Matt. 
xii. 21. 

Ivii. 13. He that putteth his trust in the 
Lord, shall inherit the land, and shall 
possess my holy mountain. 

Jer. xvii. 7, 8. Blessed is the man that 
trusteth in the Lord, and whose hope the 
Lord is. For he shall be as a tree planted 
by the waters, and that spreadeth out her 
roots by the river. 

xlix. 11. Let thy widows trust in me. 

Dan. iii. 28. The Lord sent his angel, 
and delivered his servant that trusted in 
him. 

Neh. i. 7, 8. The Lord is good, a strong- 
hold in the day of trouble, and he knoweth 
them that trust in him. But darkness 
shall pursue his enemies. 

Zeph. iii. 12. An afflicted and poor 
people, shall trust in the name of the 
Lord. 


Matt. xii. 21. In his [Christ's] name 
shall the Gentiles trust. 

Rom. XV. 12, In him shall the Gentjles 
trust. Isa. xi. 10. Isa. li. 5. 

2 Cor. i. 9, 10. We had the sentence 
of death within ourselves, that we should 
not trust in ourselves, but in God which 
raiseth the dead. Who delivered us ; in 
whom we trust that he will yet deliver us. 

iii. 4, 5. Such trust have we through 
Christ to Godward. Not that we are suf- 
ficient of ourselves, but our sufficiency is 
of God. 

Eph. i. 12, 13. That we should be to 
the praise of his glory, who first trusted 
in Christ. In whom ye also trusted after 
that ye heard the word of truth, the gos- 
pel of your salvation. 

1 Tim. iv. 10. We both labour and 
suffer reproach, because we trust in the 
living God ; who is the Saviour of all 
men, especially of them that believe. 

V. 5. She that is a widow indeed and 
desolate, trusteth in God. 1 Pet. iii. 5. 


CONFIDENCE. 

CXXX. Confidence in God. Ps. Ixv. 5. 
O God of our salvation, who art the confi- 
dence of the ends of the earth. 

Prov. iii. 25, 26. Be not afiraid of sud- 
den fear, neither of the desolation of the 
wicked when it cometh. For the Lord 
shall be thy confidence, and shall keep 
thy feet from being taken. 

xiv. 26. In the fear of the Lord is strong 
confidence. 

Isa. XXX. 15. Thus saith the Lord, in 
quietness and confidence shall be your 
strength. 

2 Cof. V. 6. We are confident and will- 
ing rather to be absent from the body. 

Eph. iii. 12. In Christ Jesus our Lord, 
we have boldness and access with confi- 
dence, by the faith of him. 

Phil. i. 6. Being confident of this, that 
he that hath begun a good work in you, 
will perform it until the day of Jesus 
Christ. 

2 Thess. iii. 4. We have confidence in 
the Lord touching you. Gal. v. 10. Philem. 
ver. 21. 

Heb. iii. 6, We are Christ's house, if 
we hold fast the confidence, and the re- 
joicing of the hope firm unto the end. — 
Ver. 14. We are made partakers of Christ, 
if we hold the begimiing of our confidence 
steadfast unto the end. 

X, 35. Cast not away your confidence. 


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Confidence. 


Chap. XIV. 


which hath great recompense of re- 
ward, 

1 John ii. 28. Little cliildrcn, abide in 
Christ, that when he shall appear we may 
have confidence, and not be ashamed be- 
fore him at his coming. 

iii. 21. Beloved, if our heart condemn 
us not, then have we confidence toward 
God, 

V. 14. This is the confidence that we 
have in him, that if we ask anything ac- 
cording to his will he heareth us. 

CXXXI. Confidence in God a security 
against the fear of evil from man. Gen. 
XV. 1. God said to Abraham, Fear not, 
I am thy shield, and thy exceeding great 
reward, 

xxvi, 24. The Lord said to Isaac, Fear 
not, for I am with thee, and will bless 
thee. 

Lev. xxvi. 3. If ye walk in my statutes. 
— Ver. 26. None shall make you afraid. 
Job xi. 14, 15. 19, Ezek, xxxiv. 28.— 
xxxix. 26. 

Deut. i. 17. Ye shall not be afraid of 
the face of man. — Ver. 20. The Lord your 
God shall fight for you. Ver. 30. 

2 Kings vi. 16. The man of God said, 
Fear not, for they that be with us be more 
than they that be with them. 

Job V. 21. Neither shalt thou be afraid 
for destruction when it cometh. Ver. 22. 
Ch. xi. 14, 15. 

Ps. iii, 5. The Lord sustained me, I 
will not be afraid of thousands set against 
me. Ps. xxvii. 3. 

xxiii. 4. I will fear no evil, for thou 
art with me. 

xxxiv. 4. The Lord delivered me from 
all my fears. 

xlvi, 2. I will not fear though the 
earth be removed. — Ver. 7. The Lord of 
hosts is with me. 

Ivi. 3, 4. In God have I put my trust ; 
I will not fear what flesh can do unto me. 
Heb. xiii. 6. 

xci. 5, G. Thou shalt not be afraid for 
terror by night, nor for the arrow by day ; 
nor for the pestilence, nor for destruction. 

cxii, 7. He shall not be afraid of evil 
tidings ; his heart is fixed, trusting in the 
Lord. Ver. 8. 

cxviii. 6. The Lord is on my side, I 
sliall not fear. 

Prov. i. 33. Whoso hcarkeneth unto 
me sljall dwell safely, and sliall be quiet 
from fear of evil, 

xxix. 25. The fear of man bringoth 
a snare, but whoso puttcth his trust in 


the Lord shall be safe, Ch. iii. 21 to 
25. 

Isa. xii. 2. God is my salvation, I will 
trust and not be afraid. 

xli. 10. Fear not thou, I am with thee, 
saith the Lord. Ver. 13, 14. Ch. xxxv. 
4. Ch. xliii. 15.— li. 7. 12.— liv. 4. 14. 
Jer. i, 8. — xxiii. 4. — xxx. 10. — xxxix. 17. 
—xlvi. 27, 28.— li. 46. 

Mic. iv. 4. They shall sit every man 
under his vine, and under his fig-tree, and 
none shall make him afiraid. Zeph. iii. 13- 
16. 

Matt. X. 26, Fear them not. Luke i. 
74. — xxi. 8. John xii. 15. 

Luke xii. 4. Be not afraid of them that 
kill the body. Ver. 32. 

Acts xviii. 9. Then spake the Lord to 
Paul, Be not afraid, for I am with thee. 
Ver. 10. 

Rom. viii. 15. We have not received 
the spirit of bondage, again].to fear, but of 
adoption. 2 Tim, i. 7. 

Phil. i. 14. The brethren spake the 
word without fear. 

Heb. ii. 15. Christ took part of flesh 
and blood, that he might deliver tliem 
wlio through fear of death were all their 
lifetime subject to bondage. 

1 Pet. iii. 14. If ye suffer for righteous- 
ness' sake, be not afraid of their terror. 
Matt. V. 10. 

1 John iv. 18. There is no fear in love. 

Rev. i. 17. Fear not, for I am the first 
and the last. Ch. ii. 20. See Gen. xxi. 17, 
Exod. XX. 20. Numb. xiv. 9. — xxi. 34. 
Deut. vii. 18, 19. 21.— xx. 1. 3.— xxxi. 6. 

8. Josh. xi. 6. 2 Kings i. 15. 2 Chron. xx. 
17. Neh. iv. 14. Ps. xlix. 5. 16.— Ixxviii. 
53. Isa. vii. 4. 25.— viii. 12.— xiv. 3.— xl. 

9. Dan. x. 12. Joel ii. 2. Matt. viii. 26. 
Mark iv. 40. Luke xxi. 9. John xii. 15. 
Zech. ix. 9. Acts xxvii. 24. Heb. xi. 23. 

CXXXII. Confidence of the wicked. Job 
xxxi. 24. If I have made gold my hope, 
or have said to the fine gold, Thou art 
my confidence — Ver. 28. This also were 
iniquity. 

Ps. cxviii. 8, 9. It is better to trust in 
the Lord, than to put confidence in man. 
It is better to trust in the Lord, than to 
[mt confidence in princes. 

Prov. xiv. 16. A wise man feareth and 
departrth from evil : but a fool rageth and 
is confident. 

xxi. 22. A wise man scaleth the city 
of the mighty, and casteth down the con- 
fidence thereof 

XXV. 19. Confidence in an unfaithful 


Chap. XIV. 


Seeking God. 


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man, in time of trouble, is like a broken ! 
tooth, and a foot out of joint. 

Jar. ii. 37. The Lord hath rejected thy 
confidence in Egypt and Assyria. Ezek. 
xxix. 16. 

xlviii. 13. The house of Israel was 
ashamed of Beth-el their confidence. 1 
Kings xii. 29. 

Phil. iii. 3. Have no confidence in the 
flesh. 

CXXXIII. Assurance of the righteous. 
Isa. xxxii. 17. The work of righteous- 
ness shall be peace; and the effect of 
righteousness, quietness and assurance 
for ever. See 1 John iii. 19. 

SEEKING GOD. 

CXXXIV. Seeking God commanded. 
Ps. xxvii. 8. When thou saidst, Seek ye 
my face; my heart said unto thee, Thy 
face. Lord, will I seek. 

cv. 4. Seek the Lord and his strength ; 
seek his face continually. 

Isa. viii. 19. Should not a people seek 
to their God ? 

Iv. 6. Seek ye the Lord while he may 
be found; call upon him while he is near. 
See x\mos v. 1. Acts xv. 17. — xvii. 27. 

xi. 10. There shall be a root of Jesse, 
[i. e. Christ,] to it shall the Gentiles seek. 

CXXXV. God is to he sought with all 
the heart. Deut. iv. 29. Thou shalt find 
the Lord, if thou seek him with all thy 
heart and with all thy soul. Jer. xxix. 
13, 14. 

Ps. cxix. 2. Blessed are they that seek 
the Lord with their whole heart. 

1 Chron. xxii. 19. Set your heart and 
your soul to seek the Lord your God. 

Isa. xxvi. 9. With my soul have I de- 
sired thee in the night; yea, with my 
spirit within me will I seek thee earl}''. Ps. 
Ixiii. 8. My soul foUoweth hard after thee. 

CXXXVI. Promises to them that seek 
God. See the first tw^o texts in tlie last 
section. 

Ezra viii. 22. The hand of God is upon 
all tliem for good that seek him; but his 
power and his wrath is against all them 
that forsake him. 

Ps. ix. 10. Thou, Lord, hast not for- 
saken them that seek thee. 

xxxiv. 10. They that seek the Lord 
shall not want any good thing. 

Ixix. 32. Your heart shall live that seek 
the Lor4» 


Prov. viii. 17. Those that seek me 
early shall find me. 

Isa. xlv. 19. I said not unto the seed of 
Jacob, Seek ye me in vain. 

Lam. iii. 25. The Lord is good to them 
that wait for Jiim, to the soul that seeketh 
him. 

Hos. X. 12. Seek the Lord, tiU he come 
and rain righteousness upon you. 

Amos V. 4. Thus saith the Lord to the 
house of Israel, Seek ye me, and ye shall 
live. — Ver. 6. Seek the Lord, and ye shall 
live ; lest he break out like fire in the 
house of Joseph, and devour it, and there 
be none to quench it in Beth-el. 

Ver. 8. Seek him that maketh the 
seven stars, and Orion ; that turneth the 
shadow of death into the morning, and 
maketh the day dark with night, &c. 
Ver. 9. ■ 

Zeph. ii. 3. Seek ye the Lord, all ye 
meek of the earth, which have wrought 
his judgments : seek righteousness, seek 
meekness, it may be ye shall be hid in 
the day of the Lord's anger. 

Matt. vii. 7, 8. Seek and ye shall find. 
He that seeketh findeth. 1 Chron. xxviii. 
9. 2 Chron. xv. 2. 

Heb, xi. 6. God is a rewarder of them 
that diligently seek him. See Job viii. 
5, 6. Ps. xxii. 26. 

CXXXVII. Prayers for them that seek 
God. 2 Chron. xxx. 18—20. Hezekiah 
prayed, saying. Good Lord, pardon every 
one that prepareth his heart to seek God, 
the Lord God of his fathers, though he 
be not cleansed according to the purifi- 
cation of the sanctuary. And the Lord 
hearkened to Hezekiah, and healed the 
people. 

Ps. Ixix. 6. Let none of those that seek 
thee be confounded. 

Ixx. 4. Let all those that seek thee, re- 
joice and be glad in thee ; and let such 
as love thy salvation say continually, the 
Lord be magnified. 

cv. 3. Let the heart of tlaem rejoice that 
seek the Lord. 1 Chron. xvi. 10. 

CXXXVIII. Examples of God's people 
seeking him. 2 Chron. xi. 16. Out of all 
the tribes of Israel, such as set their 
hearts to seek the Lord God of Israel, 
came to Jerusalem to sacrifice unto the 
Lord God of their fathers, [and would not 
] worship the calves set up by Jeroboam.] 

xiv. 4. Asa commanded Judah to seek 
the Lord God of their fathers, and to do 
the law and the commandments. Ver. 7. 


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JVot seeking God. — Draiving tiear to God. Cpiap. XIV. 


2 Chvon. XV. 12, 13. Israel entered into CXL. They seek not God aright. 2 
a covenant to seek the Lord God of their Chron. xii. 14. Rehoboam prepared npt 


fathers, with all their heart and with all 
tlieir soul: And that whosoever would 
not seek the Lord God of Israel, should 
be put to death. 2 Kings xxiii. 3. Neh. 
X. 2<J. 2 Chron. xxiv. 31. 

xvii. 3, 4. The Lord was with Jehosha- 
phat ; because he sought the Lord God of 
his fathers, and walked in his command- 
raents. Ch. xix. 3. — xx. 3. — xxii. 9. 

xxvi. 5. Uzziah souglit God ; and as 
long as he sought the Lord, God made 
hixn prosper. Ver. 7. 

xxxi, 21. In every work that Hezehiah 
began in the service of the house of God, 
and in the law, and in the command- 
ments, to seek God, he did it with all his 
heart, and prospered. 

Ezra vi, 21. The children of Israel 
separated themselves from the filtliiness 
of the heathen of tlie land, to seek the 
Lord God of Israel. 

vii. 10. Ezra prepared his heart to seek 
tlie law of the Lord, and to do it, and to 
teach in Israel statutes and judgments. 

Job V. 8. I would seek unto God, and 
unto God would I commit my cause. 

Ps. xxiv. 6. This is the generation of 
them that seek him. 

xxxiv. 4. I sought the Lord; he heard, 
and delivered me from all my fears. Ch. 
Ixxvii. 2. 


his heart to seek the Lord. 

Isa. Iviii. 2, 3. They seek me daily, 
and delight to know my ways, as a na- 
tion that did righteousness, and forsook 
not the ordinances of their God ; they 
seek of me the ordinances of justice, tliey 
take delight in approaching unto God. 
In the day of your fast, yc exact all your 
labours ; ye fast for strite- John vi. 26. 

Threats against the wicked, who seek 
not God aright. Ps. Ixxxiii. 16. Fill their 
faces with shame, O Lord, that they may 
seek thy name. 

cxix. 155. Salvation is far from the 
wicked, for they seek not thy statutes. 

Prov. i. 8. They shall seek mc early, 
but shall not find me. 

Isa. ix. 13, 14. The people turned not 
to him that smitcth them ; neither do 
they seek the Lord of hosts. There- 
fore the Lord will cut off from Israel, 
head and tail, &c. Hos. vii. 10. 13, 14. 
16. 

xxxi. 1. Woe to them that "go down to 
Egypt, that stay on horses, that trust in 
chariots, but look not to the Holy One 
of Israel, neither seek the Lord. Ch. 
xxii. 21. 

Jer. X. 21. The pastors are become 
brutish, and have not sought the Lord ; 
therefore they shall not prosper, and all 


Song iii. 2. I will seek him w^liom my j their flocks shall be scattered. 


soul loveth. Ch. vi. 1 

Isa. xxvi. 9. With my spirit within 
me will I seek thee early. 

Dan. ix. 3. I set my face unto the Lord 
God, to seek by prayer and supplications, 
with fastings, and sackcloth and ashes. 

Mai. iii. 1. The Lord [Christ] whom 
yc seek, shall suddenly come to his temple. 
Isa, 1. 4, 5. Hos. iii. 5. Zech. viii. 21, 
22. 


NOT SEEKING GOD. 

CXXXIX. The wicked seek not God. 
2 Cliron. xvi. 2. Asa in his disease, 
sought not to the Lord, but to the pliy- 
sicians. 

Ps. x. 14. The wicked, through the 
pride of his countenance, will not seek 
after God : God is not in all his 
thoughts. 

xiv. 2, 3. The Lord lookcth down from 
heaven upon the children of men, to sec 
if there were any tliat did understand 
and seek God. They are all gone aside. 
Ps. Iii. 2. Rom. iii. 11. 


Hos. V. 5, 6. The pride of Israel doth 
testify to his face, therefore shall Israel 
and Ephraim fall in their iniquity. They 
shall go with their flocks and their herds, 
to seek tlie I/ord, but they shall not find 
him ; he hath withdrawn himself from 
them. 

Ver. 15. I will go and return to my 
place, saith the Lord, till they acknow- 
ledge their offence, and seek my face : 
in their affliction they will seek me early. 
Zcph. i. 6. 

John vii. 34. Jesus said. Ye shall seek 
me, and shall not find mc. 

viii. 21. Yc shall seek me, and die in 
your sins. 


DRAWING NEAR TO GOD. 

CXLI. Dravnng near to God. Lev. 
X. 3. The Lord spake, sayii>g, I will be 
sanctified, in all them that come nigh 
mc, and before all the people will I be 
glorified. 

1 Sam. xiv. 36. The priest said, Let 
us draw near to God. 


Chap. XIV. Coming to God, ^c. — Departing from God. 


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Ps. Ixv. 4. Blessed is the man whom 
thou causest to approach unto thee. 

Ixxiii. 28. It is good for me that I draw 
near to God. 

Jer. XXX. 21, 22. I will cause him to 
draw near, and he shall approach unto me. 
And ye shall be my people, and I will be 
your God. 

Heb. X. 22. Let us draw near with a 
true heart, in full assurance of faith, hav- 
ing- our hearts sprinkled from an evil con- 
science. Ch. vii. 19. 

James iv. 8. Draw nigh to God, and 
he will draw nigh to you. Isa. xxix. 13. 
The wicked draw nigh with their lips only. 
Matt. XV. 8. Ezek. xxxiii. 31. 


COMING TO GOD. 

CXLII. Coming to God. Ps. Ixv. 2. 
O thou that hearest prayer, unto thee shall 
all flesh come. 

Isa. xliv. 24. In the Lord have I righ- 
teousness and strength ; even to him shall 
all men come. 

Iv. 3. Incline your ear, and come unto 
me ; hear and your soul shall live, and I will 
make an everlasting covenant with you. 

Jer. iii. 22. Return, ye backsliding chil- 
dren, and I will heal your backslidings : 
behold we come unto thee, for thou art 
the Lord our God. Ch. xxx. 21. 

Come to God through Christ. Heb. vii. 
25. Christ is able to save them to the ut- 
termost, that come to God by him. Heb. 
iv. 16. — xi. 6. 

Come to Christ. Matt. xi. 28. Jesus 
said. Come unto me all ye that labour, and 
are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. 
Isa. Iv. 1. — Ix. 3. Rev. xxii. 17. 

John vi. 37. Jesus said, All that the 
Father hath given me, shall come unto me, 
and he that cometh unto me I will in no 
wise cast out. — Ver. 44. No man can come 
unto me, except the Father draw him. 

FOLLOWING GOD. 

CXLIII. FoUoioing God. 1 Sam. xii. 
14. Continue following the Lord your 
God. Ver. 20, 21. 25. 1 Kings ix. 6, 7, 8. 
If ye will not, then shall the hand of the 
Lord be against you. 

1 Kings xviii. 21. Elijah said, If the 
Lord be God, follow him. Deut. xiii. 4. 

Ps. Ixiii. 8. My soul foUoweth hard 
after thee. 

Eph. V. 1. Be ye followers of God as 
dear children. 

15 


CXLIV. Following Christ. Matt. xvi. 
24. Jesus said, If any man will come 
after me, let him take up his cross and 
follow me. John xii. 26. 

John viii. 12. He that followeth me 
shall not walk in darkness. 

X, 27, 28. My sheep hear my voice, and 
they follow me : And I give unto them eter- 
nal life, and they shall never perish ; nei- 
ther shall any pluck them out of my hand. 


FORSAKING GOD. 

CXLV. Forsaking God. Threats. 1 
Chron. xxviii. 9. If thou forsake God he 
will cast thee off for ever. 

2 Chron. xv. 21. The Lord is with you 
while ye be with him, and if ye seek him 
he will be. found of you : if you forsake 
him, he will cast you off" for ever. 

xxiv. 20. Because ye have forsaken 
the Lord, he hath forsaken you. 

Ezra viii. 2. God's power and wrath is 
against all that forsake him. 

Isa. i. 4. They have forsaken the Lord, 
they have provoked the Holy One of Is- 
rael to anger. — Ver. 28. They that for- 
sake the Lord shall be consumed. 
^ Jer. ii. 13. My people have forsaken 
me, the fountain of living waters, and 
hewed them out cisterns, broken cisterns 
that can hold no water. 

Ver. 19. Thine own wickedness shall 
correct thee, and thy backslidings shall 
reprove thee; know therefore, and see 
that it is an evil thing and bitter, that 
thou hast forsaken the Lord thy God. 
See ver. 14—18. 

xvii. 13. O Lord, the hope of Israel, 
all that forsake thee shall be ashamed. See 
Deut. viii. 20. — xxxi. 16, 17. — xxxii. 15 to 
32. 2 Chron. xii. 15. Isa. Ixv. 11. 


DEPARTING FROM GOD. 

CXLVI. Departing from God. Jer. xvii. 
5. Cursed be the man that trusteth in man, 
and maketh flesh his arm, and whose heart 
departeth from God. Ver. 13. Ezek. 
xviii. 24. — xxxiii. 12. See this sin con- 
fessed, Dan. ix. 5. 11. Isa. lix. 12, 13. 

Not departing from God. Instances. 2 
Sam. xxii. 22, 23. I have kept the ways of 
the Lord, and have not wickedly departed 
from my God : For all his judgments were 
before me ; and as for his statutes, I did 
not wickedly depart from them. See Ps. 
xviii. 21. Ps. cxix. 3. 8. 10, 11. 102. 


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Backsliding — Going astray— Worship. Chap. XIV. 


BACKSLIDING. 

CXLVII. Backsliding from God. Prov. 
xiv. 14. The backslider in heart shall be 
filled with his own ways. 

Isa. i, 4. They are gone away back- 
ward. Jer. vii. 24. 

Jer. ii. 19. Thy backslidings shall re- 
prove thee. 

V. 6, 7. Their transgressions are many, 
tlacir backslidings are increased. How 
shall I pardon thee ? Ch. viii. 5. 13.— xiv. 
2 to 7. 

XV. 6. Thou hast forsaken me, and 
art gone away backward ; therefore will 
I destroy thee. 

xlix, 4. O backsliding daughter, I will 
bring a fear upon tliee. 

Hos. iv. 16. Israel slideth back, as a 
backsliding heifer. 

xi. 6, 7. The sword shall abide on his 
cities; for my people are bent to back- 
sliding. 

Heb. X. 38, 39. If any man draw back, 
my soul shall have no pleasure in him. 
But we are not of them that draw back 
unto perdition ; but of them that believe 
to the saving of the soul. 

Promise. Hos. xiv. 1. Return unto the 
Lord thy God, for thou hast fallen by 
thine iniquity. — Ver. 4. I will heal your 
backslidings. Jer. iii. 22. 

GOING ASTRAY. 

CXLVII I, The wicked go aside, go 
astray, err, wander, turn away from God. 
Ps. xiv. 3. They are all gone aside, &c. 

Iviii. 3. The wicked are estranged 
from the very womb : they go astray as 
soon as born. 

Ixxviii. 57. They are turned aside like 
a deceitful bow. Ver. 62. 

xcv. 10. It is a people that do err in heart. 

Prov. v. 23. The wicked shall die 
without instruction, and in the greatness 
of his folly he shall go astray. 

xiv. 22. Do they not err that devise 
evil ? but mercy and truth shall be to 
them that devise good. 

Isa. xliv. 20. A deceived heart hath 
turned him aside : he cannot deliver his 
soul, nor say. Is there not a lie m my 
right hand ? 

Jer. ii. 27. Tlicy have turned their 
back unto mc, and not their face. 

viii. 6. Every one turned to his course, 
as the hor.se rusheth into the battle. 

CXLIX. Confession. Isa. liii. G. All 


we like lost sheep have gone astray ; we 
have turned every one to his own way. 

CL. Threats. Ps. cxix. 21. Thou hast 
rebuked the proud that are cursed, that do 
err from thy commandments. — Ver. 118. 
Thou hast trodden down all them that do 
err from thy statutes. 

Prov. xxviii. 10. Whoso causeth the 
righteous to go astray in an evil way, shall 
fall himself into his own pit. 

James v. 20. He that converteth a sin- 
ner from the error of his way, shall save 
a soul from death, and shall hide a multi- 
tude of sins. 

2 Pet. iii. 17. Beware lest ye be led 
away with the error of the wicked. See 
Rom. i. 27. 


WORSHIP. 

CLI. Worship due to God only. See 
Command. 1st. 2 Kings xvii. 36. The 
Lord, who brought you out of tlie land 
of Egypt with great power, and with a 
stretched out arm, him shall ye fear, him 
shall ye worship, and to him shall ye do 
sacrifice. Neh. ix. 6. 

Ps. xxii. 37. All the ends of the Avorld 
shall remember and turn unto the Lord, 
and all the kindreds of the nations shall 
worship before him. Ver. 29. Ps. Ixxxvi. 
9, 10. 

xcv. 6, 7. O come, let us worship and 
bow down ; let us kneel before the Lord 
our Maker. For he is God. 

xcvii. 7. Worship him all ye gods. 

xcix. 5. Worship at his footstool, for he 
is holy. — Ver. 9. Worship at his holy hill. 

Isa. Ixvi. 23. All flesh shall come and 
worship before me, saith tlie Lord, 

Zeph. ii. 11. Men shall worship him, 
every one from his place, even all the 
isles of the heathen. 

Rev. iv. 10. In heaven the four and 
twenty elders fell down before him that 
sat on the throne, and worshipped him that 
liveth for ever and ever. Sec Ch. v. 14. — 
vii. 11. — xi. 16. — xiv. 7. — xix. 4. 

XV. 4. All nations sliall come and wor- 
ship before thee, for thy judgments are 
made manifest. 

Heb. i. 6. Let all the angels of God wor- 
ship Christ. For the worship due to 

Christ, sec Worship offered to him hy the 
church in heaven and on earth. Chap, upon 
the Dignity and Offices of Jesus Christ. 

Angels not to be ivorshipped. See Col. 
ii. 18. Rev. xix. 10, 11.— xxii. 8, 9. 


Chap. XIV. 


Fastinsc. 


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Ag-ainst worshipping creatures for God, 
see Commandments I. and II. 

CLII. How God is to he worshipped. 
1 Chron. xvi. 29. Worship the Lord in 
the beauty of holiness. 

xxix. 9. With a perfect heart the peo- 
ple offered willingly to the Lord. 

Ps. li. 6. Thou desirest truth in the in- 
ward parts. 

Ver. 17. The sacrifices of God are a 
broken spirit : a broken and contrite heart, 

God, thou wilt not despise. 

John iv. 23. The true worshippers shall 
worship the Father in spirit and truth ; 
for the Father seeketh such to worship 
him. 

Acts xxiv. 14. After the way which 
they (the Jews) call heresy, so worship I 
the God of my fathers; believing all 
things which are written in the law and 
the prophets. 

Phil, iii, 3. We are the circumcision, 
which worship God in the spirit, and re- 
joice in Christ Jesus, and have no confi- 
dence in the flesh. See Mai. i.' 11. — 
iii. 4. 

CLIII. Worship offered by the wicked 
unacceptable to God. Isa. i. 11, 12. To 
what purpose are the multitude of your 
sacrifices to me ? saith the Lord. When 
ye come to appear before me, who hath 
required this at your hands, to tread my 
courts ? 

Ver. 15, 16. Your hands are full of 
blood : Wash you, make you clean. See 
Ch. Ixvi. 3, 4. Jer. vii. 9, 10, 11. 21, 22. 
—vi. 20. 

Ps. 1. 16, 17. Unto the wicked God 
saith, What hast thou to do to declare my 
statutes ? or that thou shouldst take my 
covenant in thy mouth? seeing thou 
hatest instruction, and casteth my words 
behind thee. 

Prov. vii. 14. The whorish woman said 

1 have peace-offerings with me; this day 
I have paid my vows. — Ver. 27. Her 
house is the way to hell, &c. 

Mai. i. 8. If ye offer the blind, the 
lame and the sick for sacrifice, is it not 
evil ? offer it up to thy governor, will he 
be pleasad with thee ? — Ver. 10. I have 
no pleasure in you, saith the Lord of hosts ; 
neither will I accept an offering at your 
hands. See Ver. 9. 13, 14. 

Matt. XV. 8, 9. This people draweth 
near me with their mouth, and honour- 
eth me with their lips, but their heart is 
far from me. In vain do they worship me, 


teaching for doctrines the commandments 
of men. See Acts xvii. 25. 


FASTING. 

CLIV. Fasting appointed by God. Lev. 
xxiii. 27, 28. The tenth day of the se- 
venth month shall be a day of atonement, 
an holy convocation unto you; ye shall 
aflSict your souls, and offer an offering 
made by fire unto the Lord. Ye shall do 
no work in that same day. See to ver. 33. 

CLV. Fasts extraordinary and mira- 
culous. — Kept by Moses, Exod. xxxiv. 28. 
— By Elijah, 1 Kings xix. 8. — By Jesus 
Christ, Matt. iv. 2. 

CLVI. Fasting acceptably. Isa. Iviii. 
6. Is not this the fast that I have 
chosen : to loose the bands of wickedness, 
to undo the heavy burdens, to let the op- 
pressed go free, and to break every yoke. 
— Ver. 7. To deal thy bread to the hungry, 
and to bring the poor that are cast out into 
thine house ; when thou seest the naked 
that thou cover him, &c. Zech. viii. 19. 

Matt vi. 16. When ye fast, be not as 
the hypocrites, of a sad countenance. 

Ver. 17, 18. When thou fastest anoint 
thine head and wash thy face : that thou 
appear not unto men to fast, but unto thy 
Father which is in secret. 

CLVII. Fasts of the wicked. Isa. Iviii 
3, 4. In the days of your fast ye exact 
all your labours. Ye fast for strife and 
debate. Ver. 5. 

Jer. xiv. 12. When they fast I will not 
hear their cry. Zech. vii. 5. 

Matt. vi. 16. Hypocrites fast with a 
sad countenance, to appear unto men. 

Luke xviii. 12. The Pharisee said, I 
fast twice in the week ; yet he was not 
justified. See an hypocritical fast ap- 
pointed by Jezebel, 1 Kings xxi. 9. 

CLVIII. Occasions of fasts observed by 
God^s people before war, or an expected 
attack from an enemy. 2 Chron. xx. 3. 
At the approach of enemies, king Je- 
hoshaphat proclaims a fast.— Ver. 15. He 
and his people are delivered from their 
enemies. See 1 Sam. vii. 6. 

Esther xiv. 3. The Jews, when threat- 
ened with destruction in Babylon, fast. — 
Ver. 16. Are delivered. 

CLIX. After being defeated by enemies. 


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Prayer. 


Chap. XIV. 


See Josh. vii. 6. Judg. xx. 26. 1 Sam. 
xxxi. 13. 2 Sam. i. 12. At calamities from 
the hand of God, upon man or beast, or 
the fruit of the earth. Joel i. 14. — ii. 12. 
15, 16, 17. 

CLX. Upon threatened judgments, and 
other critical occasions. 1 Kings xxi. 27. 
AJiab, terrified at God's threatenings 
against hira, fasted. — Ver. 29. God 
brought not the evil tlireatened in his day. 

Jonah iii. 5. 7. The king and people of 
Nineveh, terrified at God's threatenings 
against them by Jonah, proclaim a fast, 
and keep it with great strictness. — Ver. 
10. They are saA-ed from destruction. 

Daniel fasts and prays for the Jews' 
return from captivity, Dan. ix. 3. — The 
Jews held a fast on setting out on their 
return from captivity, Ezra viii. 21. 23. 
— The Jews having returned from cap- 
tivity, and restoring tlie public worship 
of God, hold a fast, and read the law, Neh. 
ix. 1. Also, see Jer. xxxvi, 6. 

The apostles fasted and prayed with the 
church, before they ordained elders and 
preachers of the gospel. Acts xiv. 23. — 
xiii. 2, 3. 

Devils cast out by fasting and prayer. 
Matt. xvii. 21. 

CLXI. Fasts of particular persons held 
nt their own discretion. 2 Sam. xii. 16. 
David fasted when liis child was sick. 

Ps. XXXV. 13. When they were sick, I 
humbled my soul with fasting. 

Ixix. 10. I wept and chastened my 
soul with fasting. 

cix. 24. My knees are weak through 
fasting. 

Matt. ix. 14. John's disciples and the 
Pharisees fasted often. Mark ii. 18. 

Christ's disciples fasted, after he was 
taken from them. 2 Cor. vi. 5. — xi. 27. 

Luke ii. 37. Anna served God with 
fastings night and day. 

Acts X. 30. Cornelius, while he fasted 
and prayed, was directed by an angel 
to send for Peter to preach the gospel. 

1 Cor. vii. 3. Husband and wife ought 
not to separate except for a time, to give 
themselves to fasting and prayer. 

N. B. Religious fasting is always to be 
accompanied with prayer, and with all 
tiie requisites in jjrayer ; which see, in 
tlie following section. 

PRAYER. 

CLXI I. Persons whose prayer shall be 
heard. Ps. iv. 3. The Lord iiath set aj art 


him that is godly for Iiimself : the Lord 
will hear when I call unto him. 

xx%i. 6. I will wash mine hands in in- 
nocency, so will I coinpass thine altar. 

xxxiv. 15. Tlie eyes of the Lord are 
upon the righteous, and his ears are open 
to their cry : (1 Pet. iii. 12. His ears are 
open to their prayers.) Ver. 17. The 
righteous cry, and the Lord heareth, and 
delivereth them out of all their troubles. 

Prov. XV. 8. The sacrifice of the wicked 
is an abomination to the Lord ; but the 
prayer of the upright is his delight. — Ver. 
29. The Lord is far from the wicked, but 
he heareth the prayer of the righteous. 

1 Tim. ii. 8. I will that men pray every 
where, lifting up holy hands without wrath 
and doubting. 

James v. 16. The prayer of a righteous 
man availeth much. 

CLXIII. Of the divine influence, or the 
Spirits assistance in prayer. Ps. x. 17. 
Lord, thou wilt prepare their heart, thou 
wilt cause thine ear to hear. 

Ixxx. 18. Quicken us, and we will call 
on thy name. 

Zech. xii. 10. I will pour upon the 
house of David, and upon the inliabitants 
of Jerusalem, tlie Spirit of grace and of 
supplication. 

xiii. 9. I will refine them as silver is re- 
fined, and I will try them as gold is tried, 
and they shall call on my name, and I 
will hear them : I will say, It is my people ; 
and they shall say, The Lord is my God. 

Rom. viii. 15. Ye have received the 
Spirit of adoption, whereby we cry, Abba, 
Father. 

Ver. 26, 27. The Spirit helpeth our in- 
firmities : for we know not what to pray 
for as we ought ; but tlie Spirit maketh 
intercession for us with groanings which 
cannot be uttered. And he that search- 
eth the heart knoweth the mind of the 
Spirit. 

Gal. iv. 6. Because ye are sons, God 
hath sent forth the Sjjirit of his Son into 
your hearts, crying, Abba, Fatlier. 

Eph. vi. 18. Praying with all prayer 
and supplication in the Spirit. 

Jude 20. Praying in the Holy Ghost. 
1 Cor. xiv. 15. 

CLXIV. Prayer is to be made in the 
name of Christ. John xiv. 13. Jesus said. 
Whatsoever ye shall ask in my name, that 
will I do unto you. — Ver. 14. That the 
Father may be glorified in the Son. 

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the Father in my name he will give it 
you. Hitherto have ye asked nothing in 
mj name; ask and ye shall receive, that 
your joy may be full. 

Col. iii. 17. Whatsoever ye do in word 
or in deed, do all in the name of the Lord 
Jesus. See Heb, iv. 14. 16. Dan. ix. 18. 

CLXV. Prayer must he made in faith. 
Mdtt. xxi. 22. All things whatsoever ye 
shall ask in prayer, believing, ye shall re- 
ceive. 

John XV. 7. If ye abide in me, and 
my words abide in you, ye shall ask what 
ye will, and it shall be done unto you. 

Eph. iii. 12. In whom [Christ] we have 
boldness and access by the faith of him. 
Heb. iv. 16. ^ 

Heb. X. 22. Let us draw near with a 
true heart, in full assurance of faith. 

xi. 6. He that cometh to God must be- 
lieve that he is, and that he is a rewarder 
of them that diligently seek him. 

James i. 6. Ask in faith nothing wa- 
vering. Ver. 7. Luke xii. 29. 

V. 15. The prayer of faith shall save 
the sick. Jude 20. 

CLXVI. WitJi sincerity of heart. Ps. 
xvii. 1. Give ear unto my prayer, that 
goeth not out of feigned lips. 

XXV. 1. Unto thee, O Lord, do I lift up 
my soul. 

ixii. 6. Pour out your heart before God ; 
he is a refuge for us. 

cxlv. 18. The Lord is nigh unto all 
that call upon him in truth. 

Jer. xxix. 13. The Lord said. Ye shall 
find me, when ye shall search for me 
with all your heart. Ver. 14. 2 Chron. 
XV. 15, 

Lam. iii. 41. Let us lift up our heart 
with our hands to God in the heavens. 

2 Tim. ii. 22. Call on the Lord out of 
a pure heart. 

Heb. X. 22. Let us draw near with a 
true heart, &c. Job xi. 13. 

CLXVII. With love to God. Ps. xci. 
14. The Lord said. Because he hath set 
his love upon me, therefore will I deliver 
him. — Ver. 15. He shall call upon me 
and I will answer him, 

CLXVIIL With the fear of God. Ps. 
cxlv. 19. The Lord wiU fulfil the desire 
of them that fear him ; he also will hear 
their cry, and will save them. 

CLXIX. With obedience to God. Isa. 
15* 


Ivi. 6, 7. The sons of the stranger that 
join themselves to the Lord, to serve him, 
and to love the name of the Lord, and to 
be his servants, every one that keepeth 
the Sabbath from polluting it, and taketh 
hold of my covenant, even them will I 
bring to my holy mountain, and will 
make them joyful in my house of prayer 5 
their burnt-offerings and their sacrifices 
shall be accepted on mine altar. 

John ix. 31. If any man be a wor- 
shipper of God, and doeth his will, him he 
heareth. 

1 John iii. 22. Whatsoever we ask, 
we receive of him, because we keep his 
commandments, and do those things that 
are pleasing in his sight. 

Prov. xxviii. 9. He that turneth away 
his ears from hearing the law, even his 
prayer shall be an abomination. 

CLXX. With humility, confession and 
turning from sin. 2 Chron. vii. 14. If 
my people shall humble themselves, and 
pray, and seek my face^ and turn from 
their wicked ways, then will I hear from 
heaven, and will forgive their sins, and 
will heal their land. Ch. vi. 26 to 40. 1 
Kings viii. 37 to 50. 

xxxiii. 12, Manasseh humbled him- 
self, and prayed, and God was intreated. 
Ver. 13. 

Ps, ix, 12. God forgetteth not the cry 
of the humble, 

X, 17, Lord thou hast heard the desire 
of the humble, 

Jer, xxxvi, 6, 7, Go read the words of 
the Lord, in the ears of the people. It 
may be, they will present their suppli- 
cation before the Lord, and will return 
every one from his evil way ; for great is 
the anger and fury that the Lord hath 
pronounced against them, 

Luke xviii, 9 to 15. See the humble 
publican's prayer accepted. See more 
instances of the prayers of penitent, re- 
turning sinners heard : Judg. iii. 7, 8, 9. 
12. 15.— iv. 1. 3.— vi. 1. 7. 10 to 16.— xi. 
33, 1 Sam. vii. 4 to 11. 2 Sam. xxiv, 17. 
25. Ps, xxxii, 5, Acts ix, 11, 

CLXXI. With forgiveness toicards 
men. Matt. v. 24. Be reconciled to thy bro^ 
ther, and then come and offer thy gift. 

vi. 12. After this manner pray ye. 
Forgive us our debts as we forgive our 
debtors. — Ver. 14, 15. For if ye forgive 
them their trespasses, your heavenly 
Father will also forgiye you. But if jg 
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will your Father forgive your trespasses. 
Matt. xi. 25, 26. 

Luke vi. 37. Forgive and ye shall be 
forgiven. Col. iii. 13. 

1 Tim. ii. 8. Pray without wrath. 

CLXXII. With alms arid good works. 
Isa. Iviii. 7. Deal thy bread to the hun- 
gry, bring the poor that are cast out to 
thine house, when thou seest the naked 
cover him, &c. — Ver. 9. Then shalt tliou 
call, and the Lord will answer. 

Acts X. 2. Cornelius, a devout man, 
and one that feared God with all his 
house, which gave much alms to the 
people, and prayed to God always. — Ver. 
3, 4. He saw an angel coming unto him, 
saying unto him, Cornelius, thy prayers 
and tliine alms are come up for a memo- 
rial before God. See Prov. xxi. 13. 

CLXXIII. Prayer must be frequent, 
fervent, and importunate. Ps. v. 3. My 
voice shalt thou hear in the morning 
Lord, in the morning will I direct my 
prayer to thee, and will look up. 

Iv. 17. Evening and morning, and at 
noon, will I cry aloud ; and he shall hear 
my voice. 

Ixxxvi. 3. Be merciful unto me. O 
Lord, for I have cried unto thee daily. 

Ixxxviii. 1. O Lord God of my salva- 
tion, I have cried day and night before 
thee. — Ver. 9. I have called daily upon 
thee. 

Ver. 13. Unto thee have I cried, O 
Lord ; in the morning shall my prayer 
prevent thee. 

cxvi. 2. He hath inclined his ear un- 
to me ; therefore will I call upon him as 
long as I live. Ver. 13. 17. 

cxix. 147. I prevented the dawning 
of the morning, and cried unto thee. — 
Ver. 167. Seven times a day do I praise 
thee. 

Dan. vi. 10. Daniel kneeled upon his 
knees three times a day, and prayed and 
gave thanks. Ver. 11. 

Matt. xxvi. 41. Watch and pray^ that 
ye enter not into temptation. 

Luke ii. 37. Anna served God, with 
fastings and prayers night and day. 1 
Tim. V. 5. 

v. 33. The disciples of John fast often 
and make prayers. 

vi. 12. Jesus continued all night in 
])rayer to God. 

xviii. 1. Jesus spake a parable that men 
ought always to pray, and not to faint. 
Ch. xi. 5 to 15. 


Acts i. 4. The apostles continued 
with one accord in prayer and supplica- 
tion. 

ii. 42. The primitive Christians con- 
tinued steadfastly in the apostles doctrine 
and fellowship, and in breaking of bread, 
and in prayers. 

vi. 4. The apostles said. We will give 
ourselves continually to prayer and to the 
ministry of the word. 

X. 2. Cornelius prayed to God always. 
Ver. 31. ^ 

xii. 5. Prayer was made without ceas- 
ing of the church for Peter. 

Rom. xii. 12. Continue instant in pray- 
er. 2 Thess. V. 7. Pray without ceas- 
ing. 

1 Cor. vii. 5. Give yourselves to fast- 
ing and prayer. 

Eph. vi. 18. Praying always, with all 
prayer and supplication in the Spirit, and 
watching thereunto with all perseverance 
and supplication for all saints. 

Col. iv. 2. Continue in prayer, and 
watch in the same. 

1 Thess iii. 10. Night and day pray- 
ing exceedingly. 

Heb. V. 7. In the days of his flesh 
Christ offered up prayers and supplica- 
tions, with strong crying and tears, and 
was heard. 

1 Pet. iv. 7. The end of all things is at 
hand; be ye therefore sober, and watch 
unto prayer. Eph. vi. 18. See more in- 
stances, 1 Sam. i. 10, 12. Matt. xxvi. 44. 
2 Cor. xii. 7, 8, 9. 

CLXXIV. Prayers and tears. See Heb. 
V. 7. in the former section. 

2 Kings XX. 2, 3. Hezekiah prayed 
unto the Lord and wept sore. — Ver. 5. 
Thus saith the Lord to Hezekiah, I have 
heard thy prayer, I have seen thy tears : 
behold I will heal thee. Isa. xxxviii. 5. 

Jer. xxxi. 9. They shall come with 
weeping, and with supplications will I 
lead them ; I will cause them to walk in 
a straight way wherein they shall not 
stumble : for I am a father to Israel, and 
Ephraim is my first-born. Ver. 12. See 
Job xvi. 20. Psal. vi. 7, 8, 9.— xxxix. 12. 
— xlii. 3, 4.— Ivi. 8, 9. Acts xx. 19. 

CLXXV. Private prayer. Matt. vi. 6. 
When thou praycst, enter into thy closet, 
and when thou hast shut thy door, pray 
to thy Father which is in secret, and thy 
Father which seeth in secret shall re- 
ward thee openly. 

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multitude away/went up unto a mountain 
to pray, and was there alone. Luke vi. 12. 

xxvi. 36. Jesus saith to his disciples, 
Sit ye here till I go and pray yonder. — 
Ver. 39. And he went a little farther, and 
fell on his faee, and prayed. Ver. 42. 
44. 

Mark i. 35. In the morning, Jesus ris- 
ing up a great while before day, went out 
and departed into a solitary place, and 
thjsre prayed. 

Luke V. 16. Jesus withdrew himself 
into the wilderness, and prayed. Ch. ix. 18. 

Acts X, 9. Peter went up to the house 
top to pray. Ver. 30. 

CLXXVI. Public prayer, being a fart 
of public worship. 1 Kings viii. 27. But 
will God indeed dwell on the earth ? Be- 
hold the heaven, and the heaven of hea- 
vens cannot contain thee. 

Ver. 28 — 30. Yet have thou respect 
unto the prayer of thy servant : that thine 
eyes may be open toward this house night 
and day, even toward the place of which 
thou hast said. My name shall be there. 
Hearken unto the supplication of thy ser- 
vant, and of thy people Israel, when they 
shall pray toward this place; and hear 
thou in heaven, and forgive. 

2 Chron. vii. 12. I have chosen this 
place to myself, for a house of sacrifice. 
— Ver. 15. Mine eyes shall be open, and 
mine ears attend unto the prayer that is 
made in this place. 

Ps. Ixxxvii. 2. The Lord loveth the 
gates of Zion more than all the dwellings 
of Jacob. 

cxvi. 18, 19. I will pay my vows unto 
the Lord in the presence of all his people, 
in the courts of the Lord's house, in the 
midst of thee, O Jerusalem. 

Isa. Ivi. 7. I will make them joyful in 
my house of prayer ; their burnt offer- 
ings and their sacrifices shall be accepted 
upon mine altar : for mine house shall be 
called the house of prayer, for all people. 
Zech. viii. 21. Let us go speedily to 
pray before the Lord. 

Joel i. 14. Call an assembly, gather 
the elders, and call the inhabitants of the 
land, unto the house of the Lord your 
God, and cry unto the Lord, Ver. 19. 
Neh. xi. 17. 

ii, 15— -17. Sanctify a fast, call a so- 
lemn assembly. Gather the people, sanc- 
tify the congregation, assemble the elders, 
gather the children and those that suck 
the breasts. Let the priests, the ministers 
of the Lord, weep between the porch and 


the altar, and let them say, Spare thy 
people, O Lord. 

Matt, xviii. 19. If two of you shall 
agree on earth as touching any thing that 
they shall ask, it shall be done for them 
of my Father which is in heaven. Ver. 
20. For where two or three are gathered 
together in my name, there am I in the 
midst of them. 

Heb. X. 25. Not forsaking the assem- 
bling yourselves together as the manner 
of some is. See instances, Luke i. 10. 
Acts i. 14. — ii. 4. 46. — iii. 1. — xvi. 13. 

CLXXVII. Directions concerning the 
words or expressions to be used in prayer. 
Eccl. V. 1, 2. Keep thy foot when thou 
goest into the house of God, and be more 
ready to hear than to offer the sacrifice 
of fools. Be not rash with thy mouth, 
and let not thine heart be hasty to utter 
any thing before God ; for God is in hea- 
ven and thou upon earth ; therefore let 
thy words be few. 

Hos. xiv. 2. Take with you words, and 
turn to the Lord, and say unto him, Take 
away all iniquity, and receive us gra- 
ciously; so will we render the calves of 
our lips. 

Matt. vi. 7. Use not vain repetitions as 
the heathen do. See 1 Kings xViii. 26, 27. 

1 Cor. xiv. 14. If I pray in an unknown 
tongue mine understanding is unfruit- 
ful. — Ver. 19. In the church I had ra- 
ther speak five WDrds in my understand- 
ing, that by my voice I might teach 
others, than ten thousand words in an 
unknown tongue. 

CLXXVIII. Of the gestures of body 
used in prayer. The hands lifted up, 
spread abroad, spread forth : so prayed 
Moses, Exod. ix. 29. David, Ps. Ixiii. 4. 
Solomon, 1 Kings viii. 22. The church, 
Isa. i. 15. 

Standing: so prayed Phinehas, Judg. 
XX. 28. Solomon, 1 Kings viii. 22. The 
humble publican, Luke x. 11. 13. 

Kneeling : so prayed Solomon, 2 Chron. 
vi. 13. Jesus Christ, Luke xxii. 41. Saint 
Paul, Acts XX. 36. — xxi. 5. Daniel, Dan. 
vi, 10. Stephen, Acts vii. 60. Peter, Acts 
ix. 40. See Ps. xcv. 6. 

Falling on the face : so prayed Moses, 

Deut. ix. 18. 25. David and the elders, 

1 Chron. xxi. 16. Job, Job i. 20. Ezekiel, 

Ezek. ix. 8. Jesus Christ, Matt. xxvi. 39. 

Sitting : so prayed David, 2 Sam. vii. 
18. Nehemiah, Neh. i. 4. 

Head uncovered, 1 Cor, xi. 4. 


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CLXXIX. The things to he prayed for, 
being as numerous and various as the 
gifts of God for the swpply of the wants of 
man, spiritual and temporal, they cannot 
he fully exhibited under this head. How- 
ever, a few of the principal of them may 
he setfoi-th in the following order. 

CLXXX. The Lord^s prayer, as to 
words, matter and method, affords a good, 
though brief model of things to be prayed 
for. Matt. vi. 9. After this manner pray 
ye, Our father which art in heaven, &c. 

CLXXXI. Spiritual blessings ; wisdom 
and grace to be asked. Ps. ix. 12. So 
teach us to number our days, that we may 
apply our hearts to wisdom. James i. 5. 
If any lack wisdom, let him ask of God, 
arid it shall be given him. 

2 Chron. i. 10, 11, 12. See Solomon's 
prayer for wisdom accepted. 

Matt. vi. 33. Seek ye first the king- 
dom of God, and his righteousness. 

Luke xi. 13. If ye know how to give 
good gifts unto your children, how much 
more shall your heavenly Father give 
the holy Spirit to them that ask him ? 
Matt. vii. 11. 

1 Cor. xii. 31. Covet earnestly the 
best gifts. 

xiv. 1. Desire spiritual gifts. 

Col. iii. 1, 2. Seek those things which 
are above, where Clirist sitteth on the 
right hand of God. Set your affections 
on things above, not on things on earth. 
Heb. iv. 16. Let us come boldly to the 
throne of grace, that we may obtain mer- 
cy, and find grace to help in time of 
need. 

CLXXXII. For such earthly things as 
are agreeable to God^s will, and with sub- 
mission to it. Example. Luke xxii. 42. 
Jesus prayed, Father, if thou be willing, 
remove this cup from me : nevertheless 
not my will but thine be done. Matt, 
x.xv'i. 39. Not as I will, but as thou wilt. 

1 John v. 14. If we ask any thing ac- 
cording to his will he heareth us. Ver. 
15. See 2 Sam. vii. 27. 

James iv. 3. Ye ask and receive not, 
because _ye ask amiss, that ye may con- 
sume it upon your lusts. 

CLXXX 1 1 1. For daily bread. Matt, 
vi. 11. (:ilive us this day our daily bread. 

1 Tim. iv. 5. Every creature of God is 
good ; it is sanctified l)y the word of God 
and prayer. See 1 Kings viii. 37, 38. 2 
Chron, vii, 13, 


CLXXXIV. For health and deliverance 
from sickness. 2 Kings xx. 2. Hezekiah 
prayed to the Lord in his sickness. — Ver. 
5. Thus saith the Lord [to him], I have 
heard thy prayers, I have seen thy tears; 
I will heal thee. (Isa. xxxviii. 1.) Ver. 
7. Isaiah said. Take a lump of figs — 
and they took, and laid it on the boil, and 
he recovered. 

Job xxxiv. 28. God heareth the cry of 
the afflicted. Isa. xxvi. 16. 

Acts xxviii. 6. Publius lay sick of a 
fever, to whom Paul entered in and 
prayed, and laid his hands on him, and 
healed him. 

James v. 13 — 15. Is any among you 
afflicted ? let him pray. Is any sick ? let 
him send for the elders of the church, 
and let them pray over him : And the 
prayer of faith shall save the sick. 

2 Chron. xvi. 12. Asa in his disease 
sought not to the Lord, but to the phy- 
sicians. 

CLXXXV. The prayer of the poor 
heard. Ps. xxxiv. 6. This poor man 
cried ; the Lord heard, and delivered him 
out of all his distresses. 

Ixxii. 12, God shall deliver the needy 
when he crieth, the poor also, and him 
that hath no helper. Job xxxiv. 28. 

cii. 7. The Lord will regard the prayer 
of the destitute, and not despise tlieir 
prayer. 

See Prayers for deliverance from ene- 
mies ; for Deliverance from trouble. 

CLXXXVI. Intercessory prayer, or 
prayer for others. 

CLXXXVII, For whom ice ought to 
pray. 1 Tim. ii. 1. I exhort that suppli- 
cations, prayers and intercessions, and 
giving thanks, be made for all men. 

CLXXXVIII For the church of God. 
Ps. cxxii. 6. Pray for the peace of Jeru- 
salem: tjiey shall prosper that love 
thee. 

Isa. Ixii. 6, 7. Ye that make mention 
of the Lord, keep not silence. Give him 
no rest till he establish, and till he make 
Jerusalem a praise in the earth. 

Matt. ix. 38. Pray ye the Lord of the 
harvest, that he will send forth labourers 
into his harvest. 

Epli. vi. 18. Praying always, with all 
prayer and supplication for all saints. 

James V. 16. Pray one for another, 


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1 John V. 16. Pray for a brother that 
sinneth. 

CLXXXIX. Instances of such prayers. 
Ps. h. 18. Do good in thy good pleasure to 
Zion : build thou the walls of thy Jeru- 
salem. 

Ixxx. 14. Return, we beseech thee, O 
God of hosts; look down from heaven, 
and behold and visit this thy vine. 

cxviii. 25. O Lord, I beseech thee, send 
prosperity. 

cxxii. 7. Peace be within thy walls, 
and prosperity within thy palaces. 

cxxxii. 9. Let thy priests be clothed 
with righteousness, and let thy saints 
shout for joy. — Ver. 16. I will also clothe 
her priests with salvation, and her saints 
shall shout aloud for joy. 

Anios vii. 2. O Lord God, forgive, I 
beseech thee : by whom shall Jacob arise, 
for he is small ? 

Heb. iii. 2. O Lord, revive thy work in 
tlie midst of the years, in the midst of the 
years made known ; in wrath remember 
mercy. 

Matt. vi. 10. Thy kingdom come ; thy 
will be done on earth, &c. 

See in Command. 5th, the duties of 
ministers and people, &c. to pray one for 
another, &c. 

CXC. For enemies. Jer. xxix. 7. Seek 
the peace of the city whither I have caused 
you to be carried away captives, and pray 
unto the Lord for it. Ezra vi. 10. 

Matt. V. 44. Pray for them that de- 
spitefully use you, and persecute you. 

CXCI. Instances of such prayers. Luke 
xxiii. 34. Jesus upon the cross prayed for 
his persecutors, saying, Father, forgive 
them ; for they know not what they do. 

Acts vii. 60. Stephen prayed for them 
tliat put him to death, saying. Lord, lay 
not this sin to their charge. 

2 Tim. iv. 16. Paul, being forsaken by 
Christians in his distress, said, I pray God 
that it may not be laid to their charge. 

See more instances of such prayers : 
Abraham for Abimelech, Gen. xx. 7. 14. 
17. Moses for Pharaoh, Exod. viii. 8 — ix. 
28. — X. 18. Job for those who wronged 
him, Job xlii. 8, 9. David for his enemies, 
Ps. XXXV. 12, 13, 14.— cxli. 5. 

CXCII. Motives to prayer. It is a 
commanded duty. Ezek. xxvi. 36. Thus 
saith the Lord, I will be inquired of by the 
house of Israel. 


Matt. vii. 7. Ask and ye shall receive, 
seek and ye shall find, &lc. John xvi. 24. 

Phil. iv. 6. Be careful for nothing ; but 
in every thing by prayer and supplication, 
with thanksgiving, let your requests be 
made known to God. 

James iv. 8. Draw nigh to God, and 
he will draw nigh to you. 

CXCIII. God promises that he will hear 
prayer. Deut. iv. 7. What nation hath God 
so nigh unto them, as the Lord our God 
is, in all things that we call upon him for ? 

Ps. Ixv. 2. O Thou that hearest prayer, 
unto thee shall all flesh come. 

Ixxxvi. 5. Thou art good, and ready to 
forgive, and plenteous in mercy to all that 
call upon thee. Rom. x. 12. 

Isa. XXX. 19. He will be gracious; at 
the voice. of thy cry he wiH answer thee. 

Ixv. 24. Before they call I will answer ; 
while they are yet speaking, I will hear, 
saith the Lord. 

Jer. xxix. 12. Ye shall go and pray 
unto me, and I will hearken unto you. 

xxxiii. 3. Thtis saith the Lord, Call 
upon me, and I will answer thee. 

Joel ii. 32. Whosoever shall call on the 
name of the Lord, shall be delivered. Rom. 
X. 13. 

Zech. xiii. 9. They shall call on my 
name, and I will hear them. 

Matt. vii. 8. Every one that asketh re- 
ceiveth. Ver. 11. 

Rom. x. 12. The Lord is rich in mercy 
to all that call upon him. See Rev. v. 8. 
—viii. 3, 4.— Exod. xxii. 23. 27. 2 Chron. 
vii. 14, &LC. 

See the Qualifications of those lohose 
prayers shall be heard, for to them the 
above promises do belong. 

CXCIV. Declarations of God that he 
hath heard prayer. 1 Kings ix. 3. The 
Lord said to Solomon, I have heard thy 
prayer. See Kings xx. 5. 2 Chron. vii. 
12. Isa. xxxviii. 5. 

2 Kings xix.20. Thus saith the Lord to 
Hezekiah, That which thou hast prayed 
against the kind of Assyria, I have heard. 
Ch. xxii. 19. 2 Chron. xxxiv. 27. 

Isa. xlix. 8. In an acceptable time I 
have heard thee. 2 Chron. vi. 2. 

CXCV. The testimony of God's people 
that their prayers were heard. Deut. ix, 
19. Moses said. The Lord hearkened to 
me. Ch. X. 10. 

xxvi. 7. We cried unto the Lord God 
of our fathers ; the Lord heard our voice, 


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and looked on our affliction and our labour 
and our oppression. Numb. xx. 16. 

2 Sam. xxii. 7. In my distress I called 
upon the Lord, and cried to my God : he 
heard my voice out of his holy temple, 
and my cry did enter into his ears. Ps. 
iii. 4. — xviii. 6. 

Ps. vi, 9. The Lord hath heard my sup- 
plication, the Lord will receive my prayer. 
Ver. 8. Ps. xxviii. 6. — xxxi. 22. 

xxii. 2L Thou hast heard me. Ver. 24. 
Ps. xl. 1 — cxviii. 2L — cxx. 1. 

xxxiv. 4. I sought the Lord; he heard 
me, and delivered me from all my fears. 
Ps. Ixi. 5, — Ixvi. 19. — Ixxvii. 1. — cxvi. 1 to 
4. — cxix. 26. Lam. iii. 56. 

Jonah ii, 2. Out of the belly of hell I 
cried, and thou heardst my voice. 

John xi. 41. Jesus said, Father, I thank 
thee that thou hast heard me. 

CXCVI. Their confident expectations 
that their prayers shall he heard. Ps. iv. 3, 
The Lord will hear when I call on him. 

X. 17. Lord, thou wilt cause thine ear 
to hear. 

xvii. 6. Thou wilt hear me, O God. Ps. 
xxxviii. 15. 

Iv. 17. I will pray and cry aloud, and 
he shall hear my voice. 

CXCVII. Their entreaties that they 
may he heard. 2 Kings xix. 16. O Lord, 
bow down thine ear and hear, &c. 

2 Chron. vi. 40. O God, I beseech thee, 
let thine eyes be open, and let thine ears 
be attent to the prayer that is made in 
this place. 1 Kings viii. 30, 50. Neh. i. 
6. 11. Ps. cxxx. 2. 

Ps. XV. 1. Give ear unto my words, O 
Lord. Ps. liv. 2. 

xvii. I. 6. O God, incline thine ear unto 
me. Ps. Iv. 1. — Ixxi. 2. — Ixxxvi. 6. — 
Ixxxviii. 2. Isa. xxxvii. 17. Dan. ix. 18. — 
xxxix. 12. Hear my prayer ; give ear to 
my cry. Ps. Ixxxiv. 4. — cxli. 1. — cxliii. 1. 

iv. 1. Hear my prayer. Ps. xiii. 3. — 
XX. 12. — xxvii. 7. — xxx. 20. — xxxvi. 16. 
—liv. 2,— Iv. 2.— Ix. 5.— Ixi. 1.— Ixix. 13. 
— Ixxxiv. 8. — cii. 1. 20. — cxli. 2. — cxliii. 
1. Neh. iv. 4 Dan. ix. 19. 

CXCVI 1 1. Their grief at not being an- 
swered. Job xix. 7. I cry, but am not 
heard. Ch. xxx. 20. 

Ps. xxii. 2. I cry, but thou hearcst not. 

Hab, i, 2. How long shall I cry, and 
thou wilt not hear ? 

CXCIX. Of the efficacy of prayer. 


Miracles larought by it. Bitter waters 
made sweet, Exod. xv. 25. Waters brought 
out of a rock. 

Exod. xvii. 26. The sun and moon 
made to stand still. 

Josh. X. 12, 13, The shadow made to 
return backwards on a sun-dial. 2 Kings 
XX. 11. The dead raised to life, 1 Kings 
xvii. 21, 22. 2 Kings iv. 32. 35. Acts ix. 
37, 40, Jonah delivered from the fish, 
Jonah ii, 1. 10. Rain withheld and given, 
James v. 17, 18. 1 Kings xvii. 1. 18. 42. 
45. Devils cast out by prayer and fasting. 

CC. Armies of enemies defeated, and 
God^s people delivered upon their prayer. 
Exod. ii. 23. The children of Israel (in 
Egypt) sighed by reason of their bondage, 
and they cried, and their cry came up to 
God. Ch. iii. 7. 9, Numb. xx. 15, 16. 

xiv. 9, 10. The Egyptians pursued after 
Israel and overtook them. And they 
were sore afraid, and cried unto the 
Lord, — Ver, 30. And the Lord saved 
Israel out of the hands of the Egyptians. 
Josh, xxiv. 7. Ps. cvi. 44. — cvii. through- 
out. 

Judg. iv. 13, 14, 15. Israel delivered 
from Jabin, and Sisera his captain. 

Judg. X. 6 to 16. Ch. xi. 33. 1 Sam, 
vii. 8. 10, 11. Israel delivered from the 
Philistines. 

2 Kings xiii. 4, 5. Delivered from the 
Syrians. Ch. v. 6. 18. 

2 Chron. xiii. 14, 15. Delivered from 
Jeroboam. 

2 Chron. xiv. 2 to 12. Delivered from 
the Ethiopians. 

2 Cliron, xxxii. 20. 22, Delivered from 
the Assyrian army. 2 Kings xviii. 3. See 
Prayer with humility, confession and turn- 
ing from sin. See also Prayers of Mugs 
and prophets. Command. 5th. which afford 
instances of prayer prevailing for deliver- 
ance from enemies. 

CCI. Prayers against evil from ene- 
mies. Dcut. xxxiii. 7. Be thou an help 
to .Tudah against his enemies. 

Ps. iii. 1. Lord how are they increased 
that trouble mc ? — Ver. 4. I cried unto 
the Lord, and he heard me. 

v. 8. Lead me, O Lord, in thy right- 
eousness, because of mine enemies. 

vi. 7. Mine eye is consumed because 
of grief: it waxed old because of all 
mine enemies. — Ver. 10. Let them be 
ashamed- 

vii. 6. Lift up thyself because of the 
rage of mine enemies. 


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193 


xvii. 9. Keep me from my deadly 
enemies. 

xviii. 3. I will call upon the Lord; so 
shall I be delivered from mine enemies. 
Ver. 4, 5, 6. 40. 

xxvii. 11, 12. Teach me thy way, O 
Lord, and lead me in a plain path, be- 
cause of mine enemies. Deliver me not 
over to the will of mine enemies. 

XXX. 1. Thou hast not made my foes 
to rejoice over me : I cried unto the 
Lord. — Ver. 8. Lord be thou mine helper. 
Ver. 10. 

xxxi. 11. I was a reproach among- all 
mine enemies. Ver. 15. 18. Ps. xxxviii. 
19. 21. — xli. 5. I said unto the Lord, 
Deliver me from the hand of mine ene- 
mies. 

xliv. 4. O God, command deliverance 
for Jacob. Ver. 5. 23. 

Iv. 1. 3, Give ear unto my prayer, O 
God ; because of the voice of the enemy. 
—Ver. 18. He hath delivered my soul 
from battle that was against me. 

Ivi. 9. When I cry unto thee, then 
shall mine enemies turn back. 

lix. 1. Deliver me from mine enemies, 
O my God. Ps. cxliii. 9. 

cxliii. 1. Hear my prayer, for the ene- 
my hath persecuted my soul. 

Acts iv. 18. The rulers of the Jews 
commanded the apostles not to speak nor 
teach in the name of Jesus. — Ver. 24. 
The disciples prayed and said. Lord, be- 
hold their threatenings, and grant unto 
thy servants, that with boldness they may 
speak thy word. — Ver. 31. And when 
they had prayed, the place was shaken 
where they were assembled together, and 
they were all filled with the Holy Ghost, 
and spake the word of God with boldness. 

Rev. vi. 9, 10. Under the altar in hea- 
ven, John saw the souls of them that 
were slain for the word of God, and for 
the testimony which they held. And 
they cried with a loud voice, saying, 
How long-, O Lord, holy and true, dost 
thou not judge and avenge our blood 
upon them that dwell on the earth. See 
also, Ps. ix. 13.— X. 1. 24.— xiii. 2, 3, 4. 
— XXV. 2. 19. — XXXV. 19. — xxxvi. 11. — 
xhi. 9, 10.— xhii. 2.— Ixi. 3.— Ixiv. 1.— 
Ixvi. 12. 17. 19.— Ixix. 12, 13. 18.— Ixxi. 
10. 12.— Ixxiv. 3. 10. 18.— Ixxx. 6— 
Ixxxiii. 16. — Ixxxvi. 17. — Ixxxix. 42.- — 
cii. 8. — cix. 1. — cxix. 98. — cxix. 157. — 
cxxxviii. 7. 

CCIL Prayer in trouble; instances 
thereof. Neh. ix. 32. O God, let not all 


the trouble seem little before thee, that 
hath come upon us. 

Ps. iv. 1. Hear me when I call, O God 
of my righteousness : thou hast heard me 
in distress. 

XX. 1. The Lord hear thee in the day 
of trouble. 

xxii. 11. Be not far from me, for trou- 
ble is near; for there is no man to help 
me. 

XXV. 17. The troubles of my heart are 
enlarged : O bring thou me out of my 
distress. — Ver. 22. Redeem Israel, O God, 
out of all his troubles. 

XXX. 7, 8, Thou didst hide thy face, 
and I was troubled : I cried unto the 
Lord. Thou hast girded me with glad- 
ness. Ver. 11. 

xxxi. 9, 10. Have mercy upon me, O 
Lord, for I am in trouble. My life is 
spent with grief 

xl. 1. I waited for the Lord : he brought 
me out of a horrible pit. Ver. 2. 

1. 15. Call upon me in the day of trou- 
ble, and I will deliver thee. 

Ix. 11. Give us help from trouble, for 
vain is the help of /nan. 

Ixi. 2. I will cry unto thee when my 
heart is overwhelmed. 

Ixix. 17. Hide not thy face from thy 
servant, for I am in trouble. 

Ixxi. 20. Thou hast shewed nie great 
and sore troubles : thou wilt quicken me 
again. 

Ixxvii. 2. In the day of my trouble I 
sought the Lord. — Ver. 14. Thou art the 
God that doest wonders, 

Ixxxi. 7. Thou calledst in trouble, and 
I delivered thee. 

Ixxxvi. 7. In the day of trouble I will 
call upon thee; for thou wilt answer 
me. 

Ixxxviii. 2. Let my prayer come be- 
fore thee; for I am full of trouble. — 
Ver. 3. 

xci. 15. He shall call upon me, I will 
answer him : I will be with him in trou- 
ble. 

cii. 2. Hide not thy face from me, in 
the day when I am in trouble. 

cvii. 6. They cried unto the Lord in 
their trouble, and he delivered them out 
of all their distresses. Ver. 13. 19. 28. 

cxvi. 3, 4. I found sorrow and trouble. 
Then called I on the name of the Lord : 
O Lord, I beseech thee, deliver my souL 
—Ver. 7. The Lord dealt bountifully 
with me. 

cxviii. 5. I called upon the Lord id' 
distress, and the Lord answered me. 


194 


Prayer, 


Chap. XIV. 


Ps. cxx. 1. In my distress I cried unto 
the Lord, and he heard me. 

cxxx. 1, 2. Out of the depths have I 
cried unto thee, O Lord. Lord hear my 
voice ; let thine ears be attentive to the 
voice of my supphcation. 

cxxxviii. 3. In the day vi^hen I cried 
thou answcredst me. — Ver. 7. Though I 
walk in the midst of trouble, thou w^ilt 
revive me. — Ver. 8. Forsake not the work 
of thine own hands. 

cxlii. 2, 3. I poured out my complaint; 
I shewed before him my trouble. When 
my spirit was overwhelmed within me, 
then thou knewest my path. 

cxliii. IL For my righteousness' sake, 
bring my soul out of trouble, 

Isa. xxvi. 16. O Lord, in trouble have 
they visited thee; they poured out a prayer 
when thy chastening was upon them. 

xxxiii. 2. O Lord, be gracious unto 
us : be thou our salvation in time of 
trouble. 

Jer. xiv. 8. O the hope of Israel, the 
Saviour thereof in time of trouble, why 
shouldest thou be as a stranger in the land ? 
Ver. 20. 

Lam. iii. 55, 5%. I called upon the name 
of the Lord, out of the low dungeon. 
Thou heardst my voice. 

Jonah i. 6. The ship-master in danger 
said unto Jonah, Arise and call upon thy 
God. 

CCIII. Of prayerless persons ; or of not 
praying. Job xxi. 15. The wicked say, 
What is the Almighty, that we should 
serve him ? and what profit shall we have 
if we pray imto him ? Mai. iii, 14. 

xxxvi. 13. Hypocrites cry not when 
he bindeth them. 

Ps. X. 4. The wicked through the pride 
of his countenance will not seek after God : 
God is not in all his thoughts. 

xiv. 4. Have all the workers of iniquity 
no knowledge? who eat up my people 
as bread, and call not upon the Lord. 
Ps, liii, 4. 

Isa, xliii, 22, Thou hast not called upon 
mc, O Jacob; thou hast been weary of me, 

Israel, &c. — Ver. 28. Therefore have 

1 profaned the princes of the sanctuary, 
and have given Jacob to the curse, and 
Israel to the robbers. 

Jer. X. 25. Pour out thy fury upon the 
heathen that know thee not, and u])on 
the families that call not on thy name. 
Ps. Ixxix. 6. 

Dan. ix. 13, 14. All this evil is come 
upon us, yet made we not our prayer 


before the Lord our God ; that we might 
turn from our iniquities, and understand 
thy truth. Therefore hath the Lord 
watched upon the evil, and brought it 
upon us, 

Hos, vii. 7, There is none among them 
that calleth unto me, 

Ver, 13, 14, Woe unto them for they 
have fled from me. They have not cried 
unto me, when they howled upon their 
beds, 

Zeph, i, 4, 6, I will cut off them that 
turned back from the Lord, and those 
that have not sought the Lord, nor in- 
quired after him, 

James iv. 2, Ye have not, because ye 
ask not. 

CCIV. The prayers of hypocrites. Ps, 
Ixxviii. 34. When God slew them then 
they sought him, and inquired early after 
God, — Ver. 36, 37, Nevertheless they 
flattered him with their mouth: Their 
heart was not right with him, Ps, 1. 16. 

Ezek. xxxiii, 31, With their mouth 
they shew much love, but their heart 
goeth after their covetousness. Isa. xxix. 
14. Jer, xii, 2. 

Matt, vi, 6, When thou prayest, thou 
shalt not be as the Jiypocrites are; for they 
love to pray standing in the synagogues, 
and in the corners of the streets, that they 
may be seen of men, 

XV. 8, 9. This people draweth nigh 
unto me with their mouth, and honoureth 
me with their lips, but their hearts are 
far from me. In vain do they worship 
me, teaching for doctrines the command- 
ments of men, 

xxiii. 14. Woe unto you hypocrites, 
for ye devour widows' houses, and for 
a pretence make long prayers. Mark 
xii. 40. 

CCV. Prayers of the wicked not accept- 
able to God. Job XXXV. 13. God will not 
hear vanity. 

Ps. Ixvi. 11. If I regard iniquity in my 
heart, the Lord will not hear me. 

cix. 7. Let the prayer of the wicked 
become a sin. 

Prov. i. 27. When distress and anguish 
comcth, then shall tJiey call upon me, but 
I will not answer; they shall seek me 
early, but they shall not find me. — Ver. 
29. For that they hated knowledge, and 
did not choose the fear of the Lord. 

XV. 8. The sacrifice of the wicked is an 
abomination to the Lord, Ch, xxi, 27, 

Isa. i. 4. Ah I sinful nation, a people 


Chap. XIV. 


Of praising God.— Praise, 


195 


laden with iniquity. — Ver. 11. To what 
purpose is the multitude of your sacri- 
fices to me, saith the Lord? — Ver. 15. 
When ye spread forth your hands, I will 
hide mine eyes from you ; when ye make 
many prayers I will not hear : your hands 
are full of blood. 

lix. 1, 2. The Lord's hand is not short- 
ened that it carniot save, nor his ear heavy 
that it cannot hear : But your iniquities 
have separated between you and your 
God, and yom* sins have hid his face from 
you, that he will not hear. Isa. Ixvi. 3. 

Jer. vi. 19, 20. Behold I will bring 
evil upon this people, even the fruit of 
tlieir tlioughts; because they have not 
hearkened unto my words, nor to my 
law, but rejected it. Your burnt offer- 
ings are not acceptable, nor your sacri- 
fices sweet unto me. Ch. vii. 20, 21, 22. 
Amos v. 22, 23. 

xi. 10, 11. They are turned back to 
the iniquities of their forefathers, which 
refused to hear my words. Therefore 
tlaus saith the Lord, I will bring evil upon 
them, and though they cry unto me I will 
not hearken unto them. 

Ver. 14. Pray not thou for this peo- 
ple, neither lift up a cry nor prayer for 
them ; for I will not hear them in the 
time that they cry unto me for tlieir 
trouble. See Ch. xiv. 11, 12. Ezek. viii. 
18. Mic. viii. 4. Zech, vii. 13. Job 
xxvii. 9. Lam. iii. 42. 44. Matt. xv. 8, 9. 
John ix. 31. 

The prayers of the wicked answered 
with reproofs and threatenings. Ps. 1. 16. 
Jer. xxxii. 16 to 25.44. — xxxvii. 3 to 6. — 
xlii. 2to9. Zech. vii. 2. 4 to 14. 


OF PRAISING GOD. 

CCVI. Praise and thanks due unto 
God^ and required by Mm from the right- 
eous. Exod. XV. 11. Who is like imto 
thee, O Lord, glorious in holiness, fearful 
in praises, doing wonders. 

1 Chron. xvi. 25. Great is the Lord, 
and greatly to be praised. Ps. xlviii. 1. 

Ps. xlvii. 7. God is King of all the 
earth ; sing ye praises with understanding. 

1. 14. Offer unto God thanksgiving, 
and pay thy vows to the most High. — 
Ver. 23. Whoso ofFereth praise giorifi- 
eth me. 

Ixvi, 2. Sing forth the honour of his 
name; make his praise glorious. — Ver. 
4. All the earth shall sing to thy holy 
name. 

16 


Ixviii. 4, Sing unto God ; sing praises 
to his name ; extol him that rideth upon 
the heavens by his name J ah. — Ver. 32. 
Sing unto God, ye kingdoms of the 
earth. 

ixix. 30, 31. I will praise tlie name of 
God with a song ; I will magnify him 
with thanksgiving. This fihall please the 
Lord better than an ox or bullock. 

xcii. 1,2. It is a good thing to give 
thanks unto the Lord, and to sing praises 
unto thy name, O Most High. To shew 
forth thy loving-kindness every morn- 
ing, and thy faithfulness every night. 
Ps. cxxxv. 3. 

xcvi. 2. Sing imto the Lord, bless his 
name, shew forth his salvation fi-om day 
to day. 

cvii. 32. Let them sacrifice the sacri- 
fices of -thanksgiving, and declare his 
works with rejoicing. 

cxlv. 3. Great is the Lord, and greatly 
to be praised ; his greatness is unsearch- 
able. Ps. xcvi. 4. 

cl. 6, Let every thing that hath breath 
praise the Lord. 

Isa. xlii. 8. My glory will I not give to 
another, nor my praise to graven images. 

Ver. 10. Sing unto the Lord a new 
song, and his praise from the end of the 
earth. Ch. xliii. 21. Jer. xx. 13. 

Phil. iv. 6. In every thing by prayer 
and supplication, with thanksgiving, let 
your requests be made known to God. 

Col. ii. 7. Abounding in faith, with 
thanksgiving. 

iii. 15. Let the peace of God rule in 
your hearts, to which ye are called ; and 
be ye thankful. 

1 Pet. ii. 9. Ye are a chosen genera- 
tion, to shew forth the praises of hira that 
called you. 

PRAISE. 

CCVII. Praises from the wicked unac- 
ceptable to God. Amos iv. 2. The Lord 
will take you away with hooks. — Ver. 
5. Offer a thanksgiving with leaven : 
for this liketh you. — Ver. 6. I have 
given you cleanness of teeth, and want of 
^•sread, &c. 

V. 22. Though ye offer burnt-ofFerings, 
and meat-offerings, I will not accept 
them. — Ver. 24. But let judgment run 
down like waters, &c. 

Luke xviii. 11. The Pharisee said, 
God I thank thee, that I am not as other 
men : — yet he went not to his house jus- 
tified. 


196 


Praise, 


Chap. XIV. 


CX^VIII. T?ie wicked untliaiikful. Rom. 
i. 21. When they knew God, they glo- 
vTified him not as God, neither were thank- 
ful. 

2 Tim. iii. 2. Men shall be lovers of 
their own selves, &lc. mithankful, unholy. 

CCIX. Praise must be frequent, Ps. 
xxxiv. 1. I will bless the Lord at all 
times ; his praise shall be continually in 
my mouth. 

XXXV. 28. My tongue shall speak of 
thy righteousness, and of thy praise all 
the day long. 

Ixiii. 4. I will bless thee Avhile I live. 

cxi. 1. I will praise the Lord with my 
whole heart. Ps. cxxxiii. 1. 

cxix. 164. Seven times a day do I 
praise thee, because of thy righteous 
judgments. 

cxlv. 2. Every day will I bless thee, 
and will praise thy name for ever and 
ever. 

CCX. With sincerity. Ps. cxi. 1. I 
will praise the Lord with my whole 
heart. 

1 Cor. xiv. 15. I will sing with the 
spirit, and I will sing with the understand- 
ing. Ps. xlvii. 7. 

Eph. V. 19. Speaking to yourselves in 
psalms and hymns, and spiritual songs, 
singing and making melody in your 
hearts to the Lord. 

Col. iii. 16. Singing with grace in your 
hearts to the Lord. 

CCXI. God preparetk his people for 
his praise, — or divine influences therefor. 
Ps. li. 15. O Lord open thou my lips, 
and my mouth shall shew forth thy 
praise. 

cxix. 171. My lips shall utter praise 
when thou has taught thy law to me. — 
Ver. 175. Let my soul live, and it shall 
praise thee. 

Isa. xliii. 21. This people have I form- 
ed for myself; they sliall shew forth my 
praise. 

bci. 11. The Lord will cause righteous- 
ness and praise to spring forth. 

Jer. xiii. 11. I have caused to cleave 
unto me the whole house of Israel, and 
the whole house of Judah, saitli the Lord, 
that tlicy might be unto me for a people, 
and for a nainc, and for a praise, and for 
a glory ; but they would not hear. 

xxxiii. 8, 9. I will cleanse them from 
all their iniquity, and will pardon all 
their iniquities, wlicrcby they have sin- 


ned, and whereby they have transgressed 
against me. And it shall be to me for 
a name of joy and praise, and an honour 
before all nations of the earth. Ver. 11. 

Hos. xiv. 2. Take away all our iniqui- 
ty, &c. so will we render the calves of 
our lips. 

Matt. xxi. 16. Out of the mouth of 
babes and sucklings thou has perfected 
praise. Ps. viii. 2. 

CCXII. Thanking God through Christ. 
Rom. i. 8. I thank my God through Je- 
sus Christ for you all, that your faith is 
spoken of through the whole world. 

vii. 24, 25. Who shall deliver me from 
the body of this death ! I thank God 
through Jesus Christ our Lord ; — 1 Cor. 
XV. 57. who giveth us the victory : — 2 
Cor. ii. 14. which causeth us to triumph 
in Christ. 

Phil. i. 11. The fruits of righteousness 
are by Jesus Christ, to the praise and 
glory of God. 

Heb. xiii. 15. By him let us offer the 
sacrifice of praise to God continually, that 
is, the fruit of our lips, giving thanks to 
his name. 

Eph. V. 20. Give thanks always for all 
things unto God, and the Father, in the 
name of our Lord Jesus Christ. 

CCXIII. Praise is a part of public 
worship. Ps. ix. 11. Sing praises to the 
Lord, which dwelleth in Zion ; declare 
among the people his doings. — Ver. 14. 
Have mercy upon me, O Lord, that I 
may shew forth thy praise in the gates of 
the daughter of Zion. 

xxii, 22. In the midst of the congre- 
gation will I praise thee. — Ver. 24. My 
praise shall be of thee in the great con- 
gregation. 

xxvi. 8. O Lord, I have loved the ha- 
bitation of thy house, and the place 
where thine honour dwelleth. Ver. 12. 
In the congregation will I bless the 
Lord. 

xxvii. 4, One thing have I desired of 
the Lord, that will I seek after; that I 
may dwell in the house of the Lord all 
the days of my life, to behold the beauty 
of the Lord, and inquire in his temple. — 
Ver. 6. I will offer in his tabernacle 
sacrifices of joy : I will sing praises unto 
the Lord. 

XXXV. 18. I will give thee tlianks in 
the great congregation : I will praise thee 
among much people. 

xiii. 2. When shall I come and appear 


Chap. XIV. 


Praise, 


197 


before God ? — Ver. 5. I shall yet praise 
him. 

. Ps. Ivii. 3. I will praise thee among- the 
people ; I will sing unto thee among the 
nations. — Ver. 10. For thy mercy is 
great mito the heavens, and thy truth 
reacheth unto the clouds. Ps. cviii. 3. — 
cix. 30. 

Ixv. 1. Praise waiteth for thee, O God, 
in Zion. 

Ixxxiv. 4. Blessed are they that dwell in 
thy house ; they will be still praising thee. 

Ixxxix. 5. The heavens shall praise 
thy wonders, O Lord ; thy faithfulness 
also in the congregation of the saints. — 
Ver. 7. God is greatly to be feared in the 
assembly of the saints, and to be had in 
reverence of all that are about him. 

xcv. 2. Let us come before his pre- 
sence with thanksgiving, &c. Ver. 3. 

c. 4. Enter his gates with thanksgiv- 
ing, and his courts with praise. 

cii. 21, 22. Declare the name of the 
Lord in Zion, and his praise in Jerusa- 
lem ; when the people are gathered to- 
gether to serve the Lord. 

cvii. 32. Let them exalt him in the 
congregation of the people, and praise 
him in the assembly of the elders. 

cxi. 1. I will praise the Lord in the 
assembly of the upright. 

cxvi. 18, 19. I will pay my vows unto 
the Lord in the presence of all his people, 
in the courts of the Lord's house. 

cxviii. 19. Open to me the gates of 
righteousness, and I will go into them, 
and I will praise the Lord. 

cxxxiv. 2. Lift up your hands in the 
sanctuary, and bless the Lord. 

cxxxv. 19. Bless the Lord, O house of 
Israel; bless the Lord, O house of Aaron. 
—Ver. 21. Blessed be the Lord out of 
Zion, which dwelleth in Jerusalem : praise 
ye the Lord. 

cxxxviii. 1. I will praise thee with my 
whole heart ; before the gods will I sing 
praise unto Vaee. See Neh. viii. 6. — ix. 

5. Ps. cxlvii. 7. 12.— cxlix. 1.— cl. 1, 2. 

6. Isa. Ixiv. 11. Heb. ii. 12. Rev. vii. 12. 
See regulations made for the order of 

public thanks and praise. 1 Chron. xvi. 
4. 7.— xxiii. 30.— xxix. 13 to 20. Ps. cv. 
L 2 Chron. v. 13. Neh. xi. 17.— xii. 8. 24, 
&c. 

CCXIV. Of singing the praises of God. 
Job xxxviii. 6, 7. When the foundations 
of the earth were laid, the morning stars 
sang together, and all the sons of God 
shouted for joy, 


Ps. xiii. 6. I will sing unto the Lord, 
because he hath dealt bountifully with 
me. 

xviii. 49. I will give thanks unto thee, 

Lord, among the heathen, and sing 
praises unto thy name. Rom. xv. 19. 

xxi. ] 3. Be thou exalted in thine own 
strength, so will we sing and praise thy 
power. Ps. lix. 16, 17. 

XXX. 4. Sing unto the Lord, O ye 
saints of his; give thanks at the remem- 
brance of his hohness. Ver. 12. Ps. vii. 
17. 

xxxiii. 3. Sing unto him a new song ; 
play skilfully with a loud noise. 

li. 14. I will sing aloud of thy right- 
eousness. Ver. 15. 

Ixvii. 4. O let the nations be glad and 
sing for joy. Ps. ix. 2. 11. — xlii. 4. — 
Ixxxi. 1.— xcv. 1, 2. — xcvi. 1, 2. — xcviiL 
8, 9.— c. 2. 

Ixxxix. 1. I will sing of the mercies 
of the Lord for ever, Ps. Ixi. 7, 8. — ci. 1. 
— cviii. 3. 

civ. 33. I will sing unto my God while 

1 have being. Ps. Ixxv. 9. — cxlvi. 2. Isa. 
xxxviii. 20. 

cv. 2. Sing psalms unto him ; talk of 
all his wondrous works. 

cxxxviii. 5. Kings of the earth shall 
sing in the ways of the Lord, for great is 
the glory of the Lord. 

cxlvii, 1. 7, 8, 9. Sing unto the Lord 
with thanksgiving; who covereth the 
heaven with clouds, who giveth the beast 
his food. 

cxlix. 1. Sing unto the Lord a new 
song. Ps. cxliv. 9. 

Ver. 5, 6. Let the saints be joyful in 
glory ; let them sing aloud upon their 
beds. Let the high praises of God be in 
their mouth. 

Isa. xii. 5. Sing unto the Lord, for he 
hath done excellent things. 

xxiv, 14, They shall sing, for the ma- 
jesty of the Lord. 

xxvi. 19. Awake and sing, ye that 
dwell in the dust, for thy dew is as the 
dew of herbs. 

XXXV. 6. The tongue of the dumb shall 
sing. — Ver. 10. The ransomed of the 
Lord shall return and come to Zion with 
songs, and everlasting joy shall be upon 
their heads. Ch. li. 11. 

xlii. 10. Sing unto the Lord a new 
song, and his praise from the end of the 
earth. — Ver. 12. Let them give glory to 
the Lord, and declare his praise in the 
islands. 

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singing: the Lord hath redeemed liis 
servant Jacob. 

Isa. xlix. 13. Sing O heavens, and be 
joyful, O earth, for the Lord hath com- 
forted his people. Ch. xiv. 23. — lii. 9. — 
Iv. 12. Ps. cxxvi. 1, 2. 

Acts xvi. 25. At midnight Paul and 
Silas prayed, and sang praises to God in 
the prison. 

James v. 13. Is any merry? let him 
sing psalms. 

CCXV. The subjects of praise and 
thanks to God are so many and various 
that they cannot he enumerated. Let there- 
fore a hrief view of the principal of them 
suffice, under the following heads, viz. 

God^s goodness and mercy — acts there- 
of towards mankind. Ps. xvi. 7. I will 
bless the Lord, who hath given me coun- 
sel. 

xxviii. 7. The Lord is my strength and 
my shield, my heart trusted in him and I 
am helped : therefore my heart greatly 
rejoiceth, and with my song will I praise 
him. 

xxxiii. 2. Praise the Lord. — Ver. 5. 
The earth is full of his goodness. 

xlii. 5. I shall yet praise him for the 
help of his countenance. 

Ivii. 9, 10. I will praise thee, O Lord, 
for thy mercy is great unto the heavens, 
and thy truth reacheth unto the clouds. 
Ps. cviii. 3, 4. 

Ixiii. 3. Because thy loving-kindness 
is better than life, my lips shall praise 
thee. Ver. 5. Ps. cxxxviii. 1, 2. 

Ixvii. 1. God be merciful unto us, and 
bless us, and cause his face to shine upon 
us. — Ver. 3. Let the people praise thee, 
OGod. 

Ixviii. 19. Blessed be the Lord who 
daily loadeth us with his benefits, even 
the God of our salvation. — Ver. 35. The 
God of Israel is he that giveth strength 
and power to his people : blessed be 
God. 

Ixxi. G. By thee have I been holden 
up from the womb; thou art he that 
took me out of my mother's bowels. — 
Ver. 8. My praise shall be continually 
of thee. — Ver. 14. I will hope continu- 
ally, and praise thee more and more. Ver. 
23. 

Ixxxvi. 12, 13. I will praise thee, O 
Lord my God, with all my heart, and I 
will glorify tiiy name for evermore. For 
great is thy mercy toward me ; and thou 
hast delivered my soul from tlie lowest 
hell. 


Ps. Ixxxix. 1. I will sing of the mer- 
cies of the Lord for ever. Ver. 2. 

c. 4, 5. Be thankful unto him, and 
bless his name. For the Lord is good ; 
his mercy is everlasting, and his truth en- 
dureth to all generations. Ps. cxvii. 1, 2. 

ciii. 2, 3. Bless the Lord, O my soul, 
and forget not all his benefits : Who for- 
giveth all thine iniquities, who healeth all 
thy diseases. 

cvi. 1. Praise ye the Lord. O give 
thanks unto the Lord, for he is good ; for 
his mercy endureth for ever. Ps. xlvii. 
48.— cvii. 1. 8. 15. 21. 31. 

Isa. xii. 2. The Lord Jehovah is my 
strength and my song ; he also is become 
my salvation. — Ver. 4, 5. Praise the Lord, 
declare his doings among the people, make 
mention that his name is exalted. Sing' 
unto the Lord, for he hath done excellent 
things, 

Ixiii. 7. I will mention the loving, 
kindness of the Lord, &c. See also Ps. 
cxii. 1. 4.— cxv. 12. 18,— cxviii. 19. 21. 
28, 29.— exxxiv. 1, 2, 3.— exxxv. 2, 3. 
14. 19.— cxxxviii. 2. 4.— cxlv. 1. 8, 9.— 
cxlvi. 1. 8. 10.— cxlviii. 1. 7. 14. Jer. 
xxxiii. 11. 

CCXVI. For Christ. Luke i. 68—70. 
Blessed be the God of Israel, for he hath 
visited and redeemed his people ; and he 
hath raised up an horn of salvation for us ; 
as he spake by the mouth of his holy pro- 
phets. 

ii. 10, 11. The angel said, Behold, I 
bring you glad tidings of great joy. Unto 
you is born a Saviour, which is Christ the 
Lord. Isa. ix. 6. 

Ver. 13, 14. And suddenly there was 
with the angel a multitude of the heaven- 
ly host praising God, and saying, Glory to 
God in the highest, and on earth peace, 
good-will towards men. 

Ver. 28 — 33. Simeon [at seeing Christ] 
blessed God : And said, Now lettest thou 
thy servant depart in peace; for mine 
eyes have seen thy sal\*ation, which thou 
hast prepared before the face of all peo- 
pie ; a light to lighten the Gentiles, and 
the glory of thy people Israel. Luke ii. 
38.— xxiv. 52, 53. 

2 Cor. ix. 15, Thanks to God for his 
unspeakable gift. 

CCXVII. For hlessings from God hy 
and through Christ. 1 Cor. i. 4, 5, I 
thank my Ciod always on your behalf, 
for the grace of God which is given 
you by Jesus Christ; that in every 


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things ye are enriched by him, so that ye 
come behind in no gift. 

XV. 57. Thanks to God who giveth us 
the victory, through our Lord Jesus 
Christ. 

2 Cor. ii. 14. Thanks to God, who al- 
ways causetli us to triumph in Christ. 

Eph. i. 3, 4. Blessed be the God and 
Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who 
hath blessed us with all spiritual bless- 
ings in heavenly places in Christ; ac- 
cording as he hath chosen us in him 
before the foundation of the world — Ver. 
6. And hath made us accepted in the 
beloved. 

1 Pet. i. 3, 4. Blessed be the God, and 
Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who 
according to his abundant mercy, hath 
begotten us again to a lively hope, by 
the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the 
dead ; to an inheritance incorruptible, un- 
defiled, and that fadeth not away, reserved 
in heaven for you. Rom. i. 8. — vii. 25. 

CCXVIII. For God's will revealed. 
Matt. xi. 25. Jesus said, I thank thee, 
O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, be- 
cause thou hast hid these things from the 
wise and prudent, and hast revealed them 
unto babes. 

CCXIX. For the obedience and faith of 
Christians, as owing to God. Rom. vi. 17. 
God be thanked, ye have obeyed from the 
heart that form of doctrine which was 
delivered unto you. 

2 Cor. viii. 16. Thanks be to God, 
which put the same earnest care into 
the heart of Titus for you. 

Eph. i. 15, 16. After I heard of your 
faitli in the Lord Jesus Christ, and love 
to all the saints, I ceased not to give 
thanks for you, making mention of you 
in my prayers. 

Phil. i. 3. I thank God upon every 
remembrance of you. 1 Cor. i. 4. 

Col. i. 3, 4. We give thanks to God, 
and the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, 
since we heard of your faith in Christ 
Jesus, and of the love which ye have to 

1 Thess. ii. 13. We thank God with- 
out ceasing, because when ye received 
the word of God, ye received it not as 
the word of men, but, (as it is in truth) 
the word of God. 

iii. 9. What thanks can we render to 
God for you, for the joy wherewith we 
joy for your sakes before God. 

2 Thess. i, 3. We are bound to thank 

16* 


God always for you brethren, because that 
your faith groweth exceedingly, and the 
charity of every one of you toward each 
other aboundeth. 

1 Tim. i. 12. I thank Jesus our Lord, 
who hath enabled me, for that he count- 
ed me faithful, putting me into the min- 
istry. 

2 Tim. i. 3. I thank God, whom I 
serve with a pure conscience, that with- 
out ceasing I have remembrance of you 
in my prayers. 

God thanked for charitable contribu- 
tions of saints to others in distress, 2 Cor, 
ix. 11. 

CCXX. For God's care of his church, 
Ps. ix. 11. Sing praises to the Lord 
which dwelleth in Zion. — Ver. 15. The 
heathen are sunk down in the pit that 
they made. 

Ixix. 30. I will praise the name of God 
with a song, and will magnify him with 
thanksgiving. — Ver. 35. For God will 
save Zion. 

cii. 16. When the Lord shall build up 
Zion, he shall appear in his glory. — Ver. 
18. And the people that shall be created 
shall praise the Lord. 

cxlvii. 1, 2. Praise the Lord — The 
Lord doth build up Jerusalem. — Ver. 12, 
Praise the Lord, O Jerusalem; praise 
thy God, O Zion. — For he hath strength^ 
ened the bars of thy gates, he hath blessed 
thy children within thee. 

Ver. 14. He maketh peace in thy bor- 
ders, and filleth thee with the finest of 
the wheat. Ps. cxlix. 1 to 6. See xli. 9, 
10.— cxlvi. 1. 7, 8, 9, 10. Isa. xii. 1, 2.— 
Ii. 3.— Ix. 6. 8, 9.— Ixiii. 7, 8, 9. Jer. xxx, 
18, 19. Acts ii. 47. 

CCXXI. For God''s great and marvel- 
lous works. Ps.xxvi. 7. That I may pub- 
lish with the voice of thanksgiving, and 
tell of all thy wondrous works. Ps. cxlv. 
4. 10. 

Ixvi. 1. 3. Make a joyful noise imto 
God, all je lands. Sing forth the honour 
of his name, and make his praise glo- 
rious. Say unto him. How terrible art 
thou in thy works ! 

Ixxv. 1. Unto thee, O God, we do give 
thanks: for that thy name is near, thy 
wondrous works declare. 

civ. 1. Bless the Lord, O my soul. O 
Lord my God, thou art very great : thou 
art clothed with honour and majesty. — 
Ver. 24. How manifold are thy works I 
in wisdom thou hast made them all. 


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Chap. XIV. 


cvii. 22. Let them sacrifice the sa- 
crifices of thanksgiving, and declare his 
works with rejoicing. Ver. 8. 

Ps. cxi. 1 — 3. I will praise the Lord 
witli my whole heart. Tlie works of the 
Lord are great. His work is honourable 
and glorious. 

cxxxix. 14. I will praise thee, for I 
am fearfully and wonderfully made : mar- 
vellous are thy works. Rev. xv. 3. 

cxlviii. 5. Praise the name of the Lord : 
for he commanded and tliey were created. 

cl. 1, 2. Praise the Lord. Praise him 
for his mighty acts : praise him accord- 
ing to his excellent greatness. — Ver. 6. 
Let every thing that hath breath praise 
the Lord. 

Isa. xlii. 12. Let them give glory to the 
Lord, and declare his praise in the islands. 
Sec Ps. ix. 1.— xl. 5.— Ixviii. 4. 26. 33.— 
ixxiii. 28. — Ixxviii. 4. — Ixxxvi. 8, — xcii. 5. 
— cv. 5. 

CCXXIL For GoiTs marvellous acts 
upon the bodies and minds of men. Dan. 
iv. 34. 37. Nebuchadnezzar praised God 
for being restored to the use of reason. 

Jonah ii. 8, 9. Jonah for his being de- 
livered from the fish. 

Luke i. 64. Zacharias for his being re- 
stored to the use of his speech. 

xviii. 43. The blind for being restored 
to tlie use of sight. 

Acts iii. 6. The lame for being healed. 

Isa. xxxviii. 20. Hezekiah praised God 
for his recovery from sickness. See Ps, 
cxviii. 19, 21. 

CCXXIII. For daily bread. Deut. viii. 
10. When thou hast eaten and art full, 
then thou shalt bless the Lord thy God. 

Isa. Ixii. 8. They that have gathered in 
the corn and wine, shall cat and praise 
the Lord. 

Joel ii. 2G. Ye shall eat in plenty, and 
be satisfied, and praise the name of the 
Lord your God, that he hatla dealt won- 
drously witli you. 

Mark viii. 6. Jesus took the seven 
loaves, and gave thanks. John vi. 11.23. 
Acts xxvii. 35. Paul took bread and 
gave thanks. 

Rom. xiv. 6. He that cateth to the 
Lord, givctii God thanks. 

1 Tim. iv. 3. Meats God hath created 
to lie received with thanksgiving, of them 
that know the truth. — Ver. 4. Every 
preature of God is good, if it be re- 
ceived with thanksgiving. Sec 1 Cor. x. 
30, 31. 


CCXXIV. For deliverance from trouble 
and affliction. Ps. xxii. 23, 24. Ye that 
fear the Lord, praise him : all ye seed of 
Jacob glorify him ; and fear him all ye 
seed of Israel. For he hath not despised 
the affliction of the afilicted, neither hath 
he hid his face from him, but when he 
cried unto him he heard. 

XXX. 11, 12. Thou hast turned for me 
my mourning into dancing; thou hast 
put off my sackcloth and girded me with 
gladness. O Lord, my God, I will give 
thanks to thee for ever. 

xxxiv. 1 I will bless the Lord at all 
times, his praises shall be continually in 
my mouth. — Ver. 4. He delivered me 
from all my fears. 

xlii. 11. I shall praise him, wlio'is the 
health of my countenance, and my God. 
Ps. xl. 2. - 

liv. 6, 7. I will praise the Lord, for it 
is good. For he hath delivered me out 
of all trouble. 

Ivi. 12. I will render praise unto thee, 
for thou hast delivered my soul from 
death. Ps. cxvi. 8. 

Ixvi. 8, 9. O bless our God, ye people ; 
make the voice of his praise to be heard. 
Who holdeth our souls in life, and suf- 
fereth not our feet to be moved. 

xcii. 1. It ia* a good thing to give 
thanks unto the Lord, and to sing praise 
unto the name of the Most High. Ver. 2, 3j 

Ver. 4. For thou Lord hast made me 
glad throuD-h thy works. See Ps. xxvi. 
12.— xxxi. 7. 21.— cxlii. 7. cxliv. 7. 9. 

CCXXV. For deliverance frorn enemies. 
Gen. xiT. 20. Mclchizedck said to Abra- 
ham, Blessed be the most high God, that 
hath delivered thine enemies into thine 
hand. 

Exod. xviii. 10. Jethro said, Blessed 
be the Lord, who hath delivered you out 
of the hand of the Egyptians. See Exod. 
XV. 1 to 22. Ps. Ixxviii. 4. 12. 

Deut. X. 21. The Lord, he is thy praise ; 
he is thy God, which hath done for thee 
these great and terrible things, which 
thine eyes have seen. 

2 Sam. xxii. 2. The Lord is my rock 
and my fortress, and my deliverer. (Ps. 
xviii. 3.) Ver. 47. Blessed be my rock, 
and exalted be the God of my salvation- 

1 Chron. xvi. 34. O give thanks unto 
the Lord, for he is good. Ps. cvii. 1. — 
cxviii. 1. — cxxxvi. 1. 

Ver. 35, 36. Say ye. Save us, O God 
of our salvation, and gather us together; 
and deliver us from tlic heathen, that wc 


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may give thanks to thy holy name, and 
glory in thy praise. The people said, 
Amen, praised be the Lord. 

Ps. vii. 6. Arise, O Lord, lifl up thy- 
self, because of mine enemies. — Ver. 10. 
My defence is of God, who saveth the 
upright in heart. — Ver. 17. I will praise 
tlae Lord according to his righteousness, 
and sing praise to the name of the Most 
High. Ps. ix. 2. 

ix. 1 — 3. I will praise the Lord with 
my whole heart, and shew forth thy mar- 
vellous works. I will be glad and rejoice 
in thee. When mine enemies are turned 
back, they shall fall and perish at thy 
presence. Ver. 14. 

xxi. 8. Thine hand shall find out all 
thine enemies. — Ver. 13. Be thou exalted. 
Lord, in thine own strength ; so will we 
sing and praise thy power. 

xxii. 20. Deliver my soul from the 
sword. — Ver. 25. My praise shall be of 
thee. Ps. XXXV. 18. 28. 

XXX. 1. I will exalt thee, O Lord, for 
tliou hast lifted me up, and hast not made 
my foes to rejoice over me. — Ver. 12. 
I will give thanks unto thee for ever and 
ever. 

xlii. 9. Why go I mourning because 
of the oppression of the enemy? — Ver. 11. 

mj soul, hope in God, for I shall yet 
praise him. 

xliii. 1. 4. O God, plead my cause against 
the ungodly — I will praise thee. 

xliv. 7, 8, Thou hast saved us fi-om 
our enemies, and put them to shame that 
hated us. In God we boast all the day 
long ; and praise thy name for ever and ever. 

Ivi. 4. In God I will praise his word, 
in God I have put my trust. — Ver. 9. 
When I cry unto thee, then shall mine 
enemies turn back. 

Ivii. 3. He shall send from heaven, and 
save me from the reproach of him that 
would swallow me up. — Ver. 5. Be thou 
exalted, Lord, above the heavens, and let 
thy glory be above the earth. — Ver. 7. I 
will sing and give praise. 

Ixi. 3, Thou hast been a shelter for me, 
a strong tower from the enemy. — Ver. 8. 

1 wiU sing praise to thy name for ever. 
Ixxi. 10. Mine enemies spake against 

me, and they that wait for my soul took 
counsel together, &c.— Ver. 22. I will 
praise thee, my God, O thou Holy One of 
Israel. — Ver. 24. My tongue shall speak 
of thy righteousness all the day long ; for 
they are brought into shame that seek 
my hurt. 
Ixxix, 9. Help us, O God of our salva- 


tion, for the glory of thy name. — Ver, 13, 
So we will give thee thanks for ever and 
ever, aixJ will shew forth thy praise to all 
generations. 

xcviii. 3. The Lord hath made known 
his salvation ; his righteousness hath he 
openly shewed in the sight of the hea- 
then, — Ver. 4, Make a joyful noise unto 
the Lord, all the earth ; rejoice and sing- 
his praise, 

cxi. 6. He hath shewed bis people the 
power of his works, that he may give them 
the heritage of the heathen. 

Ver. 9, 10. He sent redemption unto 
his people. His praise endureth fox ever, 

cxxiv. 2. Men rose up against us. — 
Ver. 6. Blessed be the Lord, who hath 
not given us a prey to their teeth. 

Rev. xix. 1, 2. I heard a great voice 
of much people in heaven, saying, Alle- 
luia; salvation, and honour, and power, 
unto the Lord our God: For true and 
righteous are his judgments ; for he hath 
judged the gYeat whore, which did cor- 
rupt the earth with her fornications, and 
hath avenged the blood of his servants 
at her hand. See Exod. xv. 1, Compare 
Rev. XV. 2. Judg. v. 3. 2 Chron. xx. 22. 
26. 28. Ps. xviii. 46.— xxvin. 6.— xh. 9. 
13.— cvi. 12.— cxviii. 14, 15.— exliv. 1, 2. 
Isa. XXV. 1. 4. 


HONOURING GOD. 

CCXXVI. Honour due to God, and 
claimed hy him. Mai. i. 6. A son honour, 
eth his father, and a servant his master : 
if I then be a Father, where is mine ho- 
nour ? if I be a Master, where is my fear ? 
saith the Lord of hosts. John viii. 49. 
Jesus said, I honour my Father. 

1 Sam. ii. 30. The Lord saith, Them 
that honour me, I will honour. 

CCXXVII. God is to be honoured by 
acts of worship, praise and thanks. Ps. 
xxvi. 8. Lord, I have loved the habitation 
of thy house, and the place where thine 
honour dwelleth. 

Ixvi. 2. Sing forth the honour of his 
name ; make his praise glorious. 

Ixxi. 8. Let my mouth be filled with thy 
praise, and with thine honour all the day. 

xcvi. 6. Honour and majesty are be- 
fore him ; strength and beauty are in his 
sanctuary. 1 Chron. xvi. 27. 

civ. 1. Thou art clotlied with honour 
and majesty. 

cxlv. 5. I will speak of the glorious 


202 


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Chap. XIV. 


honour of tliy majesty, and of thy won- 
drous works. 

Isa. xhii. 20. The beast of the field 
shall honour me, the dragon, and the 
owls : Because I gave waters in the wil- 
derness, and rivers in the desert, to give 
drink to my people, my chosen. 

Dan. iv. 37. I did extol and honour the 
King of heaven, all whose works are truth, 
and his ways judgment. Ver. 34. 

1 Tim. i. 17. To the only wise God, be 
honour and glory, &,c. Ch. vi. 16. 

Rev. iv. 11. Thou art worthy, O Lord, 
to receive glory, and honour, and power, 
&c. Ch. vii. 12.— xix. i. 7. 

CCXXVIII. By holiness of life. Jer. 
xxxiii. 8. I will (saith the Lord) cleanse 
them from all their iniquity. 

Ver. 9. And it shall be to me a name 
of joy, a praise and an honour before all 
the nations of the earth. 

CCXXIX. By keeping the Sahhath. Isa. 
Iviii. 13, 14. If thou turn away thy foot 
from the Sabbath, from doing thy plea- 
sure on my holy day, and call the Sabbath 
a Delight, the holy of the Lord, honoura- 
ble ; and shalt honour him ; not doing 
thine own ways, nor finding thine own 
pleasure, nor speaking thine own words : 
Then shalt thou delight thyself in the 
Lord ; and I will cause thee to ride upon 
the high places of the earth, and feed thee 
with the heritage of Jacob, 

CCXXX. By acts of charity and mercy 
to the poor. Prov. iii. 9. Honour the Lord 
with thy substance, and with the first- 
fruits of all thine increase : so shall thy 
barns be filled with plenty, and thy presses 
shall burst out with new wine. 

xiv. 31. He that oppresseth the poor re- 
proacheth his Maker: but he that honour- 
cth him hath mercy on the poor. Ver, 21. 

CCXXXI. Honouring Christ — motives 
to it. John V. 22, 23. The Father hath 
committed all judgment unto the Son: 
That all men should honour the Son, even 
as they honour the Father. He that ho- 
nourcth not the Son, honourcth not the 
Father that sent him. See Rev. v. 12, 13. 
The Father and Son honoured, 

viii. 58. Jesus said. It is the Father 
that honourcth me. 

2 Pet. i. 17. He received from God the 
Father honour and glory, when there 
came such a voice from tlie excellent 
glory, This is my beloved Son, in whom 
I am well pleased, Matt, xvii. 5. 


For the honours due and paid to Christ 
by the church in heaven and upon earth, 
see Chap, concerning the Dignity and 
Offices of Jesus Christ. 

CCXXXII. The wicked dishonour God, 
and are punished. Isa. xxix. 13. This 
people draw near me with their mouth, 
and with their lips do honour me, but 
have removed their heart far from me : 
wo unto them. Ver. 14. Ch. xliii. 25. — 
Iviii. 2, Matt. xv. 8. Rom. ii. 23. 

1 Sam. ii. 29. The Lord said to Eli, 
Wherefore honourest thou thy sons above 
me ? to make yourselves fat with the 
choicest of the offerings of Jacob ? — Ver. 
36. Behold, it shall come to pass, that 
every one that is left in thine house, shall 
come and crouch to the priest for a piece 
of silver, and for a morsel of bread, and 
shall say. Put me (I pray thee) into one 
of the priest's offices, that I may eat a 
piece of bread. 

Ver. 30. For them that honour me I 
will honour, and them that despise me 
shall be lightly esteemed. 


GLORIFYING GOD. 

CCXXXIII. To glorify God command, 
ed. 1 Sam. vi. 5. Ye shall give glory to 
the God of Israel. 1 Cor. vi. 20.— x. 31. 

Isa. xlix. 3. Thou art my servant, O Is- 
rael, in whom I will be glorified. Ch. xliii. 7. 

CCXXXIV. Christ glorified God on 
earth. John xiii. 31, God is glorified in 
him. Ver. 32, 

xvii. 4. I have glorified thee on earth ; 
I have finished the work which thou 
gavest me to do. Ch. vii. 18. He sought 
God's glory. 

CCXXXV. Men glorify God ly praise 
and thankfulness. 1 Chron. xvi. 28. Give 
unto the Lord, ye kindreds of the people, 
give unto the Lord glory and strength. 
Ver. 24. 

Ver. 29. Give unto tlic Lord, the glory 
due unto liis name : come before him ; wor- 
sliip the Lord in the beauty of holiness. 
Ps. xxix, 1, 2, 9.— xcvi. 3. 7, 8.— Ixxii. 19. 

Ps.xxii,23. Ye that fear the Lord, praise 
him ; all ye seed of Jacob glorify him. 

1. 23. Whoso ofFeretli praise, glorifieth 
me. Ver. 15. 

Ixxxvi. 9. All nations whom thou hast 
made shall come and worsliip before thee, 
O Lord, and shall glorify thy name, 


Chap. XIV. 


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203 


cxv. 1. Not unto us, O Lord, not un- 
to us, but unto thy name give glory, for 
thy mercy and for thy truth's sake. Isa. 
XXV. 3, 4. 

Isa. xlii. 12. Let them give glory to 
the Lord, and declare his praise in the 
islands. Ch. xxiv. 15. 

Luke ii. 20. The shepherds returned, 
glorifying and praising God. 

Acts xi. 18. The brethren glorified 
God for the conversion of the Gentiles. 

Gal. i. 24. The apostles glorified God, 
in Paul, for his conversion. Acts xxi. 20. 

CCXXXVI. By faith. Rom iv. 20. 
Abraham was strong in faith, giving glo- 
.ry to God. 

Eph, i. 12. We being predestinated, 
that we should be to the praise of his glo- 
ry, who first trusted in Christ. Ver. 5, 6. 

Phil. ii. 11. Confess that Jesus Christ 
is Lord, to the glory of God the Father. 

CCXXXVII. By good works. Matt. 
V. 16. Let your light so shine before 
men, that they may see your good works, 
and glorify your Father which is in hea- 
ven. 1 Pet. ii. 12. 

John XV. 8. Herein is my Father glo- 
rified, that ye bear much fruit. 

Phil. ii. 11. Being filled with the fruits 
of righteousness, which are by Jesus 
Christ, unto the glory and praise of God. 

CCXXXVIII. Various branches of duty 
whereby God is to be glorified. Josh. vii. 
19. Joshua said to Achan, Give glory to 
the God of Israel, and make confession 
of thy secret sin. 

Hag. i. 7, 8. Thus saith the Lord of 
Hosts, Bring wood and build the house, 
and I will take pleasure in it, and I will 
be glorified. 

John xxi. 19. This spake Jesus, sig- 
nifying by what death Peter should glo- 
rify God. 

Rom. XV. 5, 6. Be ye like-minded 
one toward another ; that ye may with 
one mind, and with one mouth glorify 
God, even the Father of our Lord Jesus 
Christ. 

2 Cor. iv. 15. All things are for your 
sakes, that the abundant grace might 
tlirough the thanksgiving of many re- 
dound to the glory of God. 

viii. 19. This grace [or gift to the poor 
saints] is administered by us to the glory 
of the same Lord. Ch. ix. 13. 

1 Pet. iv. 11. If any speak let him 
speak as the oracles of God, that God 


in all things may be glorified through 
Jesus Christ. — Ver. 16. If any suffer as 
a Christian, let him glorify God on this 
behalf. 

Rev. xiv. 7. Fear God, and give glory 
to him. Ch. xi. 13.— xv. 4. 

1 Cor, X. 31. Whether ye eat or drink, 
or whatsoever ye do, do all to the glory 
of God. 

CCXXXIX. Doxologies, or glory ascri- 
bed to God in worship. Luke ii. 14. Glo- 
ry to God in the highest, and on earth, 
peace, good-will toward men. 

Rom. xvi. 27. To God only wise be 
glory, through Jesus Christy for ever. 
Amen. Jude 25. 

Eph. iii. 21. Unto him be glory in the 
church by Jesus Christ, throughout all 
ages, world without end. Amen. Gal. i. 5. 

Phil. iv. 20. Now unto God and our 
Father, be glory for ever and ever. 
Amen. 

2 Tim. iv. 18. The Lord will preserve 
me unto his heavenly kingdom, to whom 
be glory for ever and ever. Amen. 

Heb. xiii. 20, 21. Now the God of 
peace, that brought again from the dead 
our Lord Jesus Christ, that great Shep- 
herd of the sheep, through the blood of 
the everlasting covenant, make you per- 
fect in every good work, to do his will ; 
working in you that which is well pleas- 
ing in his sight, through Jesus Christ; 
to whom be glory for ever and ever. 
Amen. 

1 Pet. V. 10, 11. The God of all grace, 
who hath called us ujito his eternal glo- 
ry by Christ Jesus, make you perfect, 
stablish, strengthen, settle you. To him 
be glory and dominion, for ever and ever. 
Amen. 

2 Pet. iii. 18. Grow in grace, and in 
the knowledge of our Lord and Saviour 
Jesus Christ : to whom be glory both now 
and for ever. Amen. 

Rev. iv. 11. Thou art worthy, O Lord, 
to receive glory, and honour, and pow- 
er ; for thou hast created all things, and 
fcr thy pleasure they are and were cre- 
ated. Rom. xi. 36. 

Rev. vii, 12. Blessing and glory, and 
wisdom, and thanksgiving, and honour, 
and power and might, bo unto our God 
for ever and ever. Amen. 

Note. — The reader may observe in the 
above scriptures, that the things men- 
tioned along with glory, are reasons for 
ascribing it to God ; also that glory is in 
some of them directly ascribed to Christ, 


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Chap. XIV. 


and in others to God tlie Father tlirough 
Christ See Christ's glory before and in 
his incarnation, and after it. Cliap. upon 
the Dignity and Offices of Jesus Christ. 

CCXL. God is glorified in the restora- 
tion and prevalence of true religion among 
his people. Fs. ii. 19. Let the whole 
earth be filled with his glory. Ps. xcvii. 
6. 

Isa. xliv. 23. The Lord hath redeem- 
ed Jacob, and glorified himself in Israel. 
Ch. xlix. 3. 

Ix. 1. Tlie glory of the Lord is risen 
upon thee. — Ver. 21. Thy people shall 
be all righteous, tliat I may be glori- 
fied. 

Isa. Ixi. 3. To give unto them that 
mourn in Zion, beauty for ashes, &lc. 
That they might be called trees of right- 
eousness, the planting of the Lord, that 
he might be glorified. 

\x\i. 18. I will gather all nations and 
tongues, and they shall come and see 
my glory. 

Hab. ii. 18. The earth shall be filled 
with the knowledge of the glory of the 
Lord, as the waters cover the sea. 

Rom, XV. 7. Receive ye one another as 
Christ received us, to the glory of God the 
Father. 

2 Cor. i. 20. All the promises of God 
in Christ are Yea, and in him Amen, im- 
to the glory of God. 

iv, 6. God hath sliined in our hearts, 
to give the light of the knowledge of 
the glory of God in the face of Jesus 
Christ. 

Eph. i. 6. God having predestinated 
us to the adoption of children, by Jesus 
Christ, to the praise of the glory of his 
grace. Ver. 12. 

See ChrisVs glory before his incarna- 
tion on earth, and after his resurrection. 

God glorified by those who saw miracles 
wrought by ChrisVs power; as. When 
the palsy was cured. Matt. ix. 8. — The 
dumb made to speak. Matt. xv. 31. — The 
dead raised to life, Luke vii. 16. — The 
lame healed, Luke xiii. 13. Acts iv. 21. 
— The leper cleansed, Luke xvii. 1.5. — 
Sight given to the blind, Luke xviii. 43. — 
The appearances at Christ's birth, Luke 
ii. 20. — At his death, xxiii. 47. 

CCXLI. The icicked glorify not God, 
and are jiunishrd. J)an. v. 22. Thou hast 
not humbled thine heart. 

Ver. 23. Daniel said to Bolshazzar, 
Tiiou hast lifted up thyself against the 


Lord of heaven, &c. and the God in 
whose hand thy breath is, and whose are 
all thy ways, hast thou not glorified. — 
Ver. 26—28. God hath numbered thy 
kingdom. Thou art weighed in the ba- 
lance and art found wanting. Thy king- 
dom is divided and given to the Medes 
and Persians. 

Mai. ii. 2. If you will not lay it to 
heart, to give glory to my name, said the 
Lord of hosts, I will even send a curse 
upon you, and I will curse your bless- 
ings. Jer. xiii. 26. 

Acts xii. 23. An angel smote Herod, 
because he gave not God the glory ; and 
he was eaten of worms. 

Rom. i. 21. When they knew Go^, 
they glorified him not as God, neither 
were thankful. — Ver. 24. Wherefore God 
gave them up, <fec. 

iii. 23. All have sinned and come short 
of the glory of God. 

Rev. xvi. 9. The men that were scorch- 
ed with fire repented not to give glory to 
God. 

CCXLII. God is glorified in the de- 
struction of the toicked. Exod. xiv. 4. I 
will be honoured upon Pharaoh and his 
host. Ver. 17, 18. 

Lev. X. 2, 3. There went out fire from 
the Lord, and devoured Nadab and Abihu. 
The Lord spake, saying. Before all the 
people will I be glorified. 

Isa. xxvi. 14, 15. Thou hast visited and 
destroyed them, and made all their memo- 
ry to perish. O Lord, thou art glorified. 

Ezek. xxviii. 22. Thus saith the Lord 
God, Behold I am against thee, O Zidon, 
and I will be glorified in the midst of 
thee. Ch. xxxix. 11. 

CCXLIII. Sanctifying God. Lev. x. 3. 
The Lord spake, saying, I will be sanc- 
tified in them that come nigh me, and be- 
fore all the people I will be glorified- 

Isa. V. 16. God that is holy, shall be 
sanctified in righteousness. 

viii. 13, Sanctify the Lord of hosts 
himself, and let him be your fear, and let 
him be your dread. 

xxix. 23. They shall sanctify my name, 
and shall sanctify the Holy One of Jacob. 

Ezek. XX. 41. I will be sanctified in 
you before the heathen. Ch. xxxvi.23. — 
xxviii. 25. — xxxix. 21. 

1 Pet. iii. 15. Sanctify the Lord God in 
your hearts. See Ezek. xxviii. 21 — xxxviii. 
10. 

CCXLIV. Threats against those that 


Chap. XV. 


Godliness. 


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sanctify not God. Numb. xx. 12. The 
Lord spake unto Moses and Aaron, Be- 
cause ye believed me not, to sanctify me 
in the eyes of the children of Israel, 


therefore ye shall not bring this con- 
gregation into the land which I have 
given them. Ch. xxvii. 14. Deut. xxxii. 
51. 


CHAPTER XV. 


CHARACTERS GOOD AND BAD, WITH PROMISES AND THREATS, 


I. GODLINESS in heart and life. 
Ps. xxxii. 6, For this shall every godly 
one pray unto thee. 

2 Cor. i. 12. Our rejoicing in this. The 
testimony of our conscience, that in sim- 
plicity and godly sincerity, not by fleshly 
wisdom, but by the grace of God, we 
have had our conversation in the world. 

vii. 9. Ye were made sorry [for sin] 
after a godly manner. Ver. 10, 11. 

xi. 2. Paul said, I am jealous over you 
with a godly jealousy. 

1 Tim, ii. 2. Pray that we may lead a 
quiet and peaceable life, in all godliness 
and honesty. 

Ver. 10, Good works become Avomen 
professing godliness. 

iv. 7. Exercise thyself unto godliness. 
—Ver. 11. O man of God, follow after 
righteousness, godliness, faith, love, pa- 
tience, meekness ; fight the good fight of 
faith. 

Tit. ii. 12. Denying ungodliness and 
worldly lusts, live soberly, righteously 
and godly, in the present world, 

Heb. xii. 28. Let us serve God, with 
reverence and godly fear. 

2 Pet. i. 16. Add to patience, godli- 
ness, &c. Ver. 7. 

iii. 11. What manner of persons ought 
ye to be, in all holy conversation and 
godliness ? 

II. Promises to the godly. Ps. iv. 3. 
The Lord hath set apart him that is godly 
for himself 

1 Tim. iv. 8. Godliness is profitable 
unto all things, having the promise of the 
life that now is, and of that which is to 
come. 

vi. 6. Godliness with contentment is 
great gain. 


2 Pet. ii, 9. The Lord knoweth how 
to deliver the godly out of temptations, 
and to reserve the unjust unto the day of 
judgment to be punished. 

III. Means of godliness given. Rom. 
xi. 26. Christ shall turn away ungodli- 
ness from Jacob. 

1 Tim. iii. 16, The gospel contains 
the mystery of godliness. 

vi. 3. The gospel contains the doctrine 
which is according to godliness. 

Tit. i. 1. The truth [in the gospel] is 
according to godliness. 

IV. Godliness misrepresented. 1 Tim. 
vi. 3, Corrupt men suppose that gain is 
godliness. 

2 Tim. iii, 5. Hypocrites have a form of 
godliness, but deny the power thereof. 

V. The ungodly described by their prac- 
tice. Ps. xviii. 4. Floods of ungodly men 
made me afraid. 

Prov. xvi. 27. An ungodly man dig- 
geth up evil. 

xix. 28. An ungodly witness scorneth 
judgment. 

2 Tim. ii. 16, Vain babblings increase 
unto ungodliness, 

Jude 4, Ungodly men turn the grace 
of God into lasciviousness. — Ver, 18. 
They walk after their own ungodly lusts. 

VI. Threats against the ungodly. 2 
Chron. xix. 2. Shouldst thou help the un- 
godly, and love them that hate the Lord ? 
therefore is wrath upon thee from the Lord. 

Ps. i, 1, Blessed is the man that walk- 
eth not in the counsel of the ungodly. 

Ver. 4—6, The ungodly are like the 
chaff which the wind driveth away. 


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They shall not stand in judgment. The 
way of the ungodly shall perish. 

Ps. iii. 7. Thou hast broken the teeth 
of tlie ungodly. 

xliii. 1. Plead my cause against an 
ungodly nation. 

Ixxiii. ]2. The imgodly prosper in the 
world, they increase in riches. — Ver. 18. 
Thou didst set them in slippery places ; 
thou castedst them down into destruction. 

Rom. i. 18. The wrath of God is re- 
vealed from heaven against all ungodli- 
ness and unrighteousness of men. 

1 Pet. iv. 18. If the righteous scarcely 
Ijc saved, where shall the migodly and the 
sinner appear ? 

2 Pet. ii. 5, 6. God spared not the old 
world, bringing in the flood upon the 
world of the ungodly ; and turning- the 
cities of Sodom and Gomorrah into ashes, 
condemned them with an overthrow, mak- 
ing them an example unto those that after 
should live ungodly. 

iii. 7. The lieavens and the earth v>'hich 
are now, are reserved unto fire against 
the day of judgment, and perdition of un- 
godly men. 

Jude 14, 15. Behold the Lord cometh, 
to execute judgment upon all, and to con- 
vince all that are ungodly, of all their un- 
godly deeds, which they have ungodly 
committed, and of all their hard speeches 
which ungodly sinners have spoken against 
him. 


RIGHTEOUSNESS. 

VII. Righteousness required. Deut. vi. 
25. It shall be our righteousness, if we 
observe to do all these commandments be- 
fore the Lord our God, as he hath com- 
manded us. 

Dan. iv. 27. Break off thy sins by 
righteousness. 

Amos v. 24. Let judgment run down 
as waters, and righteousness as a mighty 
stream. 

Zeph. ii. 3. Seek the Lord, seek right- 
eousness, seek meekness, &c. 

Matt. iii. 15. Jesus said. It bccometh 
us to fulfil all righteousness. 

V. 20. Jesus said. Except your right- 
eousness shall exceed the righteousness of 
the scribes and Pharisees, ye shall in no 
case enter into the kingdom of heaven. 

vi. 33. Seek first the kingdom of God, 
and his righteousness. 

Luke i. 7.5. Serve God in holiness and 
righteousness. 


Acts xxiv. 25. Paul reasoned of right- 
eousness, temperance, and judgment to 
come. 

Rom. vi. 13. Yield your members as 
instruments of righteousness unto God. 
Ver. 19. 

1 Cor. XV. 34. Awake unto righteousness. 

2 Cor. vi. 4. 7. Approving ourselves by 
the armour of righteousness. 

Ver. 14. What fellowship hath right- 
eousness with unrighteousness. 

Eph. iv. 24. Put on the new man, which 
after God is created in righteousness. 

V. 9. The fruit of the Spirit is in all 
righteousness, goodness and truth. 

vi. 14. Stand, therefore, having your 
loins girt about with truth, and having on 
the breast-plate of righteousness. 

Phil, i, 11. Approving- things that are 
excellent, being filled with the fruits of 
righteousness, which are by Jesus Christ, 
to the praise and glory of God. 

1 Tim. vi. 11. Follow after i-ighteous- 
ness, godliness, faith, love, patience, meek- 
ness. 2 Tim. ii. 2. 

2 Tim. iii. 16. The Scripture is profit- 
able for instruction in riglitcousness. 

Tit. ii. 11, 12. The grace of God that 
bringeth salvation, hath appeared to all 
men ; teaching us, that denying ungodli- 
ness and worldly lusts, we should live 
soberly, righteously and godly, in this 
present world. 

Heb. xi. 13. The prophets tlirough faith 
wrought righteousness. 

1 Pet. ii. 24. We being dead to sin, 
sliould live unto righteousness. 

1 Jolm ii. 29. Every one that doeth 
righteousness is born of God. 

iii. 7. He that doeth righteousness is 
righteous. — Ver. 10. Whosoever doeth 
not righteousness is not of God. 

VIII. Promises to the righteous of pe- 
culiar favour from God. Ps. i. 6. The 
Lord knoweth the way of the righteous. 
Ps. cxlvi. 8. The Lord loveth the right- 
eous. Ps. xi. 7. — xxxiii. 5. 

V. 12. Thou, Lord, wilt bless the right- 
eous ; with favour thou wilt compass him 
as with a shield. Ps. cvi. 3. Mntt. v. 6. 

xi. 5. The Lord trieth the righteous. 

xiv. 5. God is the generation of the 
righteous. Isa. Ixiv. 5. 

xxxiv. 15. The eyes of the Lord are 
upon the righteous, and his ears are open 
unto their cry. Job xxxvi. 7. Ps. xxxiii. 
18. 1 Pet. iii. 11. 

Ver. 17. The righteous cry, and tlic 
Lord iiearcth and dchvereth them out 


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Righteousness, 


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of all their troubles. Ps. x. 24. — xv. 29. 
James v. 16. 1 Pet. iii. 12. 

Ps. xxxvii. 17. The Lord upholdeth the 
righteous. Ps. Iv. 22. He shall never suf- 
fer the righteous to be moved. Ps. xv. 2. 

Ver. 39. The salvation of the righte- 
ous is of the Lord. Gen. vii. 1. Prov. 
xviii. 10. Isa. xxxiii. 15, 16. — Ixiv. 5. 
2 Pet. ii. 5. 

Prov. ii. 7. The Lord layeth up sound 
wisdom for the righteous. Jer. xx. 12. 

iii. 32. The secret of the Lord is with 
the righteous. Ps. xxv. 14. 

Job xxxiii. 26. God will render mito 
every man his righteousness. 1 Sara, 
xxvi. 23. 1 Kings viii. 32. 

Ps. vii. 8. Judge me according to my 
righteousness. Ps. xviii. 20. 24. 2 Sam. 
xxii. 21. 

Ver. 11. God judgeth the righteous : 
God is angry with the wicked every day. 

xxxvii. 6. He shall bring forth thy 
righteousness, 

Iviii. 11. Verily there is a reward for 
the righteous: verily he is a God that 
judgeth in tlie earth. 

IX. Promises of blessings to the righte- 
ous, as the consequence of righteousness, 
by the appointment of God. Job iv. 7. 
Who ever perished being innocent? or 
where were the righteous cut off? 

xvii. 9. The righteous shall hold on 
his way, and he that hath clean hands 
shall wax stronger and stronger. 

Ps. xxxvii. 29. The righteous shall in- 
herit the land, and dwell in it for ever. 

Ixxii. 7. In his [the good King's] days 
the righteous shall flourish. 

Ixxv. 10. The horn of the righteous 
shall be exalted. 

xcii. 12. The righteous shall flourish 
like the palm tree, and grow like the 
cedar in Lebanon. Ps. i. 3. — Iii. 8. Prov. 
xi. 28. 

xcvii. 11. Light is sown for the righ- 
teous, and gladness for the upright in 
heart. 

cvi. 3. Blessed is he that doeth righte- 
ousness at all times. 

Prov. X. 2. Righteousness delivereth 
from death. Ch. xi. 4. 6. 

Ver. 24. The desire of the righteous 
shall be granted. — Ver. 28. The hope of 
the righteous shall be gladness ; but the 
expectation of the wicked shall perish. 

xi. 8. The righteous is delivered out 
of trouble, and the wicked cometh in his 
stead. Ch. x. 30.— xii. 3. 

Ver. 18, 19. To him that soweth 
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righteousness shall be a sure reward. 
Righteousness tendeth to life : he that 
pursueth evil, pursueth it to his own hurt. 
Ch. xii. 28. 

Ver. 30, 31. The fruit of righteousness 
is a tree of life. The righteous shall be 
recompensed in the earth. 

xii. 3. A man shall not be established 
by wickedness : but the root of the righte . 
ous shall not be moved. Ch. x. 25. 

Ver. 7. The wicked are overthrown, 
and are not ; but the house of the righte- 
ous shall stand. Ch. xi. 21. 

Ver. 26. The righteous is more ex. 
cellent than his neighbour. — Ver. 28. 
In the way of righteousness is life; and 
in the path- way thereof is no death. Ch. 
xiii. 6. 

xiii. 9. The light of the righteous re- 
joiceth; but the lamp of the wicked shall 
be put out. — Ver. 21. Evil pursueth 
sinners ; but to the righteous good shall 
be repaid. 

xiv. 34. Righteousness exalteth a na- 
tion, but sin is a reproach to any people. 

xvi. 12. The dirone is exalted by 
righteousness. 

Ver. 31. The hoary head is a crown 
of glory, if it be found in the way of 
righteousness. 

xxi. 21. He that foUoweth after righte- 
ousness and mercy, findeth life, righte- 
ousness and honour. 

xxviii. 1. The wicked flee when no 
man pursueth ; but the righteous is bold 
as a lion. 

Eccl. ix. 1. The righteous and the 
wise, and their works, are in the hand of 
God. 

Isa. iii. 10. Say ye to the righteous, It 
shall be well with him, for they shall eat 
the fruit of their doings. 

xxiv. 16. From the uttermost part of 
the earth have we heard songs, even glory 
to the righteous. 

xxxii. 17. The work of righteousness 
shall be peace ; and the eflfect of righte- 
ousness, quietness and assurance for 
ever. 

xxxiii. 15, 16. He that walketh righte- 
ously, &,c. he shall dwell on high, his 
place of defence shall be the munition of 
rocks ; bread shall be given him, his water 
shall be sure. 

Ixiv. 5. Thou meetest him that rejoiceth 
and worketh righteousness, those that re- 
member thee in thy ways. 

Ezek. xiv. 14. Though Noah, Daniel 
and Job were in the city, [devoted to 
destruction for iniquity] they should de» 


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Chap. XV. 


liver but tlicir own souls by their righte- 
ousness. See Gen. vii. 1. — xviii. 23. 

Ezek, xviii. 20. The righteousness of 
the righteous shall be upon him. — Ver. 22. 
In his righteousness that he hath done he 
shall live. 

Mai. iii. 18. Ye shall discern between 
the righteous and the wicked. 

X. The righteous shall he delivered from 
enemies. Ps. xxxiv. 21. They that hate 
the righteous shall be desolate. 

Iii. 6. The righteous shall see [the 
destruction of the wicked] and fear, and 
shall laugh at him. 

Iviii. 10. The righteous shall rejoice 
when he seeth the vengeance, and shall 
wash his feet in the blood of the wicked. 

cxxv. 3. The rod of the wicked shall 
not rest on the lot of the righteous. 

Prov. xiv. 19. The evil bow before the 
good, and the wicked at the gate of _ the 
righteous. 

xxi. 18. The wicked shall be a ransom 
for the righteous. 

Zeeh. xiv. 12. This shall be the plague 
wherewith the Lord will smite all the peo- 
ple who have fought against Jerusalem ; 
Their flesh shall consume away while they 
stand upon their feet, and their eyes sliall 
consume away in their holes, and their 
tongues shall consume away in their mouth. 

XI. The death of the righteous blessed. 
Numb, xxiii. 10. Let me die the death 
of the righteous, and let my last end be 
like his. 

Prov. xiv. 32. The righteous hath hope 
in his death. 

Isa. Ivii. 1. The righteous is taken 
away from the evil to come. 

XII. The righteous blessed after death. 
Ps. XV. 1. Lord, who shall dwell in thy 
holy hill ? He that worketh righteous- 
ness. Ps. xxiv. 4. 

cxii. 6. The righteous shall be in ever- 
lasting remembrance. 

Isa. Ivii. 2. He shall enter into peace; 
they shall rest in their beds, each one 
walking in his uprightness. 

Dan. xii. 3. They that be wise shall 
shine as the brightness of the firmament, 
and they that turn many to righteousness, 
as the stars for ever and ever. 

Matt. xiii. 43. The righteous shall 
shine forth as the sun, in the kingdom of 
tlieir Father. 

XXV. 46. The righteous shall go into 
life eternal. 


UNRIGHTEOUSNESS. 

XIII. Unrighteousness forbid den. Rom. 
vi. 13. Neitlier yield ye your members 
as instruments of unrighteousness unto 
sin ; but yield yourselves unto God, as 
those that are alive from the dead, and 
your members as instruments of righte- 
ousness unto God. 

2 Cor. vi. 14. What fellowship hatli righ- 
teousness with unrighteousness ? What 
communion hath light with darkness ? 

XIV. Threats against the unrighteous. 
Deut. xxvi. 16. All that do unrighteously 
are an abomination to the Lord. 

Job xxvii 7. Let mine enemy be as 
the wicked, and he that riseth up against 
me as the unrighteous. 

Rom. i. 18. The wrath of God is re- 
vealed from heaven against all ungod- 
liness and unrighteousness of men. — Ver. 
29. Being filled with all unrighteous, 
ness, fornication, wickedness, &c. — Ver. 
34. They who commit such things are 
worthy of death. 

ii. 8, 9. Unto them that obey unrighte- 
ousness, God will render indignation and 
wrath, tribulation and anguish, upon every 
soul of man that doeth evil. 

1 Cor. vi. 9. Know ye not, that the 
unrighteous shall not inherit the king- 
dom of God ? 

2 Thess. ii. 10. The Wicked [man of 
sin] is filled with all deceivableness of 
unrighteousness in them that perish. — 
Ver. 12. That they all might be damned 
who believed not the truth', but had plea- 
sure in unrigliteousness. 

2 Pet. ii. 13. They shall receive the re- 
ward of unrighteousness. — Ver. 14. Curs- 
ed children. — Ver. 17. To whom is re- 
served the mist of darkness for ever. 

XV. Pardon promised to those that for- 
sake unrighteousness. Isa. Iv. 7. Let the 
wicked forsake his way, and the unrigh- 
teous man his thoughts, and let him re- 
turn unto the Lord, and he will have 
mercy upon him, and to our God, for he 
will abundantly pardon. 

Hcb. viii. 12. I will be merciful to their 
unrighteousness, and their sins and their 
iniquities will I remember no more. 


ZEAL. 

XVI. Zeal a duty. Gal. iv. 18. It is good 
to be zealously affected in a good thing. 


Chap. XV. 


Uprightness. — Integrity. 


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Tit. ii. 14. Christ gave himself for us, 
that he might redeem us from all iniqui- 
ty, and purify unto himself a peculiar 
people, zealous of good works. 

Rev. iii. 19. Be zealous and repent. 

Instances. In Phineas, Num. xxv. 11, 
13— In Christ, Isa. lix. 17. Ps. Ixix. 9.— 
In David, Ps, cxix. 139. — In the Corin- 
thians, 1 Cor. xiv. 12. 2 Cor. vii. 11. — 
ix. 2, — In Epaphras, Col. iv, 13. 

Erroneous Zeal. Instances : In Saul's 
slaying the Gibeonites. — In Paul for the 
law of Moses, before his conversion. Acts 
xxii. 3, Gal. i, 14 Phil. iii. 6.— In the 
Jews, Acts xxi. 20. Rom. xvi. 2. — See 
Jehu boasting of his zeal, 2 Kings x. 16. 

Want of Zeal. Rev. iii. 15. Because 
thou art neither cold nor hot, I will spue 
thee out of ray mouth. 


UPRIGHTNESS. 

XVII. Upright. Prov, xv, 21. A man 
of understanding walketh uprightly, 

xvi. 17. The high- way of the upright is 
to depart from evil, 

xxi, 29, As for the upright, he direct- 
eth his way. See Ch. xiv. 2, 

XVIII. Promises to the upright. 1 
Chron. xxix, 17, I know, my God, that 
thou triest the heart, and hast pleasure in 
uprightness. 

Ps. vii. 10. God saveth the upright in 
heart. 

xi. 7, The righteous Lord loveth right- 
eousness, and his countenance doth be- 
hold the upright, 

XV, 2. He that walketh uprightly shall 
abide in thy tabernacle. 

xviii, 25, With an upright man thou 
wilt shew thyself upright. 

xxxvii. 18. The Lord knoweth the 
days of the upright, and their inheritance 
shall be for ever. — Ver, 37. Mark the per- 
fect man, and behold the upright, for the 
latter end of that man is peace, 

xlix, 14, The upright shall have do- 
minion over the wicked, 

Ixxxiv. 11. The Lord will withhold 
no good from them that walk uprightly. 

xcvii. 11. Light is sown for the right- 
eous, and gladness for the upright in 
heart. 

cxii, 2. The generation of the upright 
shall be blessed, — Ver, 5. Unto the up- 
right there ariseth light in darkness, 

cxl, 13, Lord, the upright shall dwell 
in thy presence. 


Prov, ii. 7. The Lord is a buckler to 
them that walk uprightly. — Ver. 21. The 
upright shall dwell in the land, «&c. 

X. 9. He that walketh uprightly walk- 
eth surely, — Ver. 29. The way of the 
Lord is strength to the upright. 

xi, 3. The integrity of the upright 
shall preserve them, — Ver. 5, 6. The 
righteousness of the upright shall deliv- 
er them. — Ver. 11. By the blessing of 
the upright the city is preserved, Ch. xxix, 
8, Gen, xviii, 23 to 28. 

Ver. 20, The upright in their way are 
God's delight. 

xii. 6. The mouth of the upright shall 
deliver them. 

Ver. 22. They that deal truly are God's 
delight. 

xiii, G. Righteousness keepeth the up- 
right in the way. 

xiv. 11. The tabernacle of the upright 
shall flourish, 

XV, 8. The prayer of the upright is 
God's delight. 

xxi. 18. The wicked shall be a ransom 
for the righteous, and the transgressor 
for the upright. 

xxviii, 6, Better is the poor that walk- 
eth in his uprightness, than he that is 
perverse in his ways, though he be rich, 
— Ver, 10, The upright shall have good 
things in possession, 

Ver. 18. Whoso wa,lketh uprightly shall 
be saved ; but he that is perverse in his 
ways shall fall at once, 

Ver. 20, A faithful man shall abound 
v/ith blessings, 

Isa, Ivii, 2. The righteous shall enter 
into peace ; they shall rest in their beds, 
each one walking in his uprightness, 

Mic, ii, 7. My words do good to him 
that walketh uprightly. See Rom. xiv, 
22. John iii. 21, 

XIX, The upright prayed for, — and 
prayer for uprightness. Ps, xxv. 21. Let 
integrity and uprightness preserve me, 
for I wait on thee. 

cxliii. 10. Lead me unto the land of 
uprightness. 

cxxv. 4, Do good to them that are 
upright in heart. 

xxxvi. 10, Continue thy righteousness 
to the upright in heart. 

INTEGRITY. 

XX. Integrity. Ps, vii, 8, Judge me 
O Lord, according to my integrity, 

xxv. 11, Let integrity and uprightness 
preserve me. 


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Sincerity. — Perfection. 


Chap. XV. 


Ps. 'xli. 12. Thou upholdest me in 
mine integrity. 

Prov. xix. 1. Better is the poor that 
walketh in his integrity, than he that is 
perverse in his Hps and is a fool. Ch. 
xxviii. 6. 

XX. 7. The just man walketh in his 
integrity. 

Job xxvii. 7. My heart shall not re- 
proach me. 

XXI. Particular instances of integrity. 
Gen. XX. 6. God said to Abimelech, I 
know that thou didst this in the integrity 
of thine heart, for I withheld thee from 
sinning against me. 

Job ii. 3. Job boldest fast his integ- 
rity. Ver, 9. Ch. xxvii. 5. — xxxi. 6. 1 
Kings ix. 4. 

Ps. xxvi. 1. David said, I walked in 
mine integrity. Ver. 11. Ps. Ixxviii. 72. 

SINCERITY. 

XXII. Sincerity. Josh. xxiv. 14. Fear 
and serve the Lord in sincerity. 

1 Cor. V. 8. Keep the feast with tlie 
unleavened bread of sincerity. 

2 Cor. i. 12. In simplicity and godly 
sincerity we have had our conversation. 

ii. 17. As of sincerity in the sight of 
God speak we. 

Phil. i. 9. I pray that yc may be sin- 
cere, and without offence, until the day 
of Christ. 

Eph. vi. 24. Grace be with them that 
love our Lord Jesus Christ in sincerity. 

Tit. ii. 7. In doctrine shewing uncor- 
ruptness, gravity, sincerity. 

1 Pet. ii. 2. Desire the sincere milk of 
the word, that ye may grow thereby. 


PERFECTION. 

XXIII. Perfection a commanded duty. 
Gen. xvii. 1. The Lord said unto Abra- 
ham, I am the Almighty God : walk be- 
fore me and be thou perfect. 

Deut. xviii. 13. Thou slialt be perfect 
with the Lord thy God. 

Matt. v. 46. Be ye perfect, even as your 
Father which is in heaven is perfect. 

Rom. xii. 2. Be ye transformed l)y the 
renewing of your minds, that ye may 
prove what is that good and acceptable 
and perfect will of God. 

2 Cor. vii. 1. Let us cleanse ourselves 
from all filthiness of the flesli and spirit, 
perfecting iiolincss in the fear of God. 


xiii. 11. Be perfect, be of one mind. 

Col. iii 14. Put on charity, which is 
the bond of perfectness. 

Heb. vi. 1. Let us go on unto perfec- 
tion. 

XXIV. Directions for attaining perfec- 
tion. Matt. xix. 21. If thou wilt be per- 
fect keep the commandments. 1 John ii. 
5.— iv. 12. 

Luke vi. 40. Every one that is perfect 
shall be as his master. 

Phil. iii. 12. Not as though I were al- 
ready perfect, or had already attained — 
Ver. 14, 15. I press forward toward the 
mark, for the prize of the high calling of 
God in Christ Jesus. Let as many as 
be perfect, be thus minded. 

James i. 4. Let patience have her per- 
fect work, that ye may be perfect and en- 
tire, wanting nothing. 

iii. 2. If any offend not in word, the 
saino is a perfect man. 

XXV. Perfection from God and Christ. 
2 Sam. xxii. 33. God maketh my way 
perfect. Ps, xviii. 32. 

Ps. cxxxviii. 8. The Lord Avill perfect 
that which concerncth me. 

Ezck. xvi. 4. 7^hy beauty was perfect 
through my comeliness which I put upon 
thee. 1 Cor. iv. 7. Who maketh thee 
to differ ? 

John xvii. 23. I in them, and thou in 
me, that they may be made perfect in one. 

2 Cor. xii. 9. My grace is sufficient 
for thee, my strength is made perfect in 
weakness. 

Col. ii. 10. Ye are complete in him, 
{viz. Christ.) 

iv. 12. Praying fervently for you, that 
ye may stand perfect and complete in all 
the will of God. 

Heb. X. 14. By one offering Christ hath 
perfected for ever them that are sanctified. 

xiii. 21. God make you perfect, work- 
ing in you that which is well-pleasing in 
his sight. 

1 Pet. v. 10. The God of all grace 
make you perfect, stablish, strengthen, 
settle you. See Heb. xi. 40. — xii. 22. 

XXVI. The holy Scriptures a mean of 
perfection. 2 Tim. iii. 16, 17. All scrip- 
ture is given by inspiration of God, and 
is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for 
correction, and instruction in righteous- 
ness. That tlic man of God may be per- 
fect» thorouglily furnished to all good 
works. 


Chap. XV. 


Hypocrisy. 


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Ps. cxix. 11. Thy word have I hid in 
mine heart, that I might not sin against 
thee. See Gal. iii. 3. See the Spirifs in- 
fluences upon all Christians. 

XXVII. Also the ministry. Eph. iv. 11 
— 13. He gave apostles, prophets, evange- 
lists, pastors and teachers ; for the perfect- 
ing of the saints : Till we all come in the 
unity of the faith, and of the knowledge 
of the Son of God, to a perfect man, unto 
tlie measure of the stature of the fulness 
of Christ. 

Col. i. 28. We preach Christ, warning 
every man, and teaching every man, in 
all wisdom, that we may present every 
man perfect in Christ Jesus. 

1 Thess. iii. 9, 10. We joy before God 
for your sakes ; praying that we might 
see your face, and might perfect that 
which is lacking in your faith. 

XXVIII. Promises to the perfect. Job 
viii. 20. God will not cast away a perfect 
man. 

Ps. xxxvii. 37. Mark the perfect man, 
and behold the upright, for the latter end 
of that man is peace. 

Prov. ii. 21. The upright shall dwell in 
the land, and the perfect shall remain in it. 

XXIX. Instances of persons called per- 
fect. Noah, Gen. vi. 9. — Job, Job i, 1. 8. — 
ii. 3. — David, Ps. ci. 2. 6. Persons called 
righteous: Noah, Gen. vii. 1. — David, 1 
Kings iii. 6. — Job, Job xxix. 14. — Zacha- 
rias and Elizabeth, Luke i. 6. — Abel, Heb. 
xi. 4. 

HYPOCRISY. 

XXX. Hypocrisy forbidden. Luke xii. 
1. Jesus said. Beware of the leaven of the 
Pharisees, which is hypocrisy. 

James iii. 17. The wisdom which is 
from above is without partiality, and with- 
out hypocrisy. 

XXXI. Marks of hypocrites. 2 Kings x. 
16. They say, Come and see my zeal for 
the Lord. 

Job xii. 2. No doubt but ye are the 
people, and wisdom shall die with you. 

XV. 8. They restrain wisdom to them- 
selves. Jer. viii. 8. 

Ps. xii. 2, They speak with a double 
heart. Jer. xii. 2. 

Prov. XX. 6. They proclaim their own 
goodness. 

XXX. 12. They are pure in their own eyes^ 
yet are not washed from their filthiness. 
17* 


Isa. Ixv. 5. They say. Stand by thyself 
come not near to me, for I am holier than 
thou. Luke xviii. 9. They trust in them- 
selves that they are righteous, and despise 
others. 

Ixvi. 5. They hate their bi-ethren, and 
cast them out, and say. Let the Lord be 
glorified. Matt. vii. 4. They say. Let me 
pull the mote out of thine eye, &LC. 

Matt. vi. 5. They pray standing in the 
synagogues, and in the corners of the 
streets, that they may be seen of men. 
Luke xviii. 11. In prayer they say, God, 
I thank thee, I am not as other men are, 
extortioners, &c. Ch. xxiii. 14. They 
devour widows' houses, and for a pre- 
tence make long prayers. 

Ver. 16. When they fast they disfigure 
their faces, that they may appear unto 
men to fast. Luke xviii. 12. I fast twice 
in the week, said the Pharisee. 

Ver. 2. When they give alms they 
sound a trumpet, that they may have 
glory of men. 

Luke xvi. 18. They justify themselves 
before men. 

John V. 44. They receive honour one 
of another, and seek not the honour that 
Cometh from God only. 

Matt, xxiii. 25. They make clean the 
outside of the cup and platter, but within 
are full of extortion and excess. — Ver. 27, 
Like whited sepulchres, outwardly beau- 
tiful, but within are full of rottenness. — 
Ver. 18. Outwardly they appear righteous 
unto men, but within are full of hypocrisy 
and iniquity. 

XV. 8, 9. They honour God with their 
lips, but their heart is far from him. In 
vain they worship God, teaching for doc-r 
trines the commandments of men. 

xxiii. 13. They shut up the kingdom 
of heaven against men ; they neither go 
in themselves, nor suffer others to go in. 

Ver. 15. They compass sea and land 
to make one proselyte, and make him 
two-fold more the child of hell than them- 
selves. 

Ver. 23. They pay tithe of miiit, anis 
and cummin, (all manner of herbs, Luke 
xi. 42.) and omit the weightier matters of 
the law, judgment, mercy, and faith. 
Luke xviii. 12, 

Ver. 24. They strain at a gnat and 
swallow a camel. 

XXXII. Threats. Job viii. 13. The 
hypocrite's hope shall perish. 

xiii. 16. An hypocrite shall not come 
betore God. Ps. v, 5. 


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The Heart. 


Chap. XV. 


Job XV. 34. The congregation of hy- 
pocrites shall be desolate. 

xvii. 8. The innocent shall stir Up 
himself against the hypocrite. 

XX. 5. The joy of the hypocrite is but 
for a moment. 

xxvii. 8. What is the hope of the hypo- 
crite, when God taketh away his soul ? 

xxxvi. 13. The hypocrites heap up 
wrath ; they cry not when God bindeth 
them. 

Isa. ix. 17. The Lord shall have no 
pleasure in their young men, neither 
shall he have mercy on their fatherless 
and widows ; for every one is an hypocrite 
and an evil-doer. 

X. 6. An hypocritical nation, the peo- 
ple of God's wrath. 

xxxiii. 14. Fearfulness hath surprised 
the hypocrites : who among us shall dwell 
with devouring fire ? who among us shall 
dwell with everlasting burnings? 

Matt, xxiii, 33. Ye serpents ! ye gene- 
ration of vipers ! how can ye escape the 
damnation of hell. 

xxiv. 51. The Lord of the evil servant 
shall appoint him his portion with the 
hypocrites, there shall be weeping and 
gnashing of teeth. 

XXXIII. Hypocrites hurtful to men. 
Job xxxiv. 30. That the hypocrite reign 
not, lest the people be ensnared. 

Prov. xi. 9. The hypocrite with his 
mouth devoureth liis neighbour. See Isa. 
xxxii. 6. Mark xii. 14, 15. Prov. xxvii. 14. 


THE HEART. 

XXXIV. The heart of the righteous is 
toward God. Whole heart signifying sin- 
cerity in duties. Deut. xi. 13. Love the 
Lord your God, and serve him with all 
your heart, and with all your soul. Ch. 
xiii. 3. — XXX. 6. Matt xxii. 37. Jos. xxii. 
5. 1 Sam. xii. 20. 24. 

xxvi. 16. Thou shalt keep and do these 
statutes and judgments, with all thine 
heart and with all thy soul. 1 Kings ii. 4. 
— viii. 23. 

XXX. 2, 3. When thou shalt return to 
tlic Lord thy God, with all thine heart, 
and with all thy soul ; then the Lord will 
turn thy captivity, &>c. 

2 Kings xxiii. 3. Josiah the king made 
a covenant before the Lord, to walk after 
the Lord, and to keep his commandments, 
and his testimonies, and his statutes, witli 
all their heart, and all their soul. 2 Chron. 
.xxxiv. 31, — XV. 12. 


Ps. ix. 1. I will praise thee, O Lord, 
with my whole heart. Ps. Ixxxvi. 12. I 
will praise thee, with all my heart. 

cxix. 2. Blessed are they that keep the 
Lord's testimonies, and seek him with the 
whole heart. Ver. 10. 

Ver. 34. Give me understanding and I 
shall keep thy law ; yea, I shall observe 
it with my whole heart. Ver. 69. 

Ver. 58. I entreated thy favour with 
my whole heart. Ver. 145. 

Prov. iii. 5. Trust in the Lord with all 
thine heart, and lean not to thine own un- 
derstanding. 

Jer. xxiv. 7. They shall return to me 
with their whole heart. 

xxix, 13. Ye shall seek me, and find 
me (saith the Lord) when ye search for 
me with all your heart. 2 Chron. xv. 12. 
—xxii. 9. 

Acts viii. 37. If thou believest v/ith all 
thine heart, &c. 

Col. iii. 23. Whatsoever ye do, do it 
heartily as unto the Lord. 

XXXV. Pure heart. Ps. xxiv. 3, 4. 

Who shall ascend into the hill of God ? 
and who shall stand in his holy place ? 
He that hath clean hands and a pure 
heart. 

Matt. V. 8. Blessed are the pure in 
heart, for they shall see God. See 1 Tim. 
i. 5. 2 Tim. ii. 22. 1 Pet. i. 22. 

XXXVI. Perfect heart. 1 Kings viii. 
61. Let your hearts be perfect with the 
Lord your God, to walk in his statutes, 
and keep his commandments. 1 Chron. 
xxviii. 9. Serve God with a perfect heart 
and with a willing mind ; for the Lord 
searcheth all hearts, and undcrstandeth all 
the imaginations of the thoughts. 

1 Chron. xxix. 9. With a perfect heart 
the people offered willingly. 

2 Chron. xvi. 9. The eyes of the Lord 
run to and fro through the whole earth, 
to show himself strong in behalf of those 
whose heart is perfect with him. 

Ps. ci. 2. I will walk within my house 
with a perfect heart. 

Luke viii. 15. But that on the good 
ground, are they, which in an honest and 
good heart, having heard the word, keep 
it, and bring forth fruit with patience. 

See Instances. Asa, 1 Chron. xv. 14. 
2 Chron. xv. 17. — Hczekiah, 2 Kings 
XX. 3. Isa. xxxviii. 3. — Want of a per- 
fect heart in Solomon, 1 Kings xi. 4. 
— XV. 3. And in wAonaziah, 2 Chron. 
XXV. 2, 


Chap. XV. 


The Heart. 


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XXXVII. Upright lean. Ps. vii. 10. 
God saveth the upright in heart. 

xxxii. 11, Be glad in the Lord, and re- 
joice, ye righteous ; and sliout for joy all 
ye that are upright in heart. Ps. Ixiv. 10. 

xxxvi. 10. O continue thy loving kind- 
ness to them that know thee, and thy 
righteousness to the upright in heart. 

xcvii. 11. Light is sown for the right- 
eous, and gladness for the upright in heart. 

cxix. 7. I will praise thee with upright- 
ness of heart, when I shall have learned 
thy righteous judgments. See Job xxxiii. 


XXXVIII. Single heart. 
Eph. vi. 5. Col. iii. 22. 


Acts ii. 46. 


10. 


XXXIX. Clean heart. Ps li 
Create in me a clean heart, O God. 

Ixxiii. 1. God is good to such as are of 
a clean heart. 

Prov. XX. 9. Who can say I have made 
my heart clean. 

XL. Broken and contrite heart. Ps. 
xxxiv. 18. The Lord is nigh unto them 
that are of a broken heart and saveth such 
as be of a contrite spirit. 

li, 17. The sacrifices of God axe a 
broken spirit ; a broken and contrite heart, 
O God, thou wilt not despise. 

cix. 16. See prayers against those who 
would slay the broken in heart. 

cxlvii. 3. The Lord healeth the broken 
in heart, and bindeth up their wounds. 

Isa. Ivii. 15. Thus saith the Lord, I 
dwell with him that is of a contrite and 
humble spirit, to revive the spirit of the 
humble, and to revive the heart of the 
contrite ones. 

Ixi. 1. The Lord hath sent me to bind 
up the broken-hearted. Luke iv. 18. 

Ixvi. 2. To this man will I look, even 
to him that is poor, and of a contrite spi- 
rit, and trembleth at my word. 

XLI. Duties respecting the heart. Deut. 
xxxii. 46. Set your heart unto all the 
words which I command you. 

Jos. xxiv. 23. Incline your heart unto 
the Lord God of Israel. 

1 Sam. vii. 3. Prepare your hearts un- 
to the Lord, and serve him only. Job xi. 
13. 

2 Chron. xxx. 18, 19. Lord, pardon 
every one that prepareth his heart to seek 
the Lord God of his fathers. 

Ezra vii. 10. Ezra prepared his heart 
to seek the law of the Lord, and to do it. 


Job xi. 13. 15. If thou prepare thine 
heart, and stretch out thine hands to- 
wards him, then shalt thou lift up thy 
face with joy. 

Ps. Ixxvii. 6. I commune with mine 
own heart. Ps. iv. 4. 

Prov. iv. 23. Keep thine heart. Ch- 
xxiii. 19. Guide thine heart, &:c. 

Jer. iv. 4. Circumcise yourselves to 
the Lord, and take away the foreskins of 
your heart. — Ver. 14. Wash thine heart 
from wickedness, that thou mayest be 
clean. Isa. i. 16. 

xxx. 21, Who is this that engageth 
his heart to approach unto me, saith the 
Lord ? — Ver. 22. Ye shall be my people, 
and I will be your God. 

Ezek. xviii. 31. Make you a new heart, 
and a new spirit ; for why will ye die, O 
house of Israel ? 

Joel ii. 13. Rend your heart and not 
your garments, and turn again to the Lord, 

See James iv. 13. Purify your hearts. 
Ch. V. 8. Stabhsh your hearts. 

Apply the heart — Ps. xc. 12. To wis- 
dom. EccL vii. 25. Prov, ii, 2, To under- 
standing. Prov. xxii. 17, To knowledge. 
Prov. xxiii. 12, To instruction. 


XLII, God taketh notice of the heart. 
This is to he considered as a motive to the 
foregoing duties. Jer. xx. 12. O Lord 
of hosts, that trieth the righteous, and 
seest the reins and heart 

1 Kings viii. 39, Lord thou only know- 
est the hearts of all the children of men. 
2 Chron, vi, 36, 

Ps.xliv, 21, God knoweth the secrets 
of the heart, 

Prov. X, 11, Hell and destruction are 
before the Lord; how much more the 
hearts of the children of men. 

Luke xvi, 15, God knoweth your 
hearts. 

Acts i, 24, Thou, Lord, knowest the 
hearts of all men, 

Heb, iv, 12, The word of God is a 
discerner of the thoughts and intents of 
the heart, 1 Chron. xxviii. 9. The Lord 
seeth all hearts, and imderstandeth all the 
imaginations of the thoughts. 

Jer. xvii. 10. I the Lord search the 
heart and try the reins, Rom, viii, 27, 
He that searcheth the hearts knoweth 
what is the mind of the Spirit. Rev, ii. 
23, I am he which searcheth the reins 
and heart. 

1 Chron, xxix. 17, I know, my God, 
that thou triest the heart, and hast plea= 
sure in uprightness. Ver. 18, 19, 


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Tlic Heart, 


Chap. XV. 


Ps. vii. 9. The righteous God trieth the 
hearts and reins. 

xxvi. 2. Examine me, O Lord, and 
prove me, try my reins and my heart, 

Jer. xi. 3. Thou hast tried mine heart 
toward thee. 1 Thcss. ii. 4. God trietli 
tlie hearts. 

Ps. xvii. 3. Thou hast proved mine 
heart, thou hast tried me. 

Prov. xxi. 2. The Lord pondereth the 
hearts. Ch. xxiv. 12. 

XLIII. God injiuencelh the hearts of 
the Hghteous. Ps. h. 10. Create in me 
a clean heart, O God, (Sec. 

Jer. xxiv. 7. I will give them an heart 
to know me, that I am the Lord. 

xxxii. 39. I will give them one heart, 
and one way, that they may fear me for 
ever. 

Ezek. xi. 19. I will give them one 
heart, and I will put a new Spirit witli- 
in you, and I will take the stony heart 
out of their flesh, and will give them an 
heart of flesh.— Ver. 20. That they may 
walk in my statutes, and keep mine 
ordinances and do them ; and they shall 
be my people, and I will be their God. 
Ch. xxxvi. 26. See 1 Sam. x. 9. 2 Chron. 
XXX. 12. 

1 Chron. xxix. 18. O Lord prepare 
their heart unto thee. Ps. x. 17. Thou 
Lord \\'ilt prepare tlieir heart. Prov. xvi. 
1. The preparation of the heart in man, 
and the answer of the tongue is from the 
Lord. Ver. 9. Ch. xix. 21. 

Deut. XXX. 6, The Lord thy God will 
circumcise thine heart, and the heart of 
thy seed, to love the Lord thy God with 
all thine heart, and with all thy soul, that 
thou mayest live. 2 Thess. iii. 5. 

1 Sam. X. 26. There went with Saul 
a band of men, whose hearts God had 
touched. 

Acts xvi. 14. The Lord opened the 
heart of Lydia, that she attended to the 
things spoken by Paul. 

XV. 9. God purifying their hearts by 
faith. 

Ps. cxix. 32. I will run the way of thy 
commandments, when thou hast enlarged 
my heart. 1 Kings iv. 29. God gave 
unto Solomon wisdom and understanding 
exceeding much, and largeness of heart. 

Ps. xxxiii. 15. He fashioneth their 
hearts. 

1 Kings viii. 57, 58. The Lord our 
God be with us, as he was with our fa- 
thers; let him not leave us nor forsake 
us ; That he may inchne our hearts un- 


to him, to walk in his ways, and to keep 
his commandments, and his statutes, and 
his judgments. Ps. cxix. 36. Incline 
my heart unto thy statutes. Ver. 8. Ps. 
cxli. 4. 

Ps. Ixxxvi. 11. Unite my heart to fear 
thy name. 

Isa. Ivii, 15. Thus saith the high and 
lofty One, that inhabitcth eternity, whose 
name is Holy; I dwell in the liigh and 
holy place, with liiraalso that is of a eon- 
trite and humble spirit, to revive the spirit 
of the humble, and to revive the heart of 
the contrite ones. 

Ps. xxvii. 14. Wait on the Lord, and 
he shall strengthen thine heart. Ps. xxxi. 
24. — Ixxiii. 26. Isa. xxxv. 4. 

1 Thess. iii. 12, 13. The Lord stab- 
lish your hearts unblameable in hohness, 
before God even our Father, at the com- 
ing of our Lord Jesus Christ with all his 
saints. 1 Thess. ii. 17. 

Prov. xxi. 1. The king's heart is in 
the hand of the Lord, he turneth it, &c. 
Job xii. 24. Ezra vi. 22. The Lord 
turned the heart of the king of Assyria 
mito his people. 

Ps. cv. 25. He turned their heart to 
hate his people. 

Mai. iv. 6. He shall turn the heart of 
the fathers unto the children, &c. Luke 
xi. 17. 

Ezra vii. 27. Ezra said, Blessed be the 
Lord God of our fathers, who hath put 
this in the king's heart, to beautify the 
house of the Lord. Neh. ii. 12. I told 
no man what God had put in my heart 
to do at Jerusalem. 

Jer. xxxii. 40. I will put my fear in 
their hearts, &c. Ch. xxxi. 33. I will 
put luy law in their inward parts, and 
write it in their hearts. Heb. viii. 10. 

2 Cor. iii. 3. Yc are the epistle of 
Christ, written with the Spirit of the liv- 
ing God in the fleshly tables of the heart. 

XLIV. God^s judgments on the heart 
of the ivicked. Exod. vii. 13. The Lord 
hardened Pharaoh's heart. Ch. ix. 12. — x. 
1. 20.27.— xi. 10.— xiv. 8. Exod. ix. 14. I 
will send my ijlagucs upon thine heart. 

Deut. ii. 30. The Lord hardened the 
spirit of Sihon, king of Heshbon, and 
made his heart obstinate, that he might 
deliver liini into the hand of Israel. 

xxviii. 28. The Lord shall smite thee 
with madness, and blindness, and aston- 
ishment of heart. Lev. xxvi. 16. 

xxix. 4. The Lord hath not given you 
an iicart to perceive, 


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Chap. XV. 


Conscience. 


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Isa. xliv. 18. He hath shut their eyes 
tJiat they cannot see, and their hearts that 
they cannot understand. 

Job xvii. 4. Thou hast shut their hearts 
from understanding; therefore shalt thou 
not exalt them. 

Eccl. iii. 11. He hath set the world in 
their heart. 

XLV. Sataii's influences on the heart 
of the wicked. Instances thereof. See 
Satan's tempting Eve, Gen. iii. 1 to 6. — 
Tempting David to number the people, 1 
Chron. xxi. 1. — He taketh away the word 
out of their heart, Matt. xiii. 19. — He put 
into the heart of Judas to betray Christ, 
John xiii. 2. — Put into the hearts of Ana- 
nias and Sapphira to lie, Acts v. 3. — He 
blinds the minds of unbeHevers, 2 Cor. iv. 
4. Eph, iv. 18. 

XL VI. An evil heart described. Gen. 
vi. 5. Every imagination of the thoughts 
of man's heart, was evil continually. 

Prov. XX. 9. Who can say, I have made 
my heart clean ? 

Jer. xvii. 9. The heart is deceitful 
above all things, and desperately wicked, 
who can know it ? 

Matt. XV. 19, 20. Out of the heart pro- 
ceed evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, 
fornication, thefts, false witness, blasphe- 
mies. These are the things which defile 
a man. Mark \ai. 21, 22, 23. 

XL VII. In Scripture the hearts of the 
wicked are described — as wicked. Prov. 
xxvi. 23. Deut. xv. 9. 1 Kings ii. 44. 

Uncircmncised. Jer. ix. 26. 

Hard. 1 Sam. vi. 6. Prov. xxviii. 14. 
Zech. vii. 12. Mark xvi. 15. 

Stony. Ezek. xi. 19.— xxxvi. 26. 

Set to do evil. Eccl. viii. 11. Full of 
evil. Eccl. ix. 3. 

Froward. Prov. vi. 15. — xi. 20. Isa. 
Ivii. 17. 

Perverse. Prov. xii. 8. — xxiii. 33. Eccl, 
xi. 9. 

Backsliding. Prov. xiv. 14. Far from 
God. Isa. xxix. 13. 

Departing from God. Jer. xvii. 5. Not 
right with God. Acts viii. 21. 

Whorish, idolatrous. Ezek, vi, 9. — xi. 
21.— xiv. 4. 

Rebellious. Jer. v. 23. 

Full of iniquity. Ps. xli. 6. Isa, xxxii. 6. 

Full of evil imaginations, Deut. xxix. 
19. Ps. cxl. 2. 

Full of hypocrisy. Job xxxvi. 3. Deceit, 
Prov. xii. 20, Ps. xii. 2, 


Fretting against God. Prov. xix. 3. 
Impenitent. Rom. ii. 4. 

Full of pride. 2 Chron. xxvi. 16. Co- 

vetousness. Isa. xxii. 17. 2 Pet. ii. 14. 


, CONSCIENCE. 

XL VIII. Keeping a good conscience. 
Acts xxiii. 1. Paul said, I have lived in all 
good conscience before God until this day. 

Rom. ix. 1. I say the truth in Christ, 
I lie not, my conscience also bearing me 
witness in the Holy Ghost. 

xiii. 5. Ye must needs be subject [to 
magistrates] not only for wrath, but also 
for conscience sake. 

2 Cor. i. 12. Our rejoicing is this, the 
testimony of our conscience, that in sim- 
plicity and godly sincerity, not with flesh- 
ly wisdom., but by the grace of God, we 
have had our conversation in the world. 

iv. 2. By manifestation of the truth, 
commending ourselves to every man's con- 
science, in the sight of God. Ch. v. 11. 

1 Tim. i. 5. The end of the command- 
ment is charity, out of a pure heart, and 
of a good conscience, and of faith unfeign- 
ed. — Ver. 19. War a good warfare, hold- 
ing faith and a good conscience. Ch. iii. 
9. Holding the mystery of faith in a pure 
conscience. 

2 Tim. i. 3. I serve God with a pure 
conscience. 

Heb. X. 22. Having our hearts sprinkled 
from an evil conscience. 

xiii. 18. We trust we have a good con- 
science, in all things willing to live ho- 
nestly. 

1 Pet. ii. 19. This is thank-worthy, if 
a man for conscience toward God endure 
grief, suffering wrongfully. 

iii. 15, 16. Sanctify the Lord God in 
your hearts. Having a good conscience ; 
a good conversation in Christ. 

XLIX. A good conscience, how attained. 
Acts xxiv. 16. I exercise myself to have 
always a conscience void of offence to- 
ward God and toward men. 

Heb. ix. 2. Gifts and sacrifices were 
offered [under the law] which could not 
make him that did the service perfect, as 
pertaining to the conscience. (Ch. x, 2.) 
Ver. 14. How much more shall the blood 
of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit 
offered himself without spot unto God, 
purge your conscience from dead works, 
to serve the living God. 1 Pet. iii. 21. 

X. 22, Having the heart sprinkled from 
an evil conscience, 


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Chap. XV. 


L. Natural conscience ; instances of the 
force thereof. John viii. 9. In the accusers 
of tlie woman before Christ. 

Rom. ii. 15. In the Gentiles, who have 
not the law. 

Acts xxiv. 25. In Felix, hearing Paul 
preach. 

1 Sam. xxiv. 5. 2 Sam. xxiv. 10. David's 
heart smote him. 

LI. A weak conscience not to he wound- 
ed. 1 Cor. viii. 12. When yc sin against 
the brethren, and wound their weak con- 
science, ye sin against Christ. See ver. 7 
to 25. 27. Ch. X. 28, 29. 

LII. Of an evil conscience. 1 Tim. iv. 
1, 2. Some shall depart from the; faith ; 
speaking lies in hypocrisy, having their 
conscience seared. 

Tit. i. 5. Unto them that are defiled 
and unbelieving there is nothing pure, 
but even their mind and conscience is de- 
filed. 

SERVING GOD. 

LIII. Commanded. Deut. vi. 13. Thou 
shalt fear the Lord thy God, and shalt 
serve him. 

X. 12. O Israel, what doth the Lord 
thy God require of thee ? but to fear the 
Lord thy God, and to walk in all his ways, 
and to love him ; and to serve the Lord 
tliy God with all thy heart, and with all 
thy soul. Ver. 13. 

Ver. 20. The Lord thy God, him shalt 
thou serve, and to him shalt thou cleave. 
Matt. iv. 10. 

LIV. With the heart. See the last 
quoted text. Deut. x. 12. 

1 Chron. xxviii. 9. Serve him with a 
perfect heart, and with a willing mind. 

Eph. vi. 6. Doing the will of God from 
tlie heart. — Ver. 5. With singleness of 
heart, as unto C'lirist. 

Ver. 7. With good will doing service 
to the Lord. See Deut. xi. 13, 14. — xiii. 
4. — xxvi. 6. — xxxii. 46. Josh. xxii. 5. — 
xxiv. 14, 15. 1 Sam. vii. 3,— xii. 14. 20. 
24. 1 Kings xi. 4. — xiv. 8. Ps. cxix. 69 

LV. With suitahle dispositions of heart. 
Josh. xxiv. 4. Fear the Lord, and serve 
liim in sincerity and truth. Ver. 24. 31. 

Acts XX. 19. Serving the Lord with all 
Immility of mind. ('h. xxvi. 7. 

Luke i. 74. Serve liim in holiness, and 
rigliteousncss. 

Rom. i. 9. I serve God with my spirit 
in tlie gospel of his Son. 


vii. 6. We are delivered from the law, 
that we should serve in newness of spirit. 

xii. 1. Present your bodies a living 
sacrifice, holy and acceptable unto God, 
which is your reasonable service. 

Ver. 11. Fervent in spirit, serving the 
Lord. 

2 Tim. i. 3. I serve God with a pure 
conscicncG. 

Heb. ix. 14. The blood of Christ shall 
purge your conscience from dead works, 
to serve the living God. 

xii. 28. Let us have grace, whereby we 
may serve God with reverence and godly 
fear. Ps. ii. 11. 

Ps. c. 2. Serve the Lord with gladness. 
Eccl. ix. 10. With all thy might. 

Acts xxvi. 7. Serving God instantly. 

Rev. vii. 15. In heaven they serve God 
day and night. 

GOD'S SERVANTS. 

LVI. God''s servants. Promises to them. 
Exod. xxiii. 25. Ye shall serve the I^ord, 
and he will bless thy bread, and thy wa- 
ter. Ch. XV. 26. Deut. xi. 13, 14. 

1 Kings viii. 23. Thou keepest covenant 
and mercy with thy servants, that walk be- 
fore thee with all their heart. Gen. xxxii. 10. 

Job xxxvi. 11. If they obey and serve 
him, they shall spend their days in pros- 
perity, and their years in pleasure. Ps. 
cxix. 165. Prov. iii. 17. 

Ps. XXXV. 27. Let the Lord be magni- 
fied, that hath pleasure in the prosperit}'- 
of his servants. Ps. cxlvii. 11. — cxlix, 4. 

cii. 28. The children of thy servants 
shall continue, and their seed shall be 
established before thee. Ps. Ixix. 36. 

cv. 6, 7. O ye seed of Abraham, his 
servant ; ye children of Jacob his chosen : 
He is the Lord your God. Ver. 42. Isa. 
xii. 8, 9. 

Isa. xliv. 1, 2. Fear not, O Jacob, my 
servant. For I will pour water upon him 
that is thirsty, and floods upon the dry 
ground. Ver. 26. 

xlv. 4. For Jacob my servant's sake 
I have called thee by name. 

xlviii. 20. The Lord hath redeemed his 
servant Jacob. 

xlix. 3. Tliou art my servant, O Israel, 
in wliom I will be glorified. 
t liv. 17. No weapon formed against thee 
shall prosper ; every tongue that shall rise 
against thee in judgment thou shalt con- 
demn : this is the heritage of the servants 
of the Lord, and their righteousness is of 
mc, saith the Lord. 


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Isa. Ivi. 6, 7. The sons of the stranger 
that join themselves to the Lord, to serve 
him, «&c. even them will I bring- to my 
holy mountain, and make them joyful in 
my house of prayer. 

Ixv. 8, 9. Thus saith the Lord, As the 
new wine is found in the cluster, and 
one saith. Destroy it not, for a blessing- 
is in it: so will I do for my servants' 
sakes, that I may not destroy them all. 
And mine elect shall inherit my holy 
mountain, and my servants shall dwell 
there. 

Ver. 13, 14. Thus saith the Lord God, 
Behold, my servants shall eat, drink, 
and rejoice. They shall sing for joy of 
heart. 

Ixvi. 13, 14. I will comfort you, and 
ye shall be comforted. And when you 
see this, your heart shall rejoice, and 
your bones shall flourish like an herb ; 
and the hand of the Lord shall be known 
toward his servants, and his indignation 
toward his enemies. 

Jer. XXX. 10, 11. Fear thou not, O my 
servant Jacob, saith the Lord, neither be 
'dismayed, O Israel; for I will save thee 
from afar, and thy seed from the land of 
their captivity; and Jacob shall return 
and be in rest and quiet, and none shall 
make him afraid. For I am with thee, 
saith the Lord, to save thee. Ch. xxix. 
10.— xlvi. 27, 28. 

Joel ii. 29. Upon my servants and upon 
my hand-maids, will I pour out my Spirit. 
Isa. xliv. 3. Acts ii. 17. 

Zeph. iii. 9. I will turn to the people 
a pure language, that they may all call 
upon the name of the Lord, to serve him 
with one consent. 

Matt. xxiv. 45. Blessed is the faithful 
and wise servant. Ver. 46. 48. 50. 

XXV. 21. Well done, thou good and 
faithful servant, enter thou into the joy of 
thy Lord. Ver. 23. 26. 30. 

Ltike xii. 37. Blessed are those ser- 
vants, whom the Lord when he cometh, 
shall find watching. 

Gal. iv. 7. Thou art no more a servant, 
but a son ; and if a son, then an heir of 
God, through Christ. 

Rev. vii. 3. Hurt not the earth, till we 
have sealed the servants of our God in 
their foreheads. 

xix. 2. The Lord our God hath judged 
the great whore, which did corrupt the 
earth with her fornication, and hath 
avenged the blood of his servants at her 
hand. Deut. xx%dii. 43. 2 Kings ix. 7. 
Ps. Ixxix. 10. — cxvi. 15. 


LVII. Prayers for them. 2 Sam. vii. 
29. With thy blessing, let the house of 
thy servant be blessed for ever. 

xxiv. 10. O Lord, take away the ini- 
quity of thy servant. 

Neh. i. 11. Let thine ear be attentive 
to the prayer of thy servants, who desire 
to fear thy name. Job xlii. 8. Dan. ix. 17. 

Ps. xix. 13. Keep back thy servant 
from presumptuous sin. 

xxvii. 9. Put not tlay servant away in 
anger. 

xxxi. 16. Make thy face to shine upon 
thy servant: save me for thy mercy's sake. 

Ixix. 17. Hide not thy face from thy 
servant, for I am in trouble : hear me 
speedily. 

Ixxxvi. 2. O my God, save thy servant, 
that trusteth in thee. Ver. 16. Dan. iii. 
17. 28.— vi.. 16. 

Lxxxix. 50. Remember, Lord, the re- 
proach of thy servants. 

xc. 13. Let it repent thee concern- 
ing thy servants. Ps. cxxxv. 14. Deut.. 
xxxii. 36. ' 

Ver. 16. Let thy work appear unto 
thy servants, and thy glory unto their 
children. 


NOT SERVING GOD. 

LVIII. Not serving God. Threats. 
Deut. xxviii. 47, 48. Because thou ser- 
vedst not the Lord thy God with joy- 
fulness and gladness of heart, for the 
abundance of all things : Therefore 
shalt thou serve thine enemies, in hun- 
ger and thirst, and nakedness and want 
of all things. Jer. xvii. 1 to 5. Neh. ix. 
35, 36. 

Mai. iii. 14. Ye have said. It is in 
vain to serve God : and what profit is it 
that we have kept his ordinances ? — Ver. 
18. Ye shall discern between him that 
serveth God, and him that serveth him 
not. Job xxi. 15. 

Matt. xxiv. 50, 51. The Lord of the 
wicked servant, shall come in a day 
when he looketh not for him, and in an 
hour when he is not aware, and shall 
cut him asunder, and appoint him his 
portion with hypocrites : there shall be 
weeping and gnashing of teeth. Ch. 
XXV. 30. Cast the wicked and unprofit- 
able servant into outer darkness : there 
shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth. 
See ver. 26. 

Luke xii. 47. That servant which 
knew his Lord's will, and prepared not 


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Chap. XV. 


himself, neither did according to his will, 
shall be beaten with many stripes. 

Rom. i. 25, 26. They served the crea- 
ture more than the Creator. For this cause 
God gave them up to vile affections, &c. 
See Omission of good ivorks. 

OBEDIENCE. 

LIX. Commanded. Eccl. xii. 13. Fear 
God, and keep his commandments: for 
this is the whole duty of man. 

Jer. vii. 23. This thing commanded I 
your fathers, saying. Obey my voice ; and 
I will be your God, and ye shall be my 
people. Lev. xix. 37, 1 Sam. xv. 22. Jer. 
xi. 4 Deut. vi. 24, 25.— vii. 12. 

Ezek. XX. 19. I am the Lord your God; 
walk in my statutes, and keep my judg- 
ments, and do them. Ch. xxxvii. 24. 

1 Cor. vii. 19. Circumcision is no- 
thing, and uncircumcision is nothing, but 
keeping tlie commandments of God. Ps. 
cxix. 4. 

LX. Universal obedience required. 
Deut. xxviii. 14. Thou shalt not go aside 
from any of the words which I com- 
manded thee this day, to the right hand 
or to tlie left. 

Jos. i. 7. Observe to do according to 
all the law ; turn not from it to the right 
hand or to the left; that thou mayest 
prosper whithersoever thou gocst. 

1 Chron. xxviii. 8. Keep and seek for 
all the commandments of the Lord your 
God. 

Ps. cxix. 1. Blessed are the undefiled 
in the way. 

Ver. 6. I shall not be ashamed when I 
have respect unto all tliy commandments. 

Matt, v, 19. Whosoever shall break 
one of these least commandments, and 
shall teach men so, shall be called least in 
the kingdom of heaven. 

Gal. iii. 10. It is written in the law, 
Cursed is every one that continueth not 
in all things that are written in the book 
of the law to do them. Deut. vii. 26. 
Jer. xi. 3. 

Col. iv. 12. I pray tliat ye may stand 
perfect and complete in all the will of 
God. 1 Pet. iv. 2. 

James ii. 10. Whosoever shall keep 
the whole law, and yet offend in one point, 
is guilty of all. 

LXI. With an high esteem of God^s 
law. Ps. cxix. 128. I esteem all thy 
precepts right. Prov. iii. 17. Ways of 


pleasantness and paths of peace. 1 John 
iii. 5. Not grievous. 

Ver. 173. I have chosen thy precepts. 
— Ver. 111. Thy testimonies have I ta- 
ken as an heritage for ever; for they are 
the rejoicing of my heart. See Rejoicing 
in God, in his word. 

Ver. 97. O how I love thy law. Ver. 
159. See Love to God. 

Ver. 20. My soul breaketh for the 
longing it hath unto thy testimonies at all 
times. Ver. 40. See Longing for God, 
and the things of God. 

Ver. 11. Thy law have I hid in my 
heart, that I might not sin against thee. 
— Ver. 15. I will meditate on thy pre. 
cepts, and have respect unto thy ways. 
See Meditation. 

Ver. S3. I did not forget thy statutes. 
Ver. 55. 93. Ps. xviii. 22. 

Rom. vii. 22. I delight in the law of 
God after the inward man. Ps. i. 2. — xl. 
8.— cxix. 16. 70. 72. 77. 92. 147. 174. 
See Delight. 

LXII. With resolution of heart. Jos. 
xxiv. 15. Joshua said, As for me and 
my house, we will serve the Lord. — Ver. 
24. The people said. The Lord our 
Gcii will we serve, and his voice Avill we 
obey. 

Ps. cxix. 57. O Lord, I have said that 
I would keep thy word. — Ver. 69. I wiU 
keep thy precepts with my whole heart. 

Ver. 106. I have sworn, and I will 
perform it, that I will keep thy righteous 
judgments. 

Ver. 112. I have inclined mine heart 
to perform thy statutes. — Ver. 117. I 
will have respect unto thy statutes con- 
tinually. Ver. 145. See 2 Kings xxiiL 
3. 2 Chron. xv. 12. 15. — xxxiv. 31. 
Where the king and the people enter 
into a covenant, an oatli and curse, to 
seek God. 

LXIII. Ability for obedience promised. 
Deut. xxx. 6. The Lord thy God will 
circumcise thine heart, and the heart of 
thy seed, to love the Lord tliy God with 
all thine heart and with all tliy soul. — 
Ver. 8. And thou shalt obey the voice of 
the Lord, to do all his commandments. 

2C]iron. xxx. 12. The hand of God 
was to give them one heart, to do the 
commandment by the word of the Lord. 
Ps. ex. 3. Thy people shall be willing in 
the day of thy power. 

Isa. ii. 3. lie will teach us of his ways, 
and we shall walk in his paths. I\Iic. iv. 2. 


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Ezek. xi. 19, 20. I will give them one 
heart, and I will put a new spirit within 
them ; and I will take the stony heart 
out of their flesh, and I will give them an 
heart of flesh : That they may walk in 
ray statutes, and keep my commandments 
and do them ; and they shall be my 
people, and I will be their God. Ch. xxxvi. 
26, 27. Jer. xxiv. 7. — xxxi. 33. — xxxii. 
39. 

Zeph. iii. 9. I will turn to the people a 
pure language, that they may all call upon 
the name of the Lord, to serve him with 
one consent. 

John x\\ 5. Jesus said. Without me ye 
can do nothing. 

Acts V. 32. The Holy Ghost God hath 
given to them that obey him. 

2 Cor. xii. 9. The Lord said to Paul, 
My grace is sufficient for thee, for my 
strength is made perfect in weakness. 

Phil. ii. 13. God worketh in you, both 
to will and to do of his good pleasure. 1 
Pet. iv. 1. The ability God giveth. 

LXIV. Ability prayed for. 1 Kings viii. 
57, 58. Solomon prayed. The Lord our 
God be with us ; That he may incline 
our hearts unto him, to walk in all his 
ways, and to keep all his commandments, 
and his statutes, and his judgments. Ver. 
61. 

1 Chron. xxii. 11, 12. David prayed. 
The Lord be with thee, my son. (Ch. 
xxix. 19.) And give thee wisdom and un- 
derstanding, that thou mayest keep the 
law of the Lord. 1 Kings iii. 9. 

xxix. 13, 14. David said, Our God, we 
thank thee, and praise thy glorious name. 
For all things come of thee, and of thine 
own have we given thee. See ver. 11, 
12. 

Ver. 18, 19. Keep this for ever in the 
imagination of the thoughts of the hearts 
of thy people, and prepare their heart unto 
thee, to keep thy commandments, thy tes- 
timonies, and thy statutes. 

Ps. Ix. 12. Through God we shall do 
valiantly. Ps. cviii. 15. 

cxix. 5. O that my ways were directed 
to keep thy statutes. — Ver. 32. I will run 
tlie ways of thy commandments, when 
thou shalt enlarge my heart. 

Ver. 33. Teach me, O Lord, the way 
of thy statutes, and I shall keep it. — Ver. 
34. Give me understanding, so shall I 
keep thy law. 

Ver. 36. Inchne my heart unto thy 
testimonies. Ver. 43, 44. 80. Let my 
heart be sound in thy statutes. 

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Ver. 88. Quicken me, so shall I keep 
the testimonies of thy mouth. 

cxHii. 10. Teach me to do thy will ; for 
thou art my God. 

2 Thess, ii. 16, 17. Now our Lord Jesus 
Christ himself, and God even our Father, 
who hatli loved us, and hath given us ever- 
lasting consolation, and good hope through 
grace ; comfort your hearts, and stablish 
you in every good word and work. Col. 
i. 9. 2 Thess. i. 11. 

Heb. xiii. 20, 21. Now the God of peace, 
that brought again from the dead our 
Lord Jesus Christ, that great Shepherd of 
the sheep, through the blood of the ever- 
lasting covenant, make you perfect in 
every good work ; working in you that 
which is well pleasing in his sight, 
through Jesus Christ ; to whom be glory 
for ever and ever. Amen. 

LXV. Ability from God acknowledged. 
1 Cor. XV. 10. Paul said. By the grace of 
God I am what I am ; and his grace 
which was bestowed on me was not in 
vain : but I laboured more abundantly 
than they all ; yet not I, but the grace of 
God, which was with me. 

2 Cor. iii. 5. Our sufficiency is of God. 
Ch. xii. 10. Joel iii. 10. Isa. xxxv. 4. 

Phil. iv. 13. I can do all things through 
Christ which strengtheneth me. 

Eph. vi. 10. Be strong iii tlie Lord, and 
in the power of his might. 

2 Tim. ii. 1. Be strong in the grace 
that is in Christ Jesus. See God doth 
lead, guide, strengthen, and uphold, &c. 

LXVI. Instances of obedience. Ps. cxix. 
22. I have kept thy testimonies. — Ver. 60, 
I made haste and delayed not to keep thy 
commandments. 

Ver. 63. I am a companion of them that 
fear thee, and of them that keep thy pre- 
cepts. — Ver. 87. I forsook not thy precepts* 

Ver. 101. I have refrained my feet from 
every evil way, that I might keep thy 
word. — Ver. 102. I have not departed 
from thy judgments, for thou hast taught 
me. Ver. 129. 

Ver. 110. I erred not from thy pre- 
cepts. — Ver. 168. I have kept thy pre- 
cepts and thy testimonies, for all my ways 
are before thee. 

John iv. 34. Jesus said. My meat is to 
do the will of him that sent me. 

viii. 29. I do always the things that 
please him. 

xii. 17. I have kept my Father's com= 
mandments. 


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Chap. XV. 


John xvii. 4. I have finished the work 
which thou gavqst me to do. 

Pliil. ii. 8. He became obedient unto 
death. Hob. v. 8. 

Heb. X. 7. I came to do thy will. Ps. 
xl. 6. 

John xiii. 15. Jesus said, I have given 
you an example. 

1 John ii. 6. He that saith he abideth 
in him, ought himself to walk even as he 
walked. 

Rom. vi. 17. Ye have obeyed from the 
heart that form of doctrine delivered unto 
you. 

Rev. iii. 8. I know thy works : thou 
hast kept my word. Ver. 10. 

xii. 17. The dragon went to make war 
with them wliich kept the commandments 
of God, and have the testimony of Jesus. 

xiv. 12. Here are they that keep the 
commandments of God and tlic faith of 
Jesus. 

Examples. Abraham, Gen. xviii. 19. — 
xxii. 18. — The children of Levi, Deut. 
xxxiii. 9. 11. — Noah, Daniel, and Job, 
Ezek. xiv. 4. Job i. 8. — xiii. 11. — Sha- 
drach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, Dan. 
iii. 26. — David, 1 Kings xiv. 8. — Jehosha- 
phat, 1 Kings xxii. 43. — Hezekiah, 2 
Kings xviii. &.— Josiah, 2 Kings xxiii. 3. 
Ps. Ixxviii. 7. 

LXVII. Promises to the obedient. Exod. 
xix. 5. If ye will obey my voice indeed, 
and keep my covenant, then shall ye be 
a peculiar treasure unto me above all peo- 
ple ; for all the earth is mine. 

Exod. XX. 6. I am the Lord, shewing 
mercy unto thousands of them that love 
me, and keep my commandments. Deut. 
V. 10. — ^vii. 9. Neh. i. 5. Jer. xxxii. 18. 
Dan. ix. 4. 

Lev. xviii. 5. Ye shall keep my statutes 
and my judgments ; whicli if a man do he 
shall live in them. Neh. ix. 29. Prov. 
iv. 4.— vii. 2. Ezek. xx. 11. 13. 21. Rom. 
X. 5. Gal. iii. 12. 

xx-vi. 3 — 7. If ye will walk in my 
statutes, and keep my commandments, 
and do them, then will I give rain in due 
season, and the land shall yield her in- 
crease. Ye shall cat bread to the full, 
and dwell in your land safely. I will give 
peace in the land, and ye shall lie down 
and none shall make you afraid. (Isa. i. 
19.) And ye shall chase your enemies, 
and they shall fall before you by the 
sword. Sec to ver. 12. and Chap. xxv. 18, 
19. 

Deut. iv. 1. Hearken, O Israel, to tlie 


statutes and judgments which I teach 
you, for to do them, that ye may live, and 
go in and possess the land. — Ver. 6. Keep 
and do them, for this is your wisdom and 
understanding in the sight of the nations. 
Ver. 7, 8. 30. 

Ver. 40. Thou shalt keep his statutes, 
that it may go well with thee, and with 
thy children after thee. Ch. vi. 1, 2. 17, 
18. 25.— xii. 28. 

v. 29. O that there were such an heart 
in them, &c. Ver. 33. 

xiii. 4. Thou shalt keep his command- 
ments, and obey his voice. — Ver. 17. That 
the Lord may turn from the fierceness 
of his anger, and shew thee mercy, and 
have compassion upon thee, and multi- 
ply thee, as he hath sworn unto thy fa- 
thers. 

xxviii. 1. If thou shalt hearken dili- 
gently unto the voice of the Lord thy 
God, to observe and to do all his com- 
mandments, the Lord thy God will set 
thee on high, above all nations of the 
earth. See various !ilessings promised 
to ver. 14th of this chapter, and in 
Lev. xxvi. 3 to 14. and Deut. vii. 12, 
13, 14, 15.— xi. 9. 13, 14, 15.— xxx. 
8,9. 

xxix. 9. Keep the words of this cove- 
nant and do them, that ye may prosper 
in all that ye do. 1 Kings ii. 3, 4. Jer. 
xxxviii. 20. 

xxx. 19, 20. I have set before you life 
and death, blessing and cursing : there- 
fore choose life, that both thou and thy 
seed may live. That thou maycst love 
the Lord thy God, and that thou mayest 
obey his voice, and that thou mayest 
cleave unto him, (for he is thy life and 
the length of thy days.) Ver. 16. Ch. 
V. 1. 10.— viii. 2. 6. 11. 20.— xii. 1. 25. 
— xxx. 8 to 16. 1 Sam. xii. 14. 2 Kings 
iii. 14. Prov. iii. 2. 

Ps. xix. 8. The statutes of the Lord are 
right. — Ver. 11. In keeping them there 
is a great reward. 

xxv. 10. All the paths of the Lord 
are mercy and truth, to such as keep his 
covenant and his testimonies. 

xxxvii. 34. Keep his way, and he shall 
exalt thee. 

1. 23. To him that ordercth his conver- 
sation aright, I will shew the salvation of 
God. 

cxix. 2. Blessed are they that keep his 
testimonies. 

Prov. i. 3. Let thine heart keep my 
commandments, for long life and peace 
shall they add to tliee. 


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Disohedience.-^Obedience to Christ. 


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Prov. viii. 32. Blessed are they that 
keep my ways. 

xix. 16. He that keepeth the command- 
ment, keepeth his own soul. 

xxix. 18. He that keepeth the law, 
happy is he. 

Isa. xlviii. 18. Thus saith the Lord, O 
that thou hadst hearkened to my com- 
mandments, then had thy peace been as a 
river, and thy righteousness as the waves 
of the sea. 

Jer. vi. 16. Thus saith the Lord, Stand 
ye in the ways and see, and ask for the 
old paths, where is the good way ? and 
walk therein ; and ye shall find rest for 
your souls. 

vii. 23. This thing commanded I your 
fathers, saying. Obey my voice, and I 
will be your God, and ye shall be my 
people ; walk ye in all my ways, that it 
may be well with you. 

xxvi. 13. Obey the voice of the Lord 
your God, and he will repent him of 
the evil that he hath pronounced against 
you. 

Ezek. xviii. 5. 9. If a man be just, and 
do that which is right, and hath walked 
in my statutes, and kept my judgments, 
he shall surely live. Ver. 18, 19. Ch. 
xxxvii. 24. 

Matt. vii. 22. Jesus said. Not every 
one that saith unto me. Lord, Lord, shall 
enter into the kingdom of heaven, but 
he that doeth the will of my Father which 
is in heaven. 

xii. 52. Whosoever shall do the will of 
my Father which is in heaven, the same 
is my brother, and sister, and mother. 

xix. 17. If thou wilt enter into life, 
keep the commandments. 

Luke xi. 28. Blessed are they that hear 
the word of God and keep it. 

John ix. 31. If any man be a worship- 
per of God, and doeth his will, him he 
heareth. 

xiii. 17. If ye know these things, hap- 
py are ye if ye do them. 

Rom. ii. 13. Not the hearers of the 
law are just before God, but the doers of 
the law shall be justified. 

1 John ii. 17. He that doeth the will 
of God abideth for ever. 

iii. 22. Whatsoever things we ask we 
receive of him, because we keep his com- 
mandments, and do those things that are 
pleasing in his sight. 

Rev. xxii. 14. Blessed are they that 
do his commandments, that they may 
have a right to the tree of life, and may 
enter in through the gates into the city. 


DISOBEDIENCE. 

LXVIII. Threats against the disobe- 
dient. Deut. xxviii. 15—19. If thou wilt 
not hearken unto the voice of the Lord 
thy God, to observe and to do all his com- 
mandments, and his statutes, all these 
curses shall come upon thee and overtake 
thee: Cursed shalt thou be in the city, 
and cursed shalt thou be in the field. 
Cursed shall be thy basket and thy store. 
Cursed shall be the fruit of thy body, and 
the fruit of thy land, and the increase of 
thy kine and the flocks of thy sheep. 
Cursed shalt thou be when thou comest 
in, and cursed shalt thou be when thou 
goest out. 

Ver. 20. The Lord shall send upon 
thee cursing, vexation, and rebuke, in all 
that thou'settest thine hand unto for to 
do, until thou be destroyed, and until thou 
perish quickly, because of the wickedness 
of thy doings, whereby thou hast forsaken 
me. See to the end of this Chap. ; also 
the parallel place. Lev. xxvi. 14 to 40. 
containing threatenings of many dreadful 
calamities. See also the following scrip- 
tures, wherein the disobedient are threat- 
ened with the evils of war, famine, pesti- 
lence, sickness, death, &c. &c. Neh. ix. 
26. Isa. xxiv. 1 to 13.— xliii. 27, 28.— 
Ixv. 12. Jer. vi. 19. 22, 23.— xxv. 4 to 9. 
— xxvi. 4. 6. — xxix. 17. 

Eph. ii. 2. The prince of the power of 
the air worketh in the children of dis- 
obedience. 

V. 6. The wrath of God cometh upon 
the children of disobedience. Col. iii. 6. 

1 Tim. i 9. The law is made for the 
lawless and disobedient. 

1 Pet. ii. 7. To them which be diso- 
bedient, Christ is a stone of stumbling and 
a rock of offence. See the threatenings 
against the wicked, ungodly, and other 
sins mentioned. 

OBEDIENCE TO CHRIST. 

LXIX. Obedience to Christ'' s commands. 
Matt, xxviii. 19, 20. Go ye and teach all 
nations, to observe all things whatsoever 
I have commanded you : and, lo, I am 
with you alway, unto the end of the 
world. 

John xiv. 15. If ye love me keep my 
commandments. — Ver. 24. He that lov- 
eth me not keepeth not my sayings. Ver. 
21. 23. 

XV. 14. Ye are my friends if ye do 
whatsoever I command you. Ver. 10. 


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Chap. XV. 


1 Cor. ix. 21. Being under the law to 
Christ. 

Jaines i. 22. Be ye doers of the word, 
and not hearers only. Ch. ii. 8. 12. 17. 

1 John ii. 3 — 5. Hereby do we know 
that we know liim, if we keep his com- 
niandments. He that saith, 1 know him, 
and keepetli not his commandments, is a 
liar, and the truth is not in liim. But 
whoso keepetli his word, verily in him is 
the love of God perfected. 

•Tohn viii. 31. If ye continue in my 
word, then are ye any disciples indeed. 

LXX. Promises to them that obey Christ. 
Matt. vii. 24, 25. Whosoever heareth 
these sayings of mine, and docth them, 
I will liken him unto a wise man, which 
built his house upon a rock : And the 
rain descended, and the floods came, and 
the winds blew, and beat upon that house, 
and it fell not, for it was founded upon 
a rock. 

John viii. 51. If a man keep my say- 
ings he shall never see death. 

xii. 26. If any man serve me, let him 
follow me ; and where I am there shall 
also my servant be. If any man serve 
me, him will my Father honour. 

Heb. V. 9. Christ became the author of 
eternal salvation to them that obey him. 

Rev. ii. 26. He that keepetli my words 
unto the end, to him will I give power 
over the nations. — Vcr. 28. I will give 
him the morning star. Ver. 17. 

xi. 18, The time is come that thou 
shouldst give a reward unto thy servants 
tlie prophets, &c. 

LXXI. Promises to them that overcome 
temptations in their obedience to Christ. 
Rev. ii. 7. He shall eat of the tree of life. 
— Ver. 11. Shall not be hurt of the second 
death. 

Ver. 1 7. Hidden manna, and a white 
stone, and a new name, shall be given 
him. — Vcr. 26. Power over the nations 
given to him. 

iii. 5. He shall be clothed in white, — 
Ver. 12. Shall be a pillar in the temple 
ofGod.— Vcr. 21. Sliall sit witli Christ 
in his throne. 

xxL 7. Shall inherit all things. 

DISOBEDIENCE TO CHRIST. 

LXXII. Disobedience to Christ. Threats. 
Matt. vii. 26. Every one that heareth 
these sayings of mine, and docth them 
not, shall be likened unto a foolish man, 
which built his house upon the sand, 


and the rain descended, and the floods 
came, and the winds blew, and beat upon 
that house, and it fell ; and great was the 
fall thereof. 

Luke vi. 46. Why call ye me, Lord, 
Lord, and do not the things that I say. 

xix. 27. Those mine enemies that 
would not that I should reign over them, 
bring hither and slay before me. 

Rom. X. 16. They have not all obeyed 
the gospel. Isa. liii. 1. 

xvi. 18. Some serve not our Lord Je- 
sus Christ, but their own belly. 

Gal. iii. 1. Who hath bewitched you, 
that ye should not obey the truth ? 

2 Thess. i. 7—10. The Lord Jesus 
Christ shall be revealed from heaven with 
Jiis mighty angels, in flaming fire, taking 
vengeance on them that know not God, 
and that obey not the gospel of our Lord 
Jesus Christ : who shall be punished 
with everlasting destruction from the pre- 
sence of the Lord, and from the glory of 
his power; when he sliall come to be 
glorified in his saints, and admired in all 
them that believe. 

1 Pet. iv. 17. What shall be the end 
of them that obey not the gospel ? See 
Ps. ii. 12. Deut. xviii. 18, 19. Rev. xii. 5. 
— xix. 15. See ChrisVs kingly office. 

WORKS. 

LXXIII. God will render to mankind 
according to their works good or had. Job 
xxxiv. 10, 11. Far be it from God that he 
should do wickedness. For the work of 
a man will he render unto him, and cause 
every man to find according to his work. 

Ps. Ixii. 12. The Lord rcndereth unto 
every man according to his work. 

Eccl. I]xii. 4. God will bring every 
man's work into judgment. 

1 Cor. xiii. 3. Every man's works shall 
be made manifest. 

Isa. iii. 10, 11. Say ye to the righteous, 
that it shall be well with him ; for they 
shall eat the fruit of their doings. Woe 
unto the wicked ! it shall be ill with him ; 
for the reward of his hands shall be given 
him. 

Jcr. xvii. 10. I the Lord search the 
heart and try the reins; even to give 
every man according to his ways, and 
according to the fruit of his doings. Prov. 
xxiv. 12. 

xxxii. 19. Thine eyes are upon all the 
ways of the sons of men, to give every 
one according to his ways, and according 
to the fruit of his doings. 


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Works, 


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Matt. xvi. 27. The Son of man shall 
come in his glory, with his angels ; and 
then shall he reward every man accord- 
ing to his works. 

Rom. ii. 6. God will render to every 
man according to his works. 

2 Cor. V. 10. We must all appear be- 
fore the judgment-seat of Christ; that 
every one may receive the things done in 
his body, according to that he hath done, 
whether it be good or bad. 

Gal. vi. 7. Whatsoever a man soweth, 
that shall he also reap. 

Eph. vi. 8. Whatsoever good things 
any man doeth, the same shall he receive 
of tlie Lord. 

1 Pet. i. 17. Gody without respect of 
persons, judgeth according to every man's 
work. 

Rev. ii. 23. All the churches shall know 
that I am he which searcheth the reins 
and hearts ; and I will give unto every 
one of you according unto your works. 

XX. 12. I saw the dead, small and great, 
stand before God ; and the books were 
opened, and another book was opened, 
which is the Book of Life ; and the dead 
were judged out of those things which 
were written in the books, according to 
their works. 

xxii. 12. Behold, I come quickly, and 
my reward is with me, to give every man 
according as his works shall be. See 
this reward prayed for against the wick- 
ed, Neh. vi. 14. Ps. xxviii. 4. 2 Tim. iv. 
4. Threatened against the wicked, Jer. 
xxi. 14. — xxv. 14. Ezek. vii. 27. — xxiv, 
14. Mic. vii. 13. 2Cor. xi. 15. 

LXXIV. Good works commanded. Matt. 
V. 16. Let your light so shine before 
men, that they may see your good works, 
and glorify your Father which is in hea- 
ven. 1 Pet. iL 12. 15. 

Col. i. 10. Walk worthy of the Lord, 
unto all pleasing, being fruitful in every 
good work. John xv. 8. Herein, saith 
Christ, is my Father glorified, that ye 
bear much fruit ; so shall ye be my dis- 
ciples. 

1 Tim. ii. 8. I will that women adorn 
themselves with good works, 

V. 10. Let a widow be taken into the 
number, having followed every good 
work. 

2 Tim. ii. 21. If a man purge himself 
from these sins, he shall be a vessel 
sanctified unto honour, and meet for the 
master's use, and prepared unto every 
good work, 

18* 


Tit. ii. 7. In all things shewing thy. 
self a pattern of good works. 

iii. 1. Put them in mind to be ready to 
every good work. — Ver. 8. These things 
I will that thou afiirm constantly, that 
they who have believed in God, might be 
careful to maintain good works : these 
things are good and profitable unto men. 
— Ver. 14. Let ours also learn to main- 
tain good works for necessary uses. 

Heb. X. 24. Let us consider one an- 
other, to provoke unto love and to good 
works. See James iii. 13. 

LXXV. Ability for performing good 
works, promised. Isa. xxvi. 21. Lord, thou 
wilt ordain peace for us, for thou hast 
wrought all our works in us. 2 Cor. v. 5. 

Ixi. 8. I will direct their work in truth, 
saith the Lord. 

2 Cor. ix. 8. God is able to make all 
grace abound toward you, that ye always, 
having all-sufficiency in all things, may 
abound to every good work. 

Eph. ii. 10. We are God's workman- 
ship, created in Christ Jesus unto good 
works, which God hath before ordained 
that we should walk in them. 

iii. 20. His power worketh in us. 
Eph. i. 19. 

Phil. i. 6. He that hath begun a good 
work in you, will perform it until the 
day of Christ. 

ii. 12. Work out your salvation with 
fear and trembling; for it is God that 
worketh in you, both to will and to do of 
his good pleasure. 

2 Thess. ii. 17. Our Lord Jesus Christ, 
and God even our Father, comfort your 
hearts, and stablish you in every good 
word and work. 

2 Tim. iii. 16, 17. The Scripture is 
profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for 
correction and instruction in righteous, 
ness, that the man of God may be per- 
fect, thoroughly fiirnished unto all good 
works. 

iv. 18. The Lord will deliver me from 
every evil work, and preserve me to his 
heavenly kingdom. 

Tit. ii, 14. Christ gave himself for us, 
that he might redeem us from all iniquity, 
and purify unto himself a peculiar people, 
zealous of good works, 

Heb. ix. 14, The blood of Christ shall 
purge your conscience from dead works, 
to serve the living God. 

xiii. 20, 21. Now the God of peace, 
that brought again from the dead our 
Lord Jesus, that great Shepherd of the 


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Doing good. — Evil-doers. 


Chap. XV. 


sheep, througli the blood of tlie everlast- 
ing covenant ; make you perfect in every 
good work to do his will, working in you 
that which is well-pleasing in his sight, 
through Jesus Christ : to whom be glory, 
for ever and ever. Amen. See Ability 
for obedience. Also see, God doth 


LXXVI. Promises to the performance 
of good works. Hcb. vi. 10. God is not 
unrighteous, to forget your work and la- 
hour of love. 

Rom. ii. 10. Glory, honour and peace, 
to every one that worketh good. 

Gal. vi. 4. Let every man prove his 
own work, and then shall he have rejoic- 
ing in himself, and not in another. 

James i. 25. A doer of the work shall 
be blessed in his deed. 

ii. 17. Faith without works is dead. 
See ver. 14 to 24. 

Rev. xiv. 13. Blessed are the dead that 
die in tlae Lord ; they rest from their la- 
bours, and their works do follow them. 
See 2 Chron. xv. 7.— xxxi. 20, 21. Isa. 
xlix. 4. Jer. x:xxi. 16. Rev. ii. 2. — ix. 13. 
19. 26. 28.— iii. 1. 8. 15. 

LXXVII. Examples of good works. 
Acts X, 28, Jesus went about doing good. 
John X. 32. See examples of obedience 
in Ch. 2d and 3d of Rev. 

LXXVIII. Omission of good works. 
Threats. Luke xii. 47. That servant 
which knew his Lord's will and did it not, 
shall be beaten with many stripes. 

James i. 22. Be ye doers of the word, and 
not hearers only, deceiving your ownselves. 

See the parable of the talent hid in the 
earth, Matt. xxv. 25, 26. 30.— Christ's sen- 
tence against the wicked, for omitting 
duty, Matt. xxv. 41, 42. — The unfruitful 
tree cut down. Matt. iii. 10. — vii. 19. 
Luke iii. 9.— xiii. 6. 10. John v. 2.— The 
barren fig-tree cursed. Matt. xxi. 19. — The 
parable of the seed sown, not bearing fruit. 
Matt. xiii. 23. Mark iv. 4. Luke viii. 8. 
—The servant's professing obedience, but 
not working, Matt. xxi. 30. — The sin and 
folly of not being rich toward God, Luke 
xii. 20, 21. James iv. 17. Jude 12. Deut. 
xxxii. 32. Heb. vi. 8. 

DOING GOOD. 

LXXIX. Shunning evil and doing good, 
commanded. Ps. xxxiv. 14. Depart from 
€vil, and do good. Ps. xxxvii. 3. 8. 27. 
Isa. Ivi. 2.— i. IC. 1 Pet. iii. 11. 


Ps. xevii. 10. Ye that love the Lord, 
hate evil. 

Matt. xii. 12. It is lawful to do well on 
the sabbath day. 

2 Cor, xiii. 7. I pray God, tliat ye do 
no evil. 

1 Pet. ii. 15. It is the will of God, that 
with well-doing ye may put to silence the 
ignorance of foolish men. 

iii. 11. Eschew evil and do good. — 
Ver. 17. 

iv. 15. Let none of you suiFer as an 
evil-doer. 

1 John ver. 11. Follow not that which 
is evil, but that which is good. 

Examples, Job i. 1. Job feared God, 
and eschewed evil. Ver. 8. Ch. ii. 3. 

Ps, cxLx. 10, I have refrained my feet 
from every evil way. 

Acts X.38. Jesus went about doing good. 

LXXX, Promises to them that do good, 
that do loell. Gen. iv. 7. If thou doest 
well, shalt thou not be accepted ? 

Matt. xxvi. 44. Blessed is that servant 
whom his Lord shall find so doing. 

Rom. ii. 7. To those who seek for 
glory, honour, and immortality, by a 
patient continuance in well-doing, God 
will give eternal life. — Ver. 10. Glory, 
honour and peace to every man that 
worketh good. 

Gal. vi. 9. Let us not be weary in well- 
doing, for in due season we shall reap if 
we faint not. 

Eph. vi. 8. Whatsoever good thing 
any man doeth, the same shall he receive 
of the Lord. 

1 Pet. iv. 19. Let them that suflTer ac- 
cording to the will of God, commit the 
keeping of their souls to him in well-doing. 


EVIL-DOERS. 

LXXXI. Evil-doers and their works to 
be avoided. Exod. xxiii, 2. Thou shalt 
not follow a multitude to do evil. — Ver. 
24. Thou shalt not do after their works, 
Lev. xviii. 3. 

Ps. xxvi. 5. I have hated the congrc 
gation of evil-doers ; I will not sit with 
the wicked. 

ci. 3. I hate the works of them that 
turn aside ; it shall not cleave to me, — 
Ver, 8. 

cxix, 115. Depart from me ye evil- 
doers, for I will keep tlie commandments 
of my God, 

cxli. 4, Incline not my heart to any 


Chap. XV. Works of Darkness. — Not in Darkness. 


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evil thing, to practice wicked works with 
men that work iniquity. 

Isa. Ivi. 2. Blessed is the man that 
keepeth his hands from doing evil. 

Matt, xxiii. 3. Do ye not after the 
works of the Scribes and Pharisees, for 
they say and do not. 

Rom. xii. 2. Be not conformed to this 
world. 

Eph. iv. 17. Walk not as other Gentiles. 

1 Pet. iv. 3. The time past of our life 
may suffice us, to have wrought the will 
of the Gentiles. 

Rev. xviii. 4. I heard a voice, saying. 
Come out, my people, that ye be not par- 
takers of her sins, and that ye receive not 
of her plagues. See Isa. li. 11. 2 Cor. 
vi. 17. Where we are commanded to 
avoid evil company. See also Ps. i. 1, 2. 
— cxxv. 11. Prov. i. 15. — iv. 14. — xvi. 29. 
— ^xxii. 25. 

LXXXII. Doing evil the character of 
the wicked. Ps. xxxvi. 3. The wicked 
hath left off to be wise, and to do good. 
Ps. xiv- 3.— liii. 1. 3. Rom. iii. 12. 

Prov. ii. 14. The wicked rejoice to do 
evil. Mic. vii. 3. They do evil with both 
hands. 

Eccl. viii. 11. Because sentence against 
an evil work is not executed speedily; 
therefore the heart of the sons of men is 
fully set in them to do evil. 

Jer. iv. 22. My people are wise to do 
evil, but to do good they have no know- 
ledge. 

xiii. 23. Can the Ethiopian change his 
skin, or the leopard his spots ? then may 
ye also do good, that are accustomed to 
do evil. 

Rom. vii. 19> The good that I would 

1 do not ; but the evil which I would not, 
that I do. — Ver. 21. I find a law in my 
members, that when I would do good evil 
is present with me. 

LXXXIII. Threats against evil-doers. 

2 Sam. iii. 39. The Lord shall reward the 
doer of evil according to his wickedness. 

Job viii. 20. God will not help evil- 
doers. 

Ps. xxxiv. 16. The face of the Lord is 
against them that do evil. 1 Pet. iii. 12. 
Mic. iii. 4. 

xxxvij. 9. Evil-doers shall be cut off". 

Isa. i. 4. A seed of evil-doers, children 
that are corrupters. 

Ver. 15. When ye make many prayers 
I will not hear. See threats jQrom ver. 5 
to 16. 


xiv. 20. The seed of evil-doers shall 
never be renowned. 

xxxi. 2. God will arise against the 
house of evil-doers. Ps. xciv. 16. 

Jer. iv. 4. Thus saith the Lord, Cir- 
cumcise yourself to the Lord, lest my 
fury come forth like fire, and burn that 
none can quench it, because of tlie evil of 
your doings. Ch.xxi.l2. Ezek. xxxvi. 17. 
Jer. xxvi. 3. — xliv. 22. 2 Kings xxii. 17. 

xviii. 10. If a nation do evil in my 
sight, I will repent me of the good where- 
with I said I would benefit them. 

Ezek. xxxvi. 9. According to their 
way, and according to their doings, I 
judged them. Hos. iv. 9. — xii.2. [Zech. i. 6. 

Hos. vii. 2. Their own doings have 
beset them about. Jer. iv. 18. 

Rom. ii. 9. Tribulation and anguish 
shall be upon every soul of man that doeth 
evil. See.Deut. iv. 25, 26.— xxxi. 29. Isa. 
iv. 18. 20. 22.— lix. 6.— Ixvi. 18. Jer. vii. 
13. 18.— xxxii. 30.— xliv. 8. Ezek. xxi. 
24.— xxxiii. 26. 29. 

WORKS OF DARKNESS. 

LXXXIV. Darkness and the wmks 
thereof. Ps. Ixxxii. 5. The wicked walk 
in darkness. 

Prov. ii. 13. Evil men leave the paths 
of uprightness, to walk in the paths of 
darkness. 

iv. 19. The way of the wicked is as 
darkness. 

John iii. 19. Men love darkness rather 
than light, because their deeds are evil. 

Rom. i. 21, 22. Their foohsh heart 
was darkened. — They became fools. 

Eph. iv. 18. Having the understanding 
darkened. Matt. vi. 23. 

1 John ii. 9. 11. He that hateth his 
brother is in darkness. 

Rev. xvi. 10. The kingdom of the 
beast was full of darkness. 

LXXXV. Threats. Isa. v. 20. Woe 
to them that call evil good, and good evil ; 
that put darkness for light, and light for 
darkness. 

xxix. 15. Woe to them whose works 
are in the dark. 

1 Cor. iv. 5. The Lord will bring to 
light the hidden things of darkness, 

NOT IN DARKNESS. 

LXXXVI. The righteous walk not in 
darkness. John viii. 12. He that foUow- 
eth Christ shall not walk in darkness. 
Ch. xiii. 35. 


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Dead Works, ^-C'—TVorks of the Flesh, Chap. XV. 


Acts xxvi. 18. Tlie Lord said to Paul, 
I send tliee to open men's eyes, and 
turn tliem from darkness to light, and 
from the power of Satan unto God. 

Rom. xiii. 12. Let us cast ofT the un- 
fruitful Avorks of darkiiess. 

2 Cor. vi. 14. What communion hath 
light with darkness ? 

Eph. V. 11. Have no fellowship with 
the unfruitful works of darkness. 

vi. 12. We wrestle against the rulers 
of the darkness of this world. 

Col. i. 13. God hath delivered us from 
the power of darkness. 1 Pet. ii. 9. 

1 Thess. V. 4, 5. Ye are not in dark- 
ness. Ye are all the children of light, 
and of the day. 

1 John i. 6. If we say that we have 
fellowship with him, and walk in dark- 
ness, we lie, and do not the truth. 

DEAD WORKS. 

LXXXVII. The wicked, and their 
works, called dead; the righteous are alive 
from the dead. Rom. vi. 13. Yield your- 
selves unto God as those that are alive 
from tlie dead. 

Eph. ii. 1. You hath he quickened who 
were dead in trespasses and sins. 

V. 14. Awake thou that sleepest, arise 
from the dead, and Christ shall give thee 
light. 

Col. ii. 13. You being dead in your 
sins, hath he quickened.' 

1 Tim. V. 6. She that liveth in plea- 
sure is dead while she liveth. 

Heb. vi. 1. Repentance from dead 
works. 

ix. 14. The blood of Christ shall purge 
your conscience from dead works, to serve 
the living God. 

Jude 12. The ^wicked arc as trees 
twice dead. 

Rev. iii. 1. Thou hast a name that thou 
livest, and art dead. 

WORKS OFTHE DEVIL,CHILDREN 
OF THE DEVIL. 

LXXXVIII. Works of the devil, chit 
dren of the devil. Jolm viii. 44. I'o the 
wicked Jesus said. Ye arc of your father 
the devil, and the lusts of your fatlicr ye 
will do. 

Acts xiii. 10. Paul said, O thou child 
of the devil, thou enemy of all rigliteous- 
ness. 

1 Tim. iv. 1. Some will depart from 
the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits, 
and doctrines of devils. 


1 John iii. 8. He that committeth sin is 
of the devil. — Ver. 10. In this the chil- 
dren of God are manifest, and the children 
of the devil ; whosoever doeth not right- 
eousness is not of God. 

LXXXIX. The righteous have nofeU 
lowship with the children of the devil. 1 
Cor. X. 20. I would not that ye should 
have fellowship with devils. Ver. 21. 

Eph. iv. 27. Neither give place to the 
devil. 

James iv. 7. Resist the devil, and he 
wiU flee from you. 

WORKS OF THE FLESH. 

XC. Works of the flesh, living after the 
flesh. Rom. vii. 5. When we were in the 
flesh, the motions of sin did work in our 
members to bring forth fruit unto death. 

Ver. 18. In my flesh dwelleth no good 
thing. — Ver. 25. With the flesh I serve 
the law of sin. 

viii. 6. To be carnally minded is death. 
— Ver. 7. The carnal mind is enmity 
against God. — Ver. 13. If ye live after 
the flesh, ye shall die. 

xiii. 14. Put on tlie Lord Jesus Christ, 
and make no provision for the flesh to 
fulfil the lusts thereof. 

2 Cor. vii. 1. Let us cleanse ourselves 
from all filthiness of flesh and spirit. 

Gal. V. 17. Tlie flesh lusteth against 
the Spirit.— Ver. 19. The works of the 
flesh arc adultery, fornication, unclean- 
ness, lasciviousness, &c. — Ver. 24. They 
that are Christ's have crucified the flesh. 

vi. 8. He that sowctli to the flesh shall 
of the flesh reap corruption. 

Eph. ii. 1 — 3. Ye were dead in tres- 
passes and sins, wherein in time past ye 
walked, according to the course of this 
world, in the lusts of your flesh, fulfilling 
the desires of the flesh and of the mind ; 
and were by nature children of wratli. 
Ver. 11. 

Col. ii. 11. Putting off" the body of the 
sins of the flesli, by tlie circumcision of 
Christ. — Ver. 13. You being dead in 
your sins hath he quickened. 

Ver. 18. Let no man beguile you, 
vainly puffed up by liis fleshly mind. 

1 Pet. ii. 11. Abstain from fleshly lusts 
which war against the soul. 

iv. 2, Live not in tlie flesh, to the lusts 
of men, but to the will of God. 

2 Pet. ii. 20. If after they have 
escaped the pollutions of the world, 
through the luiowledge of our Lord and 


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The Righteous not Corrupt. 


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Saviour Jesus Christ, they are again en- 
tangled therein and overcome, the lat- 
ter end is worse w^ith them than the be- 
ginning. 

1 John ii. 16. The lust of the flesh, the 
lust of the eye, and the pride of life, is 
not of the Father. 

XCI. Lusts of the Jiesh forhidden to 
Christians. Rom. vi. 12. Let not sin 
reign in your mortal body, that ye should 
obey it in the lusts thereof Ver. 13. 

xiii. 14. Put ye on the Lord Jesus, and 
make not provision for the flesh to fiilfil 
the lusts thereof 

Gal. V. 16, 17. Walk in the Spirit, and 
ye shall not fulfil the lusts of the flesh. 
For the flesh lusteth against the Spirit. 
Ver. 24. They that are Christ's have 
crucified the flesh with the affections and 
lusts. 

Eph. iv. 22. Put off the old man, 
which is corrupt according to the deceit- 
ful lusts. 

2 Tim. ii. 22. Flee youthful lusts ; but 
follow righteousness, faith, «&.c. 

Tit. ii. 12. Denying ungodliness and 
worldly lusts, we should live soberly, 
righteously and godly, in this present 
world. 

1 Pet. i. 14. As obedient children, not 
fashioning yourselves according to the 
former lusts in your ignorance. 

ii. 11. I beseech you, as strangers and 
pilgrims abstain from fleshly lusts, which 
war against the soul. 

iv. 2. Live no longer to the lusts of 
men, but to the will of God.— Ver. 3. The 
time past of our life may suffice us to 
have wrought the will of the Gentiles, 
when we walked in lasciviousness, lusts, 
excess of wine, revelling, banquetings, 
and abominable idolatries. 

2 Pet. i. 4. There are given to us ex- 
ceeding great and precious promises ; 
tliat by these ye might be partakers of 
tlie divine nature, having escaped the 
corruption that is in the world through 
lust. 

1 John ii. 16. All that is in the world, 
the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eye, 
and the pride of life, is not of the Father, 
but is of the world. — Ver. 17. The world 
passeth away and the lust thereof 

XCII. Lusting after women. Prov. vi. 
25. Lust not after beauty in thine heart. 

Matt. V. 28. Whosoever looketh on a 
woman to lust after her, hath committed 
adultery with her already in his heart. 


XCIII. Lusting after meats and drinks. 
See instances in the Jews punished. 
Numb. xi. 4. 34. Ps. Ixxviii. 18. 30.— 
Ixxxi. 12. — cvi. 14. 1 Cor. x. 6. 

XCIV. The evil of lusts. John viiL 
44. They are of the devil. 1 John ii. 26. 
They are of the world. Mark iv. 19. 
They choke the word. 

Eph. ii. 3. They prevail in the chil- 
dren of disobedience and wrath. 

1 Thess. iv. 5. In those who know not 
God. Tit. iii. 3. 

James i. 14. By them men are drawn 
away to sin, and enticed. Ver. 15. 2 Pet. 
ii. 18. 

iv. 1. From them proceed wars and 
fightings among men. Ver. 2, 3. 5. Be- 
cause of them prayers are not answered. 

2 Tim. iv. 3. Through them men per- 
vert the gospel. Ch. iii. 6. 2 Pet. iii. 3. 
Jude 16. 18. 

1 Tim. vi. 9. They drovm men in de- 
struction and perdition. 

CORRUPTION OF SIN. 

XCV. Corruption prevailing. Gen. vL 
11. The earth was corrupt before God. — 
Ver. 12. For all flesh had corrupted their 
way upon the earth. 

Exod. xxxii. 7, 8. The Lord said unto 
Moses, Thy people have corrupted them- 
selves. (Deut. ix. 12.) They have turn- 
ed aside quickly out of the way. Deut. 
xxxi. 29. 

Deut. xxxii. 5. They have corrupted 
themselves ; their spot is not the spot of 
God's children ; they are a perverse and 
wicked generation. — Ver. 6. Do ye thus 
requite the Lord ? O foolish people, and 
unwise. Judges ii. 19. 

Matt. vii. 17. A corrupt tree bringeth 
forth evil fruit. Ver. 18. Ch. xii. 23. 

Rev. xix. 2. The great whore did cor- 
rupt the earth, with her fornications. See 
Isa. i. 4. Hos. ix. 9. Zeph. iii. 38. 

XCVI. Confession of corruption. Neh. 
i. 7. We have dealt very corruptly against 
thee, and have not kept thy commandments, 
&,c. Ezek. XX. 44. Pardon promised. 

THE RIGHTEOUS NOT CORRUPT. 

XCVII. The righteous not corrupt. Ephu 
iv. 22. Put off the old man, which is cor- 
rupt according to the deceitful lusts, and 
put on the new man, which afl;er God is 
created in riisrhteousness and true holiness. 


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Defilement of Sin. — Filthiness. 


Chap. XV, 


2 Pet. i. 4. God hath given to us ex- 
ceeding great and precious promises, that 
by these ye might be partakers of the 
divine nature, having escaped the cor- 
ruption that is in the world through lust. 
See 1 Pet. i. 22, 23. 

DEFILEMENT OF SIN. 

XCVIII. Defilement of sin. Matt. xv. 
18. Tliose things which proceed out of 
tlie mouth, come forth from the heart, and 
defile the man. Ver. 11. 

Ver. 19, 20. For out of the heart pro- 
ceed evil tlioughts, murders, adulteries, 
fornications, thefts, false witness, blas- 
phemies. These are the things w^hich 
defile a man. 

XCIX. Threats. Lev. xviii. 25. The 
land is defiled, therefore I do visit the 
iniquity thereof upon it. — Ver. 28. The 
land shall spue you out, when yc defile it, 
as it spued out the nations before you. 

Numb. XXXV. 34. Defile not the land 
wherein I dwell, for I the Lord dwell among 
the children of Israel. Ch. xliii. 7, 8. 

Isa. xxiv. 5, 6. The earth is defiled 
under the inhabitants thereof, because 
they have transgressed the law, changed 
the ordinances, &c. Therefore hath the 
curse devoured the earth. 

Rev. xxi. 27. There shall in no wise 
enter into the kingdom of heaven any- 
thing that defileth, &,c. See Ezek. xxxvi. 
17, 18. Hos. V. 3. 6. Tit. i. 15. Heb. xii. 
15. Rev. iii. 4. Thou hast a few names, 
which have not defiled their garments. 

UNCLEANNESS. 

C. Uncleanness of sin. Isa. vi, 5. I dwell 
in the midst of a people of unclean lips. 

Ezek. xliv. 23. Cause them to discern 
between the clean and unclean. Ch. 
xxii. 26. 

Matt, xxiii. 2. Ye are full of all un- 
cleanness. 

Rom. vi. 19. Ye yielded your members 
servants to uncleanness. 

Gal. V. 19. The works of the flesh are, 
uncleanness. 

Ej)h. iv. 10. Who being past feeling, 
have given tJKMnsclvcs over to lascivious- 
ness, lo work all uncleanness with greedi- 
ness. Rom. i. 24. 

2 Pet. ii. 9, 10. The Lord knowcth 
liow to deliver the godly out of tomj)- 
tations, and to reserve the unjust unto 
the day of judgment to be ])unished. But 


chiefly them that walk after the flesh, in 
the lusts of im cleanness. ^ 

CI. Confession of uncleanness. Isa. Ixiv. 
6. We are all as an unclean thing, and our 
righteousness as filthy rags. Ch. i. 5, 6. 

CII. Promises against uncleanness of 
sin. Isa. xxxv. 8. An highway shall be 
in the land, called the way of holiness, the 
unclean shall not pass over it. 

iii. 1. Put on thy beautiful garments, 
O Jerusalem, the holy city ; there shall 
no more come into thee, the uncircum- 
cised and the unclean. 

Ezek. xxxvi. 29. I will save you from 
all your uncleanness. 

Zech. xiii. 1. There shall be a fountain 
opened for sin and uncleanness. 

cm. Directions. Eph. v. 3. Unclean- 
ness, let it not be named amongst you. 

Col. iii. 5. Mortify fornication, unclean- 
ness. 1 Thess. V. 7. 

CIV. Threats. Ezek. xxxix. 24. Ac- 
cording to their uncleanness have I done 
unto them. 

Eph. V. 5. No whoremonger, nor un- 
clean person, nor covetous man who is 
an idolater hath any inheritance in the 
kingdom of Christ and of God. 

POLLUTION. 

CV. Pollution. Ezek. xvi. 6. 22. I 
saw thee polluted in thine own blood, and 
said unto thee, Live. 

Zeph. iii. 1. W^oe to the city that is 
filthy and polluted. 

2 Pet. ii. 20. If after they have escap- 
ed the pollutions of the world, through 
the knowledge of the Lord and Saviour 
Jesus Christ, they are again entangled 
therein and overcome, the latter end is 
worse with them than the beginning. 

The wicked pollute God's name. See 
Isa. XX. 9.— xlviii. 11. Jcr. xxxiv. 16. 
Ezek. xiii. 19.— xxxix. 7. Mai. i. 7.— 
They polluted God's house. See 2 Chron. 
xxxvi. 14. Ezek. xliv. 7. Zeph. iii. 4. — 
They polluted God's Sabbaths. See Isa. 
Ivi. 2. Ezek. xx. 13 to 24. 

FILTHINESS. 

CVI. Filthiness. Ezra ix. 11. The 
land is unclean, with the filthiness of the 
people. Lam. i. 9. 

Prov. xxx. 12. There is a generation 
that are pure in their own eyes, and yet 
is not washed from their own filthiness. 
Rev. xvii. 4. 


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CVII. Directions. 2 Cor. vii. 1. Let 
us cleanse ourselves from all filthiness of 
flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the 
fear of God. 

Eph. V. 4. Let not filthiness be once 
named amongst you. 

Col. iii. 8. Put off all filthy communica- 
tions. James i. 21. 

2 Pet. ii. 7. Lot was vexed with the 
filthy conversation of the wicked. 

Ezra vi. 2L The children of Israel se- 
parated themselves from the filthiness of 
the heathen, to seek the Lord God of Israel. 

CVIII. Promises. Isa. iv. 3, 4. Every 
one in Zion shall be called holy, when 
the Lord shall have washed away the filth 
of the daughters of Zion. 

Ezek. xxxvi. 5. From all your filthiness 
will I cleanse you. Ch. xxii, 15. — xxiv. 13. 

CIX. Threats. Rev. xxii. 11. He that 
is filthy let him be filthy still. 

Ezek. xxiv. 13. Thou shalt not be 
purged from thy filthiness. 


VILENESS. 

_CX. Vileness of sin. 1 Sam. iii. 13. I 
will judge Eli's house for ever, for the 
iniquity which he knoweth ; because his 
sons made themselves vile, and he re- 
strained them not. 

Ps. xii. 8. The wicked walk on every side 
when vile men are exalted. Ps. cxiv. 20. 

XV. 4. In the eyes of the righteous, a 
vile person is despised. 

Jer. XV. 19. Take forth the precious 
from the vile. 

Rom. i. 26, 27. They did not like to 
retain God in their knowledge, wherefore 
God gave them over to vile affections. He 
gave them over to a reprobate mind. 

CXI. Confession of vileness. Job xl. 4. 
Behold I am vile, what shall I answer 
thee ? I will lay my hand upon my mouth. 
Gen. xxxii. 10. Ezra ix. 6. 


ABOMINABLENESS. 

CXII. AbominaUeness of sin. Job xv. 
16. How abominable and filthy is man, 
that drinketh iniquity like water ? 

Ps. xiv. 1. They have done abominable 
works : none doeth good. Ps. liii. 1. 

Jer. xliv. 4. I sent unto you my ser- 
vants, the prophets, saying, Do not this 


abominable thing that I hate. (Ezek. 
xxiii. 36.) Ver. 7. Wherefore commit ye 
this great evil against your own souls ? 

Ezek. xviii. 24. When the righteous 
doeth according to the abominations that 
the wicked man doeth, he shall die. 

xxxiii. 29. They shall know that I am 
the Lord, when I have laid the land deso- 
late for all their abominations. 

Rev. xxi. 8. The fearful and unbeliev- 
ing, and the abominable, &.c. shall have 
their part in the lake that burneth with 
fire and brunstone. — Ver. 27. There shall 
in no wise enter into the kingdom of hea- 
ven, anything that defileth or worketh an 
abomination. 

These things are an abomination in the 
sight of God, viz. The sacrifice, the way, 
the thoughts of the wicked, Prov. xv. 8, 
9. 26. — He that justifieth the wicked, 
Prov. xvii. 15. — The firoward, Prov, iii. 32. 
— xi. 28. — He tliat turneth away his ear 
from hearing the law, Ch. xxviii. 9. — 
Those that deny God in works, Tit. i. 16. 


THE JUST. 

CXIII. Promises to the just, and pray- 
ers for them. Ps. vii. 9. O let the wicked- 
ness of the wicked come to an end, but 
establish the just. 

Prov. iii. 33, The curse of the Lord is 
in the house of the wicked, but he bless- 
eth the habitation of the just. 

iv. 18. The path of the just, is as the 
shining light, that shineth more and more 
unto the perfect day. 

X. 6, 7. Blessings are upon the head of 
the just, but violence covereth the mouth 
of the wicked. The memory of the just 
is blessed, but the name of the wicked 
shall rot. 

xi. 9. Through knowledge shall the just 
be delivered. 

xii. 13. The just shall come out of 
trouble. — Ver. 21. There shall no evil 
happen to the just. 

xiii. 22. The wealth of the sinner is laid 
up for the just. Job xxvii. 16, 17. 

xvii. 15. He that justifieth the wicked, 
and he that condemneth the just, even they 
are both an abomination to the Lord. — 
Ver. 26. To punish the just is not good. 

xxiv. 16. A just man falleth seven 
times, and riseth up again : but the wick- 
ed shall fall into mischief. 

Isa. xxvi. 7. Thou dost weigh the path 
of the just. 

Ezek. xviii. 5. 9. If a man be just, 


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Chap. XV. 


and do that which is lawful and right, he 
shall surely live. 

Hab. ii, 4. The just shall live by faith. 
Rom. i. 17. Gal. iii. 11. Heb. x..xJ8. 

Luke i. 17. He shall turn the disobe- 
dient to the wisdom of tlie just. 

xiv. 13. When thou makest a feast, call 
the poor, «fcc. Thou shalt be recompensed 
at the resurrection of tlie just. 

Heb. xii. 23. The spirits of just men 
made perfect. 

2 Pet. ii. 3. God delivered just Lot, 
vexed with the filthy conversation of the 
wicked. 


THE UNJUST. 

CXIV. Threatenings againstthe unjust. 
Prov. xi. 7. When a wicked man dieth 
his expectation shall perish ; and the hope 
of the unjust man perisheth. 

xxix. 27. An unjust man is an abomi- 
nation to the just. 

2 Pet. ii. 9, 10. The Lord knoweth how 
to deliver the godly out of temptations, 
and to reserve the unjust unto the day of 
judgment to be punished. But chiefly 
them tliat walk after the lusts of the flesh. 

CXV. The unjust hurtful in the earth. 
Ps. xliii. 1. O God, deliver me from the 
unjust man. 

Isa. xxvi. 10. In the land of unright- 
eousness will he deal unjustly. 

Zeph. iii. 7. The unjust knoweth no 
shame. 

Luke x\'i. 10. He that is unjust in that 
which is least, is unjust also in much. 

1 Cor. vi. 1. Dare any of you go to law 
before the unjust. 

N. B. Just and unjust in the above 
mentioned passages, arc taken from a 
more universal cliaractcr, than merely acts 
of civil justice between man and man. 


GOOD MEN. 

CXVI. The general character of a good 
man's walk or life. Gen. v. 22. Pie 
walkcth with God. Gen. vi. 9. 

xvii. 1. Walkcth before God. Ch. xxiv, 
40.— xlviii. 15. 1 Sam. ii. .35. 1 Kings 
iii. 6. — viii. 25, — ix. 4. Ps. Ivi. 13. — cxvi. 
9. Isa. xxxviii. 3. 

Matt. vi. 10. He docth the will of God. 
Heb. x. 3f). 

Ps. xl. 8. He delightcth to do God's 
wiU. 


Eph. vi. 6. He doetli God's will from 
the heart. 

Col. iv. 12. He stands complete and 
perfect in the will of God. 

1 Pet. iv. 2. He lives to the will of God. 

Exod. xvi. 4. He walked in God's law. 

Ezek. xi. 20. In God's command- 
ments, statutes and judgments. Ps. 
Ixxxix. 30. Ezek. xviii. 9. — xx. 19. — 
xxxvii. 24. Zech. x. 12. Luke i. 6. Gal. 
vi. 10. 

Ps. cxxviii. 1. In God's ways. Ps. 
cxix. 3. — cxliii. 8. Isa. ii. 3. Jer. vi. 16. 
Hos. xiv. 9. 

xxvi. 3. In God's truth. Ps. IxxxvL 11. 
Isa. ii. 5. — xxxviii. 3. 2 John 4. 6. 
3 John 3, 4. 

Col. i. 10. Worthy of God, to please 
him. 1 Thcss. iv. ]. 

ii. 6. Walk in Christ. 1 John ii. 6. 
Walk as Christ walked. 

Gal. V. 10. Walk after the Spirit. Rom. 
viii. 12. Led by the Spirit. 

Eph. v. 8. In the light. John viii. 12. 
— xii. 35. 1 John i. 7. 

iv. 1. Worthy of his vocation. 1 Cor. 
vii. 17. 

Rom. vi. 14. Walketh in newness of 
life. Gal. vi. 16. 

Prov. xxviii. 26. Walketh wisely. Eph. 
V. 15. Col. iv. 5. 

Rom.xiii. 13. Honestly, or honourably. 
1 Thess. iv. 12. 

To which may be added the several dis- 
positions of the heart, and duties of life 
toward God and man, to which promises 
are made. 

CXVII, Promises to the good. 2Chron 
xix. 11. Tlie Lord shall be with the good 
man. Ps. i. 3. Whatsoever he doth shall 
pros])cr. 

xxxvii. 23. The steps of a good niaa 
are ordered by the Lord. 

cxii. 5, 6. A good man shewcth favour, 
and Icndeth ; he will guide his aflairs with 
discretion. He shall not be moved for 
ever. 

Prov. ii. 20, 21. Walk in the way of 
good men, and keep the paths of the 
rigliteous. For the upright sliall dwell 
in the land, and the perfect shall remain 
in it. 

xii. 2. A good man obtaineth favour of 
the Lord, but a man of wicked devices 
will he condemn. 

xiii. 22. A good man Icavcth an inhc- 
ritance to his children's children, and 
the wealth of the sinner is laid up for the 
just. 


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Prov. xiv. 14. The backslider in heart 
shall be filled with his own ways, but a 
good man shall be satisfied from himself. 
— Ver- 19. The evil ^ow before the good, 
and the wicked at the gates of the right- 
eous. 

Eccl. ii. 26. God giveth to a man that 
is good in his sight, wisdom and know- 
ledge, and joy ; but to the sinner he giv- 
eth travel, to gather and to heap up, that 
he may give to him that is good before God. 

Matt. XXV. 21. Christ will say. Well 
done, good and faithful servant, enter into 
the joy of thy Lord. 

Rom. V. 7. For a good man some 
would even dare to die. 

EVIL MEN. 

CXVIII. Evil men. Ps. x. 15. O Lord, 

break thou the arm of the evil man. 

cxl. 1. Deliver me, O Lord, from the 
evil man. 

Prov. ii. 10 — 12. When wisdom enter- 
eth into thine heart, discretion shall pre- 
serve thee ; to deliver thee from the way 
of the evil man. 

iv. 14, 15. Enter not in the path of the 
wicked, and go not in the way of evil 
men. Avoid it, pass not by it, tm-n away 
from it, and pass away. 

xvii. 11. An evil man seeketh only 
rebellion. 

xxiv. 1. Be not thou envious against 
evil men, neither desire to be with them. 
Ver. 19, 20. 

xxviii. 5. Evil men understand not 
judgment. 

xxix. 6. In the transgression of an evil 
man is a snare. 

Matt. xii. 35. An evil man out of the 
evil treasure of his heart, bringeth forth 
evil things. 

2 Tim. iii. 9. Evil men shall wax worse 
and worse. 

PERVERSENESS. 

CXIX. Perverseness charged upon sin- 
ners. Deut. xxxii. 5. They have cor- 
rupted themselves, their spot is not the 
spot of God's children : they are a per- 
verse and crooked generation. 

1 Kings viii. 47. We have sinned and 
done perversely, we have committed wick- 
edness. 

Job ix. 20. If I say I am perfect, my 
mouth shall prove me perverse. 

xxxiii. 27. I have sinned and pervert- 
ed that which was right, and it profited 
me nothing. 

19 


Jer. iii. 21. They have perverted their 
way, and have forgotten the Lord their 
God. 

xxiii. 36. They have perverted the 
words of the living God. 

Ezek. ix. 9. The city is full of per- 
verseness, for they say, The Lord hath 
forsaken the earth, and the Lord seeth 
not. 

Matt. xvii. 17. Jesus said, O faithless 
and perverse generation. 

CXX. Threat. Numb. xxii. 33. The 
angel said to Balaam, I went out to with- 
stand thee, because thy way is perverse. 

Prov. X. 9. He that is perverse in his 
ways shall be known. 

xi. 3. The perverseness of transgres- 
sors shall destroy them. 

xii. 8. He that is of a perverse heart 
shall be despised. 

xxviii. 6. Better is the poor that walk- 
eth in his uprightness, than he that is 
perverse in his ways, though he be rich. 

Ver. 18. He that is perverse in his 
ways shall fall at once. 

Mic. iii. 9. Hear, ye that pervert all 
equity. — Ver. 12. Zion for your sakes 
shall be ploughed as a field. 

Pervei-sejips. Prov. iv. 24. — viii. 8. — 
XV. 4. — xix. 1. — xvii. 20. Isa. lix. 3. 

FROWARDNESS. 

CXXI. Threats against the froward. 
Deut. xxxii. 20. I will hide my face from 
them ; they are a very froward genera- 
tion, children in whom is no faith. 

Job V. 13. The counsel xDf the froward 
is carried headlong. 

Ps. xviii. 26. With the pure thou wilt 
shew thyself pure, and with the froward 
thou wilt shew thyself froward. 2 Sam. 
xxii. 27. 

Prov. iii. 32. The froward is an abomi- 
nation to the Lord. Ch. xi. 20. 

xvii. 20. He that hath a froward heart 
findeth no good. 

xxi. 8. The way of the froward is 
strange ; but as for the pure his work is 
right. 

xxii. 5. Thorns and snares are in the 
way of the froward; but he that doth 
keep his soul shall be far from them. 

Isa. Ivii. 7. I smote him, he went on 
frowardly in the way of his heart. 

CXXII. The righteous not froward. 
Ps. ci. 4. A froward heart shall depart 
from me. 

Prov. viii. 8. All the words of wis- 


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Stubbornness. — Bevolting. — Rebellion. Chap. XV. 


dom's mouth are righteousness, there is 
nothing froward or perverse in them. Ch. 
vi. 12. A wicked man walketh with a 
froward mouth. See froward tongue, fro- 
ward mouth. 

Prov. X. .31. The froward tongue shall 
be cut out. 

Ver. 32. The mouth of the wicked 
speaketh frowardness. Ver. 30. 

xvi. 28. A froward man sowetli strife. 
See Ch. xvii. 20. 

STUBBORNNESS. 

CXXIII. Stuhhornness, the stiff-necked 
in their own ways, and loays of their own 
sight and eyes. Exod. xxxii. 9, 10. The 
Lord said, it is a stiff-necked people. 
Let me alone that my wrath may wax hot 
against them, that I may consume them. 

xxxiii. 3. 5. The Lord said, I will not 
go up in the midst of thee, lest I consume 
thee, for thou art a stiff-necked people. 
Deut. ix. 6. 13. 

Deut. xxix. 19, 20. If any say, I shall 
have peace, though I walk in the imagi- 
nation of my heart, to add drunkenness 
to thirst, the Lord will not spare him, 
but the anger of the Lord and his jea- 
lousy shall smoke against that man, and 
all the curses that are written in this 
book shall lie upon him, and the Lord 
shall blot out his name from under 
heaven. 

1 Sam. XV. 23. Stubbornness is as ini- 
quity and idolatry. 

Jer. vii. 24. They turned not, nor in- 
clined their ear, but walked in the coun- 
sels and in the imagination of their evil 
hearts, and went backward and not for- 
ward. Ver. 25, 26. 

Ver. 29. The Lord hath rejected and 
forsaken the generation of his wrath. 

xxxi. 18. Ephraim said, Thou hast 
chastised me as a bullock unaccustomed 
to tlic yoke. 

Acts vii. 51. Ye stiff-necked and un- 
circumciscd in heart and ears, ye do al- 
ways resist the Holy Ghost. Deut. x. 16. 
2 Chron. xxx. 8. 

The same thing implied in the expres- 
sions of walking after the counsel or the 
imagination of an evil heart ; as in the 
following scriptures. Eccl. xi. 9. O young 
man, walk in the ways of thine heart, 
and in tlie sightof tliine eyes ; but know, 
that for all these tilings God will bring 
thee into judgment. 

Jer. iii. 17. Ncitlier sliall they walk 
any more after the imagination of their 


evil heart. Ch. ix. 14. — xi. 8. — xiii. 10. — 
xvi. 12. — xviii. 23. — xxiii. 17. 

REVOLTING. 

CXXIV. The wicked are revolters. 
Isa. i. 5. Why will ye be stricken any 
more ? ye will revolt more and more. 

xxxi. 6. The children of Israel have 
deeply revolted. 

Jer. V. 23 This people hath a revolt- 
ing and rebellious heart. Ch. vi. 28. 

Hos. ix. 15. I will love them no more ; 
all their princes are revolters. 

REBELLION. 

CXXV, Rebellion against God forbid- 
den. Numb. xiv. 9. Rebel not against 
the Lord; the Lord is with us. Ps. 
Ixxviii. 8. 

Josh. xxii. 29. The people said, God 
forbid that we should rebel against the 
Lord, and turn from following him. 

Threats. 1 Sam. xii. 15. If ye will 
rebel against the commandment of the 
Lord, then shall the hand of the Lord be 
against you, as it was against your fa- 
thers. 

XV. 23. Rebellion is as the sin of witch- 
craft; stubbornness is as iniquity and 
idolatry. 

Neh. ix. 26, 27. They were disobedient 
and rebelled against thee, and cast thy 
law behind their backs, and wrought great 

provocations. Therefore thou deliver- 

edst them into the hands of their enemies, 
who vexed them. 

Ps. Ixviii. 6. Rebels dwell in a dry 
land. 

cvii. 11, 12. Because they rebelled 
against the words of God, and contemned 
the counsels of the Most High; there- 
fore he brought down their heart with 
labour; they fell down, and there was 
none to help. See Numb, xx. 24, — xxvii. 
14. Deut. i. 26. 43.— ix. 7. 23, 24.— 
xxxi. 27. 

Isa. i. 2. I have nourished and brought 
up children, and they have rebelled against 
me, — Ver. 9, Except tlie Lord had left 
us a very small remnant, wc sliould have 
been as Sodom, and like unto Gomorrali. 
Ver. 19, 20. 

xxx. 1 . Wo to the rebellious children, 
saith the Lord, that take counsel, but 
not of me ; and that cover with a cov- 
ering, but not of my Spirit. — Ver. 9. 
Tliis is a rebellious people, lying chil- 
dren,, that will not hear the law of the 
Lord. 


Chap. XV. 


Enemies, ^Adversaries. — Wicked, 


233 


Isa. xlv. 9. Woe to him that striveth 
with his Maker. 

Ixiii. 10. They rebelled and vexed his 
holy Spirit, therefore he was turned to be 
their enemy, and he fought against them. 

Ixv. 2, 3. I have spread out mine hands 
all the day unto a rebellious people, which 
walketh in a way that is not good, after 
their own thoughts. A peo{)le that pro- 
voketh me to anger continually to my 
face. — Ver. 6. I will recompense into 
their bosom their iniquities. 

Jer. iv. 17, 18. Enemies are against 
her round about, because she hath been 
rebellious against me, saith the Lord. 
Thy ways and thy doings have procured 
these things unto thee. 

Lam. i. 13. From above he hath sent 
fire into my bones, «S&c. — Ver. 18. The 
Lord is righteous, for I have rebelled 
against his commandments. 

iii. 42, 43. We have transgressed and 
rebelled. Thou hast covered with anger, 
and persecuted trs. 

Ezek. XX. 8. They rebelled against me ; 
then I said, I will pour out my fury upon 
them, to accomplish mine anger against 
them. Ver. 13. 21. 38. 

Dan. ix. 5. We have sinned, and have 
committed iniquity, and have done wick- 
edly, and have rebelled even by departing 
from thy precepts, and from thy judg- 
ments. 

Hos. vii. 13. Woe unto them that re- 
bel against me. Ch. xiii. 18. 


ENEMIES, ADVERSARIES. 

CXXVI. Enemies, adversaries of the 
Lord. Deut. xxxii. 43. God will render 
vengeance to his adversaries. 

1 Sam. ii. 10. The adversaries of the 
Lord shall be broken to pieces. 

Ps. xxxvii. 20. The enemies of the Lord 
shall be as the fat of lambs, into smoke 
shall they consume away. 

Ixviii. 1. Let God arise, let his enemies 
be scattered. (Ps. Ixxxiii. 1, 2.) Ver. 21. 
God shall wound the head of his enemies. 

xcvii. 3. A fire goeth before him, and 
burnetii up his enemies round about. 

Isa. i. 24. I will ease me of mine ad- 
versaries, and avenge me of mine enemies, 
saith the Lord. 

' lix. 18. According to their deeds, he 
will repay, fury to his adversaries. 

Ixiv. 2. Make thy name known to thine 
adversaries. 

Ixvi. 6. A voice of noise from the city, 


a voice of the Lord, that rendereth re- 
compense to his enemies. — Ver. 14. The 
indignation of the Lord shall be known 
toward his enemies. 

Jer. xlvi, 10. This is the day of the 
Lord God of hosts, a day of vengeance, 
that he may avenge him of his adversaries. 

Nah. i. 2. The Lord will take ven- 
geance on his adversaries ; he reserveth 
wrath for his enemies. — Ver. 8. Darkness 
shall pursue his enemies, 

Heb. X. 27. Fiery indignation shall 
devour the adversaries. Ver. 13. 

CXXVII. Deliverance from enmity 
against God. Rom. v. 10. When we 
were enemies, we were reconciled by the 
death of his Son. 

Col. i. 21. You who were enemies in 
your minds by wicked works, hath he re- 
conciled. 


THE WICKED. 

CXXVIII. God's threatenings against 
the wicked. Exod. xxiii. 7. I will not 
justify the wicked. Nah. i. 3. The Lord 
will not acquit the wicked. 

Deut. xxviii. 20. The Lord shall send 
upon thee cursing, vexation, and rebuke, 
in all that thou settest thine hand unto for 
to do ; until thou be destroyed, and until 
thou perish quickly, because of the wick- 
edness of thy doings, whereby thou hast 
forsaken me. 

2 Sam. iii. 39. The Lord will reward 
the doer of evil, according to his wicked- 
ness. Ps. xxviii. 4. — xciv. 23. Isa. xiv. 
16. 

2 Chron. vi. 23. Judge thy servants, by 
requiting the wicked, by recompensing 
his way upon his own head. 

Job X. 3. God will not shine upon the 
counsel of the wicked. 

XX. 23. God shall cast the fury of his 
wrath upon the wicked, and rain it upon 
them. 

xxi. 17. How oft is the candle of the 
wicked put out? and how oft cometh 
their destruction upon them ? God distri- 
buteth sorrows in his anger. 

Ver. 19, 20. God layeth up his iniquity 
for his children ; he rewardeth him, and 
he shall know it. His eyes shall see his 
destruction, and he shall drink of the 
wrath of the Almighty. 

xxvii. 13. This is the portion of a wick- 
ed man from God. See to ver. 22. For God 
shall cast upon him, and shall not spare. 


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Tlie Wicked. 


Chap. XV. 


Job xxxvi. 6. God preservetli not the 
life of the wicked. 

Ps. V. 4. Thou art not a God that hast 
pleasure in wickedness. Ps. xi. 5. 

vii. 11. God is angry with the wicked 
every day. 

ix. 5. Thou hast destroyed the wick- 
ed, thou liast put out tlieir memory for 
ever. 

X. 15. Break thou the arm of the 
wicked. Ps. xxxvii. 17. The arras of the 
wicked shall be broken, 

xi. 6. Upon the wicked God shall rain 
snares, fire and brimstone, and an horri- 
ble tempest, this shall be the portion of 
their cup. Jer. xxiii. 19. — xxx. 23. 

xxviii. 3. Draw me not away with the 
wicked. — Ver. 4. Give them accord- 
ing to their deeds. — Ver. 5. The Lord 
shall destroy them and not build them 
up. 

Ixxiii. 18. Thou didst set the wicked in 
slippery places. 

Ixxv, 8. For in the hand of the Lord 
tliere is a cup, and the wine is red ; it is 
full of mixture, and he poureth out of the 
same ; but tlie dregs thereof all the wick- 
ed of tlie earth shall wring them out, and 
drink them. 

xciv. 3. Lord, how long shall tlie 
wicked triumpli ? — Ver. 23. God shall 
bring upon them their own iniquity. 

cvii. 34. God turneth a fruitful land 
into barrenness, for the wickedness of 
them that dwell therein. Jer. xii. 4. 

cxix. 119. Thou puttest away all the 
wicked of the earth like dross. 

cxxix. 4. The Lord hath cut asunder 
the cords of the wicked. 

cxxxix. 19. Surely thou wilt slay the 
wicked, O God. 

cxl. 8. Grant not, O Lord, the desire 
of the wicked. 

cxlv. 20. All the wicked will the Lord 
destroy. 

cxlvi. 9. The way of the wicked he 
turneth upside-down. 

cxlvii. 6. TJie Lord castcth the wick- 
ed down to the ground. 

Prov. iii. 33. The curse of the Lord 
is in the house of the wicked. 

vi. 18. The Lord dotli hate an heart 
that deviseth wicked imaginations. Ch. 
xii. 2. 

x. 3. God casteth away the substance 
of the wicked. 

XV. 8, 9. 26. The sacrifice of the wick- 
ed, the way of the wicked, the tlioughts 
of the wicked, arc an abomination to the 
Lord. Ver. 21. 27. 


Ver. 29. The Lord is far from the 
wicked. 

vi. 4. The Lord hath made the wicked 
for the day of evil. Mai. iv. 1. 

xxi. 12. God overthroweth the wicked 
for his Avickedness. Isa. xiii. 11. 

Isa. xi. 4. With the breath of his lips, 
God shall slay the wicked. 2 Thess. ii. 8. 

xiv. 5. The Lord hath broken the staff 
of the wicked. 

Ivii. 21. There is no peace saith my 
God to the wicked. Ch. xlviii. 22. — 
hx. 8. 

Jer. i. 16. I will utter my judgments 
(saith tlie Lord) against them, for all their 
wickedness. 

ii. 33. Thou hast taught the wicked 
ones thy ways. — Ver. 35. Behold, I will 
plead with thee, saith the Lord. 

vii. 12. See what I did to Shiloh, for 
the wickedness of my people. 

xiv. 16. I will pour their own wicked- 
ness upon them. 

XXV. 31. God shall give them that are 
wicked to the sword. Ezek. xxxi. 11. 

xxxiii. 5. For their wickedness I have 
liid my face from this city. 

xliv. 9. Have ye forgotten the wicked- 
ness of your fathers, and the wickedness 
of your kings, &c. — Ver. 11. I will set 
my face against you for evil. 

Hos. vii. 1, 2. I remember all their 
wickedness. 

ix. 15. For the wickedness of their 
doings I will drive them out of my 
house. 

Joel iii. 13. Put ye in the sickle, «&:.c. 
for their wickedness is great. 

Jonah i. 2. Cry against Nineveh, for 
their wickedness is come up before me. 

Hab. iii. 13. Thou woundest the head 
out of the house of the wicked. 

Zcph. i. 3. I will consume man and 
beast, and the stumbling-blocks with the 
wicked. 

Mai. iv. 1. Behold, the day cometh 
that shall burn as an oven, and all the 
proud, yea, and all that do wickedly shall 
be stubble ; and the day that cometh shall 
burn them up, saith the Lord of hosts, 
that it shall leave them neither root nor 
brancli. Prov. xvi. 4. 

Matt. xxiv. 51. The Lord of the evil 
servant shall cut him asunder, and ap- 
point him liis portion with hypocrites; 
there shall be weeping and gnashing of 
teeth. Ch. xviii. 32. 34. 

CXXIX. Threatening against the 
wicked, of evils as the consequences of 


Chap. XV. 


The Wicked. 


235 


wickedness under the providential govern- 
ment of God. Job iv. 8. They that plough 
iniquity and sow wickedness, reap the 
same. Prov. xxii. 8. Gal. vi. 7, 8. 

viii. 22. The dwelling-place of the 
wicked shall come to nought. Ch. xxi. 
28. 

xi. 20. The eyes of the wicked shall 
fail. 

XV. 20. The wicked man travelleth 
w'ith pain all his days. — Ver. 24. Trouble 
and anguish shall make him afraid. See 
to ver. 31. 

Job xviii. 5, 6. The light of the wicked 
shall be put out, and the spark of his fire 
shall not shine. The light shall be dark 
in his tabernacle. See to ver. 21. 

Ver. 21. Surely such are the dwellings 
of the wicked. 

XX. 5. The triumphing of the wicked 
is short. See to ver. 29. 

Ver. 12. Though wickedness be sweet 
in his mouth. — Ver. 16. He shall suck 
the poison of asps. 

Ver. 29. This is the portion of a 
wicked man from God, and the heritage 
appointed unto him by God. Ch. xxvii. 
13 to 23. 

xxi. 7. Wherefore do the wicked live, 
become old, yea, are mighty in power ? 
—Ver. 16. Ch. xxii. 18. Ch. xxiv. 24. 
They are exalted for a little, but are gone 
and brought low : they are taken out of 
the way, and cut off as the tops of the 
ears of corn. 

Ver. 17. How oft is the candle of the 
wicked put out. (Prov. xiii. 9. — xxiv. 
20.) Ver. 30. The wicked is reserved 
to the day of destruction ; they shall be 
brought forth to the day of wrath. Prov. 
xvi. 4. 

xxii. 15. Hast thou marked the old 
way, which wicked men have trodden ? 
Which were cut down out of time, 
whose foundation was overthrown with a 
flood. 

xxiv. 20. The worm shall feed sweetly 
upon him, and he shall be no more re- 
membered ; and wickedness shall be bro- 
ken as a tree. 

xxvii. 7. Let mine enemy be as the 
wicked. — Ver. 13. This is his portion. 

Ver. 14 — 17. If his children be multi- 
plied, it is for the sword; and his off- 
spring shall not be satisfied with bread. 
Though he heap up silver as the dust, 
and prepare raiment as the clay : (Hab. 
ii. 5.) He may prepare it, but the just 
shall put it on, and the innocent shall 
divide the spoil, 

19* 


Ver. 18. He buildeth his house as a 
moth, and as a booth that the keeper 
maketh.— Ver. 20, 21. Terrors take hold 
on him as waters, a tempest stealeth 
him away in the night. The east wind 
carrieth him away, and he departeth ; 
and as a storm hurleth him out of his 
place. 

Job xxxi. 3. Is not destruction to the 
wicked ? and a strange punishment to the 
workers of iniquity ? Ps. liii. 5. 

xxxviii. 15. From the wicked their 
light is withholden. 

Ps. ix. 16. The wicked is snared in 
the work of his own hands. Ps. x. 2. 

Ver. 17. The wicked shall be turned 
into hell, and all the nations that forget 
God. 

xxxi. 17. Let the wicked be ashamed ; 
let them be silent in the grave. 

xxxii. 10. Many sorrows shall be to 
the wicked. 

xxxiv. 21. Evil shall slay the wicked, 
and they that hate the just shall be de^ 
solate. 

xxxvii. 10. Yet a little while and the 
wicked shall not be. — Ver. 17. The arms 
of the wicked shall be broken. 

Ver. 20. The wicked shall perish, and 
the enemies of the Lord shall be as the 
fat of rams. Ps. Iviii. 7. 

Ver. 28. The seed of the wicked shall 
be cut off. 

Ver. 35. I have seen the wicked great 
in power.- — Ver. 38. But the end of the 
wicked shall be cut off. Ver. 34. 

Iv. 15. Let death seize upon the 
wicked. 

Iviii. 10. The righteous shall wash his 
feet in the blood of the wicked. 

xcii. 7. When the wicked spring up 
as grass ; it is that they may be destroyed 
for ever. Ver. 11. Ps, xciv. 3. 13. 

cvi. 18. A fire was kindled, the flame 
burned up the wicked. 

cxix. 155. Salvation is far from the 
wicked. 

cxli. 10. Let the wicked fall into their 
own nets. 

Prov. ii. 22. The wicked shall be cut off 
from the earth, and the transgressors shall 
be rooted out of it. 1 Sam. xii. 25. 

iv. 19. The way of the wicked is as 
darkness, they know not at what they 
stumble. 

v. 22. His own iniquity shall take the 
wicked himself, and he shall be holden 
with the cords of his sin. 

X. 2. Treasures of wickedness profit 
nothing. Ver, 3. 


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The mcked. 


Chap. XV. 


Prov. X. 7. The name of the wicked 
shall rot. 

Vcr. 21. The fear of the wicked shall 
come upon him. — Ver. 27. His years 
shall be shortened. Ps, Iv. 23. 

Ver. 30. The wicked shall not inhabit 
the earth. 

xi. 5. The wicked shall fall by his own 
wickedness. 

Ver. 8. The righteous is delivered out 
of trouble ; but the wicked cometh in his 
stead. 

Ver. 21. The wicked shall not be un- 
punished. — Ver. 31. The wicked and the 
sinner shall be recompensed in the cartii. 

xii. 3. A man shall not be established 
by wickedness. — Ver. 7. The wicked are 
overthrown, and are not. 

Ver. 13. The wicked is snared by the 
transgression of his lips. 

Ver. 21. The wicked shall be filled 
with mischief 

Ver. 26. The way of the wicked se- 
duceth them. 

xiii. 5. A wicked man is loathsome, 
and cometh to shame. 

Ver. 6. Wickedness overthroweth the 
sinner. 

Ver. 25. The belly of the wicked shall 
want. 

xiv. 11, The house of tlie wicked shall 
be overthrown. 

Ver. 17. A man of wicked devices is 
hated. 

Ver. 19. The wicked bow at the gates 
of the righteous. 

Ver. 32. The wicked is driven away 
in his wickedness. 

XV. 6. In the revenues of the wicked 
is trouble. 

xviii. 3. When tlie wicked cometh, 
then cometh contempt. 

xxi. 18. The wicked shall be a ransom 
for tlie righteous. 

xxiv. 16. The wicked shall fall into 
mischief — Ver. 20. The candle of the 
wicked shall be put out. 

xxvi. 26. The v/ickedness of the wick- 
ed sliall be shewed before the whole con- 
gregation. 

xxviii. 1. The wicked fleeth when no 
man pursueth. Job xv. 21. 

Ver. 4. Such as keep the law contend 
with the wicked. 

Eccl. viii. 8. Wickedness shall not de- 
liver those given to it. 

Ver. 10. I saw the wicked buried, and 
they were forgotten. — Vcr. 13. It sliall 
not be well with tlie wicked, neither shall 
he prolong his days. 


Isa. iii. 11. Woe to the wicked, it shall 
be ill Avith him ; the reward of his hands 
shall be given him. 

ix. 18. Wickedness burneth as the 
fire. 

xlvii. 10, 11. Thou hast trusted in thy 
wickedness. Therefore shall evil come 
upon thee. 

Ivii. 20. The wicked are like the 
troubled sea when it cannot rest, whose 
waters cast up mire and dirt. 

Jer. ii. 19. TJiine own wickedness 
shall correct thee, and thy backslidings 
shall reprove thee. 

iii. 2, 3. Thou hast polluted the land 
witli thy wickedness : therefore there hath 
been no latter rain. 

iv. 18. Thy ways and thy doings have 
procured these things unto tlvee : this is 
thy wickedness because it is bitter. 

V. 25, 26. Your iniquities and your 
sins have withholden good things from 
you. For among my people are found 
wicked men. 

vi. 6, 7. This is the city to be visited : 
for as a fountain casteth out her waters, 
so she casteth out her wickedness. 

xii. 1. Wherefore doth the way of the 
wicked prosper. 

Ver. 4. How long shall the land 
mourn, and the herbs of the field wi- 
ther ? for the wickedness of them that 
dwell therein, the beasts are consumed, 
&c. 

xliv. 3. The cities are a desolation, 
because of their wickedness. 

Ezek. iii. 18. The wicked man shall 
die in his wickedness. Ver. 9. Ch. xxxiii. 
8, 9. 14. 

xviii. 20. The wickedness of the 
wicked shall be upon him. — Ver. 24. 
When the righteous turneth away from 
his righteousness, and committeth ini- 
quity, and doeth according to all the 
abominations that the wicked man doeth, 
shall he live ? all his righteousness that 
he hatli done shall not be mentioned in 
his trespass tliat he hath trespassed, and 
in his sins that he hath sinned, in them 
shaU he die. Ver. 26, 27. 

xxxiii. 8. O wicked man thou shalt 
surely die. 

Hos. X. 13, 14. Ye have ploughed 
wickedness, ye have reaped iniquity. 
Therefore sliall a tumult arise among thy 
people, and all thy fortresses shall be 
spoiled. 

Nah. i. 19. There is no healing of thy 
hurt, for on whom hath not thy wicked', 
ness passed. 


Chap. XV. 


Sinners, 


237 


Matt. xiii. 49. At the end of the world, 
the angels shall sever the wicked from 
among the just; and shall cast them into 
a furnace of fire; there shall be wailing, 
and gnashing of teeth. 

SINNERS. 

CXXX. Sinners; God's ihreatnings 
against them. Ex. xxxii. 33, 34. The 
Lord said to Moses, Whosoever hath sin- 
ned against me, him will I blot out of 
my book. I will visit their sin upon them. 

xxxiv. 7. God will by no means clear 
the guilty. 

Jos. xxiv. 19. He is a jealous God, 
he will not forgive their transgressions 
nor their sins. 

2 Chron. vi. 22, 23. If a man sin against 
his neighbour ; then judge thy servants 
by requiting the wicked. 

Ps. xc. 7, 8. We are consumed by 
thine anger, and by thy wrath we are 
troubled. Thou hast set our iniquities 
before thee, and our secret sins in the 
light of thy countenance. 

Prov. viii. 36. He that sinneth against 
me, wrongeth his own soul. Num. xvi. 38. 

Eccl. ii. 26. To the sinner God giveth 
travail. 

Isa. xiii. 9. The Lord shall destroy 
the sinners of the land out of it. 

XXX. 1. Woe unto rebellious children, 
saith the Lord, &.c. who add sin to sin. 

Jer. ii. 25. I will plead with thee, saith 
the Lord, because of thy sins. 

XV. 13. Thy substance will I give to 
thine enemies, because of thy sins. Ch. 
xvii. 3—1. 14. 

Ezek. xiv. 15. When the land sinneth, 
I will break the staff of bread. 

xviii. 4. The soul that sinneth it shall 
die. Ver. 20. 

xxi. 24. In all your doings, your sins 
appear, &c. ; he shall be taken, &c. 

xxviii. 16. Thou hast sinned, therefore 
I will cast thee as profane out of the 
mountain of God. 

Hos. iv. 7. They sinned against me, 
therefore will I change their glory into 
ehame. — Ver. 9. I will punish them for 
their ways. 

ix. 9. I will visit their sin. 

Amos v. 12. I know your manifold 
transgressions, and your mighty sins. 

ix. 8. The eyes of the Lord are upon 
tlie sinful kingdom, and he will destroy it 
from off the face of the earth. — Ver. 10. 
The sinners of my people shall die by the 
sword, 


Mic. vi. 13. I will make thee a deso- 
lation because of thy sins. 

John xvi. 8. The Spirit shall reprove 
the world of sin. 

2 Pet. ii. 4. God spared not the angels 
that sinned, but cast them down to hell. 

Jude 15. The Lord cometh to execute 
judgment, and to convince ungodly sin- 
ners of their ungodly deeds. 

CXXXI. Sinners threatened with va- 
rious evils under the providence of God^ 
Deut. xxiv. 16. Every one shall die for 
his own sin. Lev. xxii..9. 2 Kings xiv. 
6. 2 Chron. xxv. 4. Ezek. xviii. 20. 

Job XX. 11. His bones are full of the 
sin of his youth, which shall lie down 
with him iri the dust. 

Ps. i. 5. Sinners shall not stand in the 
congregation of the righteous. 

xxxviii. 6. There is no rest in my 
bones because of my sins. 

Prov. xiii. 21, 22. Evil pursueth sin- 
ners. Their wealth is laid up for the just. 

xiv. 34^ Sin is a reproach to any people. 

xxiv. 9. The sinner is an abomination 
among men. 

Isa. i. 28. The destruction of the trans- 
gressors, and of the sinner shall be to- 
gether, and they that forsake the Lord 
shall be consumed. 

xxxiii. 14. The sinners in Zion are 
afraid : who among us shall dwell with 
everlasting burnings ? 

Ixv. 20. The sinner being an hundred 
years old, shall be accursed. 

Jer. xl. 3. Because you have sinned 
against the Lord, this is come upon you. 
Ch. xliv. 23. 

1. 7. Their enemies prevailed, and 
said. We offend not, because they have 
sinned. Zech. i. 17. 

Lam. i. 8. Jerusalem hath grievously 
sinned, therefore she is removed, all 
-that honoured her despise her. Ezek. 
xvi. 52. 

V. 7. Our fathers have sinned and are 
not, and we have borne their iniquities. 
— Ver. 16. Woe unto us that we have 
sinned. 

Ezek. xxxiii. 10. If our sins be upon 
us, &LC. how should we live ? — Ver. 12. 
The righteous shall not be able to live in 
the day that he sinneth. 

Hos. xiii. 2, 3. They sin more and 
more. They shall be as the morning 
cloud, and the early dew that passeth 
away; as the chaff that is driven away 
with the whirlwind out of the floor, and 
as the smoke out of the chimney. 


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Chap. XV. 


Mic. i. 5. For the sins of the house of 
Israel is all this evil. 

Rom. ii. 12. As many as have sinned 
witliout law shall perish without law. 

V. 14. Death reign eth from Adam to 
Moses, even over them that had not sin- 
ned after the similitude of Adam's trans- 
gressions. — Ver. 10. 21. Sin reigned un- 
to death. 

vi. 23. The wages of sin is death. 

vii. 5. The motions of sin did work 
i n our members to bring forth fruit unto 
deatli. — Ver. 9. Sin revived and I died. — 
Ver. 11. Sin slew me. 

1 Cor.^xv. 56. The sting of death is sin. 

2 Thess. ii. 3. The man of sin is the 
son of perdition. 

1 Tim. i. 9. The law is made for sin- 
ners. 

Heb. X. 26, 27. If we sin wilfully after 
we have received the knowledge of the 
truth, there remaineth no more sacrifice 
for sin : but a certain fearful looking-for 
of judgment, and fiery indignation, that 
shall devour the adversaries. Ch. iv. 6. 

James i. 15. Sin when finished bring- 
eth forth death. 

1 John v, 17. There is a sin unto death. 
Matt. xii. 31. 


TRANSGRESSORS. 

CXXXII. Transgressors ; threatenings 
against them. Prov. xi. 3. The perverse- 
ness of transgressors shall destroy them. 
Ver. 6. 

xiii. 2. The soul of the transgressor 
shall eat violence. Ver. 15. 

xxvi. 10. The great God that formed 
all things, rewardeth transgressors. 

Isa. xxiv. 5, 6. The earth is defiled 
under the inhabitants thereof, because 
they have transgressed: Therefore hath 
the curse devoured the earth. — Ver. 20. 
The transgression of the earth shall be 
heavy upon it. 

Ixvi. 24. The men that have trans- 
gressed against me, their worm shall not 
die, neither shall their fire be quenched, 
and they shall be an abhorring to all flesh. 

Jer. xxxiv. 18. 20. I will give the men 
that have transgressed into the hand of 
their enemies. 

Ezek. xiv. 10, 11. They shall bear the 
punishment of their iniquity ; that they 
may no more go astray, nor be jjolluted 
with their transgressions. 

XX. 38. I will purge from among you 
the rebels, and them that transgress. 


xxxix. 24. According to their unclean- 
ness, and according to their transgres- 
sions have I done unto them, and liid my 
face fi-om them. 

Hos. vi. 13. Woe unto them, for they 
have fled from me; destruction unto them, 
for they have transgressed against me. 

Matt. XV. 3. Why do ye transgress the 
commandments of God by your tradi- 
tion ? 

Acts i. 25. Judas by transgression fell 
from the ministry. 

Heb. ii. 2, 3. If the word spoken by 
angels was steadfast, and every trans- 
gression received a just recompense of 
reward ; how shall we escape if we ne- 
gleet so great salvation ? 

1 John iii. 4. Sin is the transgression 
of the law. 

2 John 9. Whosoever transgresseth, 
and abideth not in the doctrine of Christ, 
hath not God. 

See particular calamities threatened 
against transgressors in the civil state, 
Prov. xxviii. 2. — In the church, Isa. xliii. 
27. — Destruction by wild beasts, Isa. v. 
6. — From famine and pestilence, Amos 
iv. 2 to ver. 10. 

INIQUITY. 

CXXXIII. Iniquity forbidden. Job 
xxii. 23. Put iniquity far from thy taber- 
nacles. 

xxvi. 10. God commanded that they 
return from iniquity, 

Jer. xxxvi. 3. It may be that they will 
return every one from his evil way, that I 
may forgive their iniquity. 

Ezek. xviii. 8. 17. He that hath with- 
drawn his hands from iniquity, he shall 
not die for the iniquity of his father. 

Dan. -iv. 27. Break off thy sins by 
righteousness, and thine iniquity by 
shewing mercy to the poor. 

Zcph. iii. 13. The remnant shall not 
do iniquity. 

Acts iii. 26. God sent his Son to bless 
you, in turning every one from his ini- 
quity. 

Rom. vi. 19. Yield your members ser- 
vants to righteousness. 

2 Tim. ii. 19. Let every one that 
nameth the name of Christ, depart from 
iniquity. 

Tit. ii. 14. Christ gave himself for us, 
that lie might redeem us from all ini- 
quity. 

Heb. i. 9. Thou hast loved righteous- 
ness, and hated iniquity. 


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CXXXIV. God's threatenings against 
the icorkers thereof. Gen. xliv. 16. Judah 
said unto Joseph, God hath found out the 
iniquity of thy servants. 

Lev. xviii. 25. The land is defiled, 
therefore I do visit the iniquity thereof 
upon it ; the land doth vomit out her in- 
habitants. 

2 Sam. vii. 14. If he commit iniquity 
I will chasten him with the rod of men. 
Ps. Ixxxix. 32. 

Job xiii. 26. Thou writest bitter things 
against me, and makest me to possess the 
iniquities of my youth. 

xiv. 17. My transgression is sealed up 
in a bag, and thou sewest up mine ini- 
quities. 

Ps. V. 5. Thou hatest all the workers of 
iniquity. 

ex. 8. Thou settest our iniquities be- 
fore thee, our secret sins in the light of 
thy countenance. Job x. 6. 14. — xxxiv. 22. 

xciv. 16. Who will stand up for me 
against the workers of iniquity ? — Ver. 
23. God shall bring upon them their 
own iniquities, and shall cut them off in 
their own wickedness. 

cxxv. 5. Such as turn aside, God shall 
lead forth with the Vv^orkers of iniquity. 

Isa. xiii. 11. I will punish the wicked 
for their iniquity. 

xxii. 14. This iniquity shall not be 
purged from you, till ye die, saith the 
Lord of hosts. 

xxvi. 21. The Lord cometh out of his 
place to punish the inhabitants of the 
earth for their iniquity. 

xxxi. 2. God will arise against the 
house of evil-doers, and against the help 
of them that work iniquity. 

lix. 2. Your iniquities have separated 
between you and your God, and your sins 
have hid his face from you. 

Ixiv. 7. Thou hast consumed us be- 
cause of our iniquities. 

Jer. ii. 22. Thine iniquity is marked 
before me, saith the Lord. 

ix. 5. They weary themselves to com- 
mit iniquity. — Ver. 9. Shall not my soul 
be avenged of such a nation ? 

xi. 10, 11. They are turned back to 
tlie iniquity of their forefathers. I will 
bring evil upon them that they shall not 
escape. 

xiv. 10. I will now remember their 
iniquities, and visit their sins. Hos. viii. 
13.— ix. 9. 

xvi. 10. Wherefore hath the Lord pro- 
nounced all this great evil against us ?-^ 
Ver. 17, 18. Mine eyes are upon all their 


ways, neither is their iniquity hid from 
mine eyes. I will recompense their ini- 
quity. 

XXV. 12. I will punish that nation for 
their iniquity, and make it a desolation. 

XXX. 14, 15. I have Avounded thee for 
the multitude of thine iniquities, and be- 
cause thy sins are increased. For the 
multitude of thine iniquities, I have done 
these things unto thee. Hos. ix. 7. 

xxxvi. 31. I will punish him [Jehoia- 
chim] and his seed, and his servants, for 
their iniquity. 

li. 6. Flee out of Babylon; be not cut 
off in her iniquities ; for this is the time 
of the Lord's vengeance. Gen. xix. 15. 

Ezek. ix. 9, 10. The iniquity of the 
house of Israel and Judah is exceeding 
great. Mine eye shall not spare, neither 
will I have pity. 

xvi. 49, 50. This was the iniquity of 
thy sister Sodom, pride, idleness, fulness 
of bread, &c. Therefore I took them 
away as I saw good. Ver. 52. 

xxi. 23. God will call to remembrance 
the iniquity, that they may be taken. Ver. 
24, 25. 29. Chap. xxix. 16. 

xxxviii. 18. Thou hast defiled thy sanc- 
tuaries by the multitude of thine iniqui- 
ties ; therefore I will bring forth a fire, 
and it shall devour thee, and bring thee 
to ashes. 

Amos iii. 2. I will punish you for all 
your iniquities. 

Hab. i. 3. Why dost thou shew me 
iniquity? — Ver. 13. The Lord cannot 
look upon iniquity. 

Matt. vii. 23. Christ will say in the day 
of judgment. Depart from me, ye that 
work iniquity. 

xiii. 41. He shall cast them who do 
iniquity, into a furnace of fire. 

Rev. xviii. 5, 6. Babylon's sins have 
reached unto heaven, God hath remem- 
bered her iniquities. Reward her even 
as she rewarded you, and double unto her 
double. 

CXXXV. The punishment of iniquity 
threatened under the providential govern' 
ment of God, intermixed with instances 
thereof. Gen. iv. 16. Cain said, My 
punishment (or iniquity) is greater than 
I can bear. 

XV. 16. The iniquity of the Amorites 
is not yet full. 

Rev. xxvi. 39. They shall pine away in 
their iniquity, in your enemies' lands, and 
the iniquity of your fathers, Ezek. xxiv, 
23. 


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Job XX. 27. The heavens shall reveal 
the wicked man's iniquity, and the earth 
shall rise up ag-ainst him. — Ver. 22. 
Every hand of the wicked shall be upon 
him. 

' xxi. 19. God layeth up his iniquity for 
his children. 

Ps. vii. 14. The wdcked travelleth with 
iniquity, 

xxxi. 10. My life is spent with grief, 
and my years with sighing ; my strength 
failcth because of mine iniquity. 

xxxvii. 1. The workers of iniquity shall 
be cut down. Ps. xxxvi. 12. 

xcii. 7. AVhen the wicked spring as 
the grass, and the workers of iniquity do 
flourish, it is that they shall be destroyed 
for ever. Ver. 9. 

cvi. 43. They were brought low for 
their iniquity. 

cvii. 17. Fools because of their trans- 
gression, and because of their iniquities, 
are brought low. 

Prov. V, 22. His own iniquity shall take 
the wicked himself, and he shall be holden 
with the cords of his sins. 

X. 29. Destruction shall be to the 
workers of iniquity. 

Isa. V. 18. Woe unto them that draw 
iniquity with cords of vanity, and sin as 
it were with a cart rope. 

xxix. 20. All that watch for iniquity 
are cut off. 

XXX. 1.3. Iniquity shall be unto you as 
a breach ready to fall. 

1. 1. For your iniquities ye have sold 
yourselves. 

Lxiv. 6. Our iniquities like the wind 
have carried us away. 

Jer. V. 25. Your iniquities have turned 
away these things, and your sins have 
withholden good things from you. 

xiii. 22. For the greatness of thine ini- 
quity are thy skirts discovered, &c. 

xxxi. 30. Every one shall die for his 
own iniquity. Ezck. iii. 18, 19, &c. 

Lam. iv. 6. The punishment of the 
iniquity of my people is greater than the 
sin of Sodom. 

Ezck. iv. 16, 17. They shall drink 
water by measure, and with astonishment. 
They sh;ill want bread and water, and 
consume away for their iniquity. 

xxxii. 27. 'Pheir iniquity shall be upon 
their bones. 

xxxiii. 6. lie is taken away in his ini- 
quity. — Ver. 8. He shall die in his ini- 
quity. Ver, 9. 13. 18. 

xxxix. 23. The house of Israel went 
into captivity for their iniquity. 


Dan. ix. 16. Fhr our sins, and the ini- 
quities of our fathers, we arc become a 
reproach. 

Hos. xiv. 1. Israel, return unto the 
Lord ; for thou hast fallen by thine iniquity. 

Mic. ii. 1. Woe unto them that devise 
iniquity, and work evil upon their beds. 

Hab. ii. 12. Woe to him that buildeth 
a town with blood, and establisheth a city 
by iniquity. Mic. iii. 10. 

Matt, xxiii. 28. Ye are full of hypocrisy 
and iniquity. — Ver. 20. Woe unto you. 


COMMANDMENT FIRST. 

CXXXVI. Idolatry forhidden. Exod. 
XX. 3. Thou shalt have no other gods be- 
fore me. Ch. xxxiii. 14. Ps, Ixxxi. 9. 
Hos. xiii. 4. 1 Cor. viii. 4, 5. 

xxiii. 13. Make no mention of the 
names of other gods. (Josh, xxiii. 7.) 
Ver. 24. Thou shalt not bow down to 
their gods, nor serve them. 

Deut. iv. 15. Take good heed unto 
yourselves. — Ver. 19. Lest when thou 
seest the sun and the moon, and the stars, 
even all the host of heaven, thou shouldst 
be driven to worship and serve them. 

vi. 14. Ye shall not go after the gods 
of the people which are roimd about you. 
Judg. vi. 10. 

xii. 30. Inquire not after their gods, 
saying, How did these nations serve their 
gods ? even so will I do likewise. Jer. 
vi. 7. 

CXXXVII. Enforced hy threatening s^ 
as preventives. Exod. xxii. 20. He that 
sacrificcth unto any god, save unto the 
Lord only, he shall utterly be destroyed. 
Lev. XX. 5. 

Deut. viii. 19. If thou at all do forsake 
the Lord your God, and walk after other 
gods and serve them, and worship them, 
I testify against you this day, that ye 
shall surely perish. 

1 Kings ix. 6. If you or your cliildrcn 
shall turn aside, and serve other gods, 
and worship them, tlicn will I cut off 
Israel out of the land which I have given 
them. Ver. 9. Sec Chap, xxviii. 15. 36. 
64— xxix. 18 to 28.— XXX. 17, 18.— xxxi. 
16, 17. Josh, xxiii. 16.— xxiv. 20. 2 
Chron. vii. 19, 20. Ps. xvi. 4.— xliv. 20, 
21. Jer. xvi. 13.— xxii. 9. 

CXXXVIII. Judtrments injlictcd vpon 
transgressors of this command. Deut. 
xxxii. 15. Jeshurun waxed fat, and 


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kicked ; he forsook God that made 
him. 

Deut. xxxii, 16, 17. They provoked him 
to jealousy with strange gods. They sa- 
crificed to devils, to gods v^hom they knevi^ 
not, to new gods that came newly up. 

Ver. 19, 20. And the Lord abhorred 
them, and said, I Mall hide my face from 
them.— Ver. 22, 23. A fire is kindled in 
mine anger. I will heap mischief upon 
them. Ver. 24, 25, 26. 35. 

Judg. ii. 11, 12. The children of Israel 
did evil in the sight of the Lord. They 
followed other gods, of the gods of the 
people round about them, and bowed 
themselves unto them. 

Ver. 14. And the anger of the Lord was 
against Israel, and he delivered them into 
the hands of spoilers that spoiled them, 
and he sold them into the hands of their 
enemies round about, so that they could 
no longer stand before their enemies — 
Ver. 15. Whithersoever they went out 
the hand of the Lord was against them 
for evil, and they were greatly distressed. 
Ver. 17. 20. 23. Ch. iii. 7, 8.— x. 6, 7. 
13, 14. Jer. xi. 10.— xiii. 10. 

V. 8. They chose new gods ; then was 
war in the gates. 

X. 6, 7. The children of Israel did evil 
in the sight of the Lord, and served the 
gods of the Philistines. And the anger 
of the Lord was kindled against Israel, 
and he sold them into the hands of the 
Philistines. 

Ver. 10. They cried unto the Lord. — 
Ver. 13, 14. The Lord said. Ye have for- 
saken me, and served other gods. Let the 
gods which ye have chosen deliver you in 
the time of your tribulation. 

2 Kings xvii. 7, 8. The children of 
Israel feared other gods, and walked in 
the statutes of the heathen. (Jer. xliv. 3 
to 28.) Ver. 18. Therefore the Lord was 
very angry with Israel, and removed them 
out of his sight. 

xxii. 17. Because they have forsaken 
me, and have burnt incense to other gods, 
therefore my wrath shall be kindled against 
this place, and shall not be quenched. Jer, 
i. 16. — xix. 4. 

Ps. cvi. 28. They joined themselves 
to Baal-peor. — Ver. 29. The plague brake 
in upon them. 

Jer. V. 19. As ye have served other 
gods in your land, so shall ye serve stran- 
gers in a land not yours. 

vii. 9. Will ye walk after other gods, 
and come and stand before me in this 
house ? — Ver. 15. I will cast you out of 


my sight. — Ver. 20. Therefore, thus saith 
the Lord God, Behold mine anger and 
my fury shall be poured out upon this 
place, &c. Ver. 30 to 34. Ch. viii. 2. 
11.— xix. 3 to 14. 

xi. 9. They went after other gods to 
serve them. — Ver. 11. Thus saith the 
Lord, I will bring evil upon this place. — 
Ver. 14. Therefore pray not for this peo- 
ple. Isa. Ivii. 3. 5. 13. Jer. xHv. 21, 22, 
23.— iii. 3. 6. 8. 20. 

Ezek. XX. 32, 33. Ye say, We will be 
as the heathen, as the families of the coun- 
tries. As I live, saith the Lord, surely 
with a stretched out arm, and with fury 
poured out, will I rule over you. Ch. 
viii. 16. Zeph. i. 3, 4, 5. 

CXXXIX. God's judgments upon par- 
ticular transgressors of this command.. 
On Solomon, 1 Kings xi. 1. 9. 11. 33.— 
Jeroboam, 1 Kings xii. 28. — xiv. 2. 17. 
— Baasha, 1 Kings xvi. 3. 12. — Aliab, 

1 Kings xvi. 30.— xxi. 21.— xxii. 34. 38. 

2 Kings X. 11. — Ahaziah, 2 Kings i. 2. — 
Jehoram, 2 Chron. xxi. 11. 14. 19. — 
Manasseh, 2 Kings xxi. 3, 4, 5, 6. 2 Chron. 
xxxiii. 2 to 15. — Amaziah, 2 Chron. xxv. 
14 to 20. 

CXL. Covenants and intermarriages 
with the heathen inhabitants of Canaan 
forbidden to the Jews, lest they should 
thereby be ensnared to their idolatry. 
Exod. xxiii, 32. Thou shalt make no 
covenant with them, nor with their 
gods. Ver. 33. Deut. vii. 2. Numb, 
xxxiii. 55. 

xxxiv. 12. Take heed to thyself, lest 
thou make a covenant with the inhabi- 
tants of the land, lest it be a snare unto 
thee. — Ver. 15. And go a-whoring after 
their gods, and do sacrifice unto their 
gods, and one call thee and thou eat of 
the sacrifice. — Ver. 16. And thou take 
of their daughters unto thy sons, and 
their daughters go a-whoring after their 
gods, and make thy sons go a-whoring 
after their gods. Deut. vii. 3, 4. Ch. 
XX. 17, 18. Josh, xxiii. 12, 13. Judg. ii. 
1,.2.— iii. 5 to 8. 

Transgressed in making a covenant 
with the Gibeonites, Josh. ix. 14, 15. 
This covenant confirmed for their pun* 
ishment. 2 Sam. xxi. 1. 

CXLI. Making covenants and inter- 
marriages with the transgressors of his 
command punished. Numb. xxv. 2, 3, 4. 
They call the people unto the sacrifices 


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Chap. XV. 


of their gods, and the people did eat, and 
bowed down to their gods. And Israel 
joined himself to Baal-peor, and the an- 
ger of the Lord was kindled against Is- 
rael. And the Lord said to Moses, Take 
all the heads of the j^eoplc, and hang 
them up before the Lord. — Ver. 8, 9. 
The plague was stayed. — Those that 
died in the plague were twenty and four 
thousand. 

Judg. i. 2L 27 to 34. They did not 
drive out the inhabitants. 

ii. 1 — 4. Tlie angel of the Lord said. 
Ye liave not obeyed my voice ; wherefore 
I will not drive them out before you, but 
they sliall be as thorns in your sides, and 
their gods shall be a snare unto you. 
When the angel of the Lord spake these 
words, the children of Israel lift up their 
voice and wept. 

iii. 6. The cliildren of Israel dwelt 
among the Canaanites, and they took tlieir 
daughters to be their wives, and gave 
their daughters to their sons, and served 
their gods. — Ver. 8. Therefoi-e the anger 
of the Lord was kindled against Israel, 
and he sold them into the hand of the 
king of Mesopotamia. 

1 Kings xi. 1. Solomon loved many 
strange wives. — Ver. 4. When he was 
old his wives turned away his heart af- 
ter other gods. — Ver. 9. And the Lord 
was angry with Solomon, and said I 
will rend the kingdom from thee. Ver. 
11. 33. 

xvi. 31. Ahab took to wife Jezebel, the 
daughter of Ethbaal, king of the Zido- 
nians. Ch. xxi. 2.5. There was none 
like unto Ahab which did sell himself to 
work wickedness, whom Jezebel liis wife 
stirred up. 

2 Kings v. 17, 18. Naaman asks par- 
don for being present at idolatrous wor- 
sliip, though he joined not in it. 

CXLII. Strange gods to he put avmy. 
Gen. XXXV. 2. Jacob said unto his liouse- 
hold. Put away the strange gods that are 
among you. Ver. 4. Jos. xxiv. 14. 23. 
1 Sam. vii. 3. 

Judges X. 16. They put away the 
strange gods, and serve the Lord ; and 
his soul was grieved for the misery of 
Israel. 

1 Kings xxiii. 4, .5. Josiah put down 
the idolatrous priests. See to ver. 26. 

2 Chron. xxxiii. 15. Manasseh put 
away the strange gods. 

Hos. xiv. 3. Neither will we say to 
the work of our hands, Ye arc our gods. 


See Deut. xxxii. 12. Josh. iii. 12. Dan. 
iii. 12. 

CXLIII. Transgressors of this com- 
mandment among the people of Israel, and 
the enticers thereto, to be put to death hy 
the hands of men. 

Deut. xiii. 1. 5. If there arise among 
you a prophet, or a dreamer of dreams, 
and giveth a sign or a wonder, and the 
sign or the wonder come to pass, where- 
of he spake, saying, Let us go after other 
gods ; that prophet, or that dreamer, shall 
be put to death. Ch. xviii. 20. 1 Sam. 
xxvi. 19. 

xiii. 6. 8. If thy brother, the son of 
thy mother, or thy son, or thy daughter, or 
tlie wife of thy bosom, or thy friend which 
is as thine own soul, entice thee, saying, 
Let us go and serve other gods ; thou shalt 
not consent unto him, neither shalt thine 
eye pity him, neither shalt thou spare, 
neither slialt thou conceal liim, but tliou 
shalt surely kill him ; thine hand shall be 
first upon him to put him to death, and 
afterward the hand of all the people. 

Ver. 12 — 16. If thou shalt hear say, in 
one of thy cities. Certain men, the chil- 
dren of Belial, are gone out, and have 
withdrawn the inhabitants of tlie city, 
saying. Let us go serve other gods ; then 
thou shalt make search diligently, and if 
it be truth, thou shalt smite the inhabit- 
ants of that city with the edge of the 
sword, and destroy it utterly ; it shall be 
an heap for ever. Deut. xvii. 2 to 8. 1 
Kings xviii. 40. Job xxxi. 11. 

CXLIV. Threatenings against strange 
gods. Exod. xii. 12. Against the gods of 
Egypt will I execute judgment. Numb, 
xxxiii. 4. LTpon the gods of Egypt the 
Lord executed judgment. . ? 

Zeph. ii. 11. The Lord will famish all 
the gods of the earth. 

CXLV. Strange gods are vanily. Judg. 
vi. 31. Joash said. If Baal be a god let 
him plead for himself. Cf 

1 Kings xviii. 21. El^Ji said, If the 
Lord be God, follow him; but if Baal, 
then follow him. 

Ver. 27. Elijah mock«^d the priests of 
Baal, saying. Cry aloud i^ for he is a god: 
cither he is talking, or te is pursuing, or 
he is in a journey, or|p(^adventure he 
slcepclh and must be afclced. — Ver. 29. 
There was neither voice vm, any to answer. 

2 Kings xix. 18. They were no gods. 
Ch. xviii. 35. 


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1 Chron. xvi. 26. All the gods of the 
people are idols, 

Isa. xli. 23. Shew the things to come 
hereafter, that we may know that ye are 
gods. Ver. 24. 

Acts xix. 26. Paul persuaded, saying, 
That they are no gods that are made with 
hands. 

Rom. i. 25. They served and worship- 
ped the creature. 

Gal. iv. 8. Did service to them which 
by nature are no gods. 

CXLVI. Against inquiring concerning 
future events, from those who by nature 
are no gods. Isa. xli. 23. Shew the things 
to come hereafter, that we may know 
that ye are gods. 

2 Kings i. 2. Ahaziah sent to inquire 
of the god of Ekron if he should recover. 
— Ver. 4. Therefore, thus saith the Lord, 
Thou shalt surely die. 

Instance. Saul. 1 Sam. xxviii. 7. — His 
punishment, 1 Chron. x. 13. 

COMMANDMENT SECOND. 

CXLVII. Images, the use of them for- 
bidden, with preventive threatenings. 
Exod. XX. 4. Thou shalt not make unto 
thee any graven image, nor any likeness 
of any thing that is in heaven above, or 
that is in the earth beneath, or that is in 
the waters under the earth : Thou shalt 
not bow down to them, nor serve them : 
for I the Lord thy God, am a jealous 
God. Chap, xxxiv. 17. Lev. xix. 4. — xxvi. 
L 30. Deut. iv. 16, 17, 18, 19. 25.— v. 8. 
—xvi. 22. 

Deut. xxvii. 15. Cursed be the man 
that maketh a graven or a molten image, 
an abomination to the Lord, 

Ps. xcvii. 7. Confounded be all they 
tliat serve graven images. 

Isa. xlii. 8. My glory will I not give 
to another; nor my praise to graven 
images. 

Rev. xiv. 9, 10. If any man worship 
the beast or his image, the same shall 
drink of the wine of the wrath of God, 
which is poured out without mixture into 
the cup of his indignation, and he shall 
be tormented with fire and brimstone, in 
the presence of the holy angels, and in the 
presence of the Lamb, &lc. 

CXLVIII. God's judgments upon the 
breakers of this commandment. 

Exod. xxxii. 4. Aaron made a molten 
calf. Deut. ix. 12. 16. Neh. xxxv. 9. 
13. Ps. cvL 19. The Lord plagued the 


people, because of the calf which Aaron 
made. 

1 Kings xiv. 9. Thou [Jeroboam] hast 
made thee molten images, to provoke me 
to anger. — Ver. 10. I will bring evil upon 
the house of Jeroboam. Ch. xvi. 3. 

1 Kings xiv. 22, 23. Judah did evil in 
the sight of the Lord, and they provoked 
him to jealousy with their sins. They 
built them high places, and images, and 
groves, on every high hill, and under 
every green tree. — Ver. 25, 26. And it 
came to pass that Shishak, king of Egypt, 
came against Jerusalem : And he took 
away the treasures of the house of the 
Lord, and the treasures of the king's 
house ; he took away all the shields of 
gold, which Solomon had made. 

2 Kings xvii. 16 — 18. They made mol- 
ten images, even two calves, and made a 
grove, and worshipped all the host of 
heaven, and served Baal. They caused 
their sons and their daughters to pass 
through the fire, and used divination and 
enchantments. Therefore the Lord was 
angry v/ith Israel, and removed them out 
of his sight. Ver. 20. 

2 Chron. xxviii. 2. Ahaz made molten 
images for Baalim. He burnt his chil- 
dren in the fire, after the abomination of 
the heathen, &c. — Ver. 5. Wherefore the 
Lord delivered him into the hands of the 
king of Assyria. 

xxxiii. 7. Manasseh set a carved image 
in the house of God. — Ver. 9. He made 
Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem 
to err. — Ver. 11. Wherefore the Lord 
brought upon them the captains of the 
host of the king of Assyria, which took 
Manasseh and bound him with fetters, 
and carried him to Babylon. 2 Kings 
xxi. 7. 12. 

Ver. 22. Amon sacrificed to all carved 
images. — Ver. 24. And his servants con- 
spired against him, and slew him. 

Ps. Ixxviii, 58, 59. They provoked 
him to anger with their high places, and 
moved him to jealousy with their graven 
images. And God was wroth, and greatly 
abhorred Israel.— Ver. 62. He gave his 
people over to the sword. 

Isa. viii. 19. 22. Why have they pro- 
voked me to anger with their graven 
images ? Why is not the health of the 
daughter of my people restored ? 

Jer. 1. 37, 38. A sword is upon their 
treasures. For it is a land of graven 
images ; they ai'e mad upon their images. 

Ezek. vii. 20. They made the images 
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Lord. — Ver. 21. I will give it into the 
hands of the wicked for a spoil, and they 
shall spoil it. Ch. vi. 4.— v. 13. 

viii. 12. Seest thou what the ancients 
of Israel do in the dark, every one in 
the house of his imagery. — Ver. 18. 
Therefore will I deal in fury, mine eye 
shall not spare, neither will I have pity ; 
though they cry in mine ears with aloud 
voice, yet will I not hear them. 

xvi. 17. 20. Thou madest thyself 
images, (See to ver. 30.) Therefore I 
have delivered thee into the hand of them 
that hate thee. 

See Ezek. xxxiii. throughout ; Israel's 
apostacy and pvmishment. 

Dan. iii. 1. 5. The king made an 
image. He commanded to worship it. 
Ch. iv. 25. They shall drive thee from 
among men ; thy dwelling shall be with 
the beast of the field. 

Hos. X. 1. According to the goodness 
of his land tJiey have made goodly im- 
ages. — Ver. 17. It is my desire that I 
should chastise them. Ch. iii. 4. 

xi. 2. They sacrificed unto Baalim, 
and burnt inceiise to graven images. — 
Ver. 5. The Assyrian shall be his king. 
xiii. 2. Tliey sin more and more, and 
have made them molten images of their 
silver. — Ver. 3. Therefore they shall be 
as the chaff that is driven with the whirl- 
wind. 

Amos v. 26. Ye have borne the taber- 
nacle of your Moloch, and Chiun, your 
images. — Ver. 27. Therefore will I cause 
you to go into captivity. 

Rom. i. 23, 24. They changed the glory 
of God into an image. Wherefore God 
gave them up, &c. 

See Rev. xiii. 14. — xix. 20. — xvi. 2, 
See also Lev. xxvi. 14. 30. Isa. xxi. 9. — 
xxvii. 9. Jcr. xUii. 10. 13.—]. 2.— li. 47. 
52. Ezek. vi. 4, G. — xxx. 13. Hos. iii. 4. 

CXLIX. Images, no representation of 
God. Deut. iv. 12. The Lord spake unto 
you out of the midst of the fire, ye heard 
the voice of the words, but saw no man- 
ner of similitude. — Ver. 15, IG. Take 
therefore heed unto yourselves, lest ye 
corrupt yourselves, and make you a gra- 
ven image, tlic similitude of any figure, 
the likeness of male or female. Ver. 17, 
18, 19. 

Isa. xl. 18. To whom will ye liken 
God, or what likeness will ye compare 
unto liim. Ver. 25. Ch. xlvi. 5. 

Acts xvii. 29. We ou<rlit not to Ihuik 
that the Godhead is like unto gold or 


silver, or stone, graven by art and man's 
device. 

Images are vanity. Isa. xl. 19, 20. — 
xh. 29.— xliv. 9, 10 to 18.— xlv. 20. Jer. 
X. 8. 14. Hab. ii. 18, 19. 

CL. They were commanded to lie broken. 
Lev. vii. 25. Ye shall destroy their altars, 
and break down their images, and cut 
down their groves, and burn their graven 
images with fire. 

Numb, xxxiii. 52. Ye shall drive out 
all the inhabitants of the land from before 
you, and destroy all their pictures, and 
destroy all their molten images, and quite 
pluck down all their high places. Exod. 
xxiii. 24. — xxxiv. 13, Deut vii. 5. 25. 
Isa. xxx. 22. — xvii. 8. 

CLI. Images were broken down. Exod. 
xxxii. 20. Moses burnt the calf which 
they had made in the fire. 

2 Sara. V. 21. David burnt their images. 

2 Kings iii. 2. Jehoram put away the 
images of Baal. 

X. 26. Jehu and his men burnt the 
images of Baal. Ch. xi. 18. 

xviii. 4. Hezekiah removed the high 
places, and brake the images, and cut down 
the groves, and brake in pieces the brazen 
serpent which Moses had made, for tlie 
children of Israel did burn incense to it. 

xxiii. 14. Josiah brake in pieces the 
images, and cut down the groves, «fec. 
Ver. 19. 24. 

2 Chron. xiv. 3. Asa brake down their 
images. Ver. 5. 

CLII. Instances of images used by apos- 
tates, as outward symbols in worship offer- 
ed to the true God. Exod. xxxii. 4, 5. To 
the golden calf. Neh.ix. 18. Judg. xvii. 3. 
Micah's image. Ver. 13. Ch. xviii. 31. 1 
Kings xii. 26 to 33. Jeroboam's calves. 

CLIII. Worship to images refused, 
though commanded by Icings. Dan. iii. 18. 
Refused by Shadrach, Mesliech and Abed- 
nego. 

1 Kings xix. 4. By seven thousand in 
Israel. Rom. xi. 4. Rev. xv. 2. — xx. 4. 

CLI V. Threats against idols and idol- 
aters. Isa. ii. 8, 9. Their land is full of 
idols: they worshi[)the work of tlicir own 
hands, tliat which their own fingers have 
made. The mean man bowctli down, and 
the great man humblcth himself, there- 
fore forgive them not. Ch. xxvii. 11. 

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abolish.— Ver. 20, 21. In that day shall 
a man cast his idols of silver, and his idols 
of gold, which they made, each one for 
himself to worship, to the moles and to 
the bats ; to go into the chfts of the rocks, 
and into the tops of the ragged rocks, 
for fear of the Lord, and for the glory of 
his majesty, when he ariseth to shake 
terribly the earth. 

Isa. xix. 1. The Lord rideth upon a 
swift cloud, and shall come into Egypt : 
the idols of Egypt shall be moved at his 
presence. — Ver. 3. They shall seek to 
the idols, and to the charmers, and to them 
that have familiar spirits, and to the wiz- 
ards. See to ver. 18. Their punishment. 

xlv. IG. They shall go to confusion, 
that are makers of idols. 

Zeph. i. 3. I will consume, saith the 
Lord, the stumbling-blocks with the 
wicked. Ezek. xiv. 4. 7. 

Ver. 4, 5. I will cut off the remnant 
of Baal from this place ; and them that 
worship the host of heaven, and that swear 
by the Lord, and that swear by Malcham. 
See tlireats to ver, 18. 

Zech. xiii. 2. Thus saith the Lord, I 
will cut off the names of idols out of the 
land of Egypt. Ezek. xxx. 12. 

1 Cor. vi. 9. Idolaters shall not enter 
into the kingdom of heaven. Eph. v. 5. 

Rev. xxi. 4. Idolaters shall have their 
portion in the lake which burneth with 
fire and brimstone. 

xxii. 15. Without [the heavenly Jeru- 
salem] are dogs, and sorcerers, and 
wdioremongers, and murderers, and idol- 
aters, &-C. 

CLV. Promises, warnings, and exhort- 
ations against idolatry. Ezek. xviii. 6. 
9. If a man be just, and hath not lift up 
his eyes to idols, he shall live. — Ver. 17. 
He shall not die for the iniquity of his 
father. 

xxxvi. 25. From all your idols will I 
cleanse you. Ch. xxxvii. 23. Isa. xxxi. 
7. — xxvii. 9. 

Acts XV. 20. Write to them, that they 
abstain from idolatry. — Ver. 29. That 
they abstain from meats offered to idols. 
Ch. xxi. 25. Rev. ii. 14. 20. 

1 Cor. v. 11. I have written unto you. 
If any man that is called a brother, be a 
fornicator, or covetous, or an idolater, or 
a railer, or a drunkard, or an extortioner, 
with such a one do not eat. 

Against eating with idolaters at their 
sacrifices, see 1 Cor. viii. 4 to 1 4. Ch. x. 
19, 20. 


x. 7. Neither be ye idolaters, as some 
of the Jews were. — Ver. 14. Flee from 
idolatry. 

2 Cor. vi. 16. What agreement hath 
the temple of God with idols ? 

1 John V. 21. Little children, keep 
yourselves from idols. 

Idols are vanity. See Isa. xlvi. 1. — 
xlviii. 5. Ezek. viii. 6. Zech. x. 2. — Idol- 
atries abominable, 1 Pet. iv.3. — Sacrificing 
to devils, 1 Cor. x. 20. Rev. ix. 20. 

CLVI. God'' s judgments upon idolaters. 
Ps. cvi. 25, 26. They learned the works 
of the heathen ; and served their idols. — 
Ver. 40. Therefore was the wrath of the 
Lord kindled against his people. See Isa. 
ii. 8, 9. and to ver. 22. 

Isa. Ivii. 4, 5. Are ye not children of 
transgression, a seed of falsehood; in- 
flaming yourselves with idols. — Ver. 10. 
Thou art wearied in the greatness of 
thy way. — Ver. 12. Thy works shall not 
profit thee. 

Ezek. vi. 5. I will lay the dead car- 
casses of the children of Israel before 
their idols. Ver. 6. 9. 13. 

viii. 10. I saw tlie idols of Israel por- 
trayed upon the wall. — Ver. 18. I wall 
deal in fiiry ; mine eye shall not spare. 

xiv. 3. These men have set up their 
idols in their heart. — ^Ver. 4, 5. Thus 
saith the Lord, every man of the house 
of Israel, that setteth up his idols in his 
heart, and cometh to the prophet, I the 
Lord will answ^er him that cometh ac- 
cording to the multitude of his idols : 
that I may take the house of Israel 
in their own heart, because they are 
estranged fi:om me through their idols. — 
Ver. 6. 8, 9. 

Ver. 36. 38. Thus saith the Lord God, 
Because ' thy filthiness was poured out, 
and thy nakedness discovered through 
thy whoredoms, with thy lovers, and w^ith 
all the idols of thine abominations : I will 
judge thee as a woman that breaketh 
wedlock. Ver. 37. 

XX. 7. Then said I, Defile not your- 
selves with idols; but they rebelled 
against me. — Ver. 8. Then said I, I will 
pour out my fury upon them. See to 
ver. 40. 

xxii. 3. Thus saith the Lord, Thy city 
maketh idols against herself to defile 
herself. — Ver. 4. Therefore have I made 
thee a reproach. See Chap, xxiii. through- 
out. 

xxxiii. 25. Thus saith the Lord, Ye 
lift up your eyes unto your idols, and 


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shall ye possess llie land ? See also ver. 
27, 28. 

Ezck. xxxvi. 18. I poured out my fury 
upon them because of their idols. 

xliv. 10. Israel went astray from me 
after their idols. — Ver. 12. Therefore have 
I lift up mine hand against them. 

Hos. iv. 17. Ephraim is joined to idols, 
let him alone. 

In the following' places, and most of 
those quoted from Ezek. idolatry is re 
proved and threatened, under the name of 
whoredom, filthiness, and abomination, 
viz. Hos. i. 2.— ii. 2.— iv. 10. 13.— v. 3.— 
vi. 10. — ix. 1. Nah. iii. 4. Rev. xvii. 1. 
15. — xix. 2. Idolatry to be purged. See 
Commandment first. 

CLVII. Upon magicians. Exod. 7th, 
8th, and 9th chapters. Dan. ii. 2. 

Sorcerers. Mai. iii. 5. I will be a swift 
witness against the sorcerers. 

Rev. xxi. 8. Sorcerers shall have their 
portion in the lake that burneth with fire 
and brimstone. 

xxii. 15. Without [the new Jerusalem] 
are dogs and sorcerers. Isa. xlvii. 9. — Ivii. 
3. Jer. xxvii. 9, 10. Rev. ix. 21. — xviii. 1. 
Acts viii.^9. Simon. Acts xiii. 6. 8. Ely mas. 

CLVIII. Enchanters. Lev. xix. 26. 
Ye shall not use enchantments, nor ob- 
serve times. 

Numb, xxiii. 23. No enchantment 
against Jacob; no divination against Israel. 

CLIX. Soothsayers. Isa. ii. 6. Thou hast 
forsaken thy people, the house of Jacob, be- 
cause they are replenished from the east, 
and are soothsayers like the Philistines, 
and please themselves in the children of 
strangers. 

Mic. V. 12. Thou slialt have no more 
soothsayers. Josh. xiii. 22. Dan. li. 27. — 
v. 7. 11. Acts xvi. 18. 

CLX. Observers of times. Lev. xix. 26. 
Ye shall not observe times. 

Deut. xviii. 10. There shall not be found 
among you an observer of times. — Ver. 14. 
These nations hearkened to the observers 
of times, and to diviners, but the Lord thy 
God hath not suffered thee to do so. 

Gal. iv. 10, 11. Ye observe days and 
months, and times, and years. I am afraid 
of you, lest I have bestowed upon you 
labour in vain. 2 Kings x. 6. 

CLXI. Witches. Exod. xxii. 18. Thou 
shall not suffer a witch to live. 


Deut. xviii. 10—12. Tliere shall not 
be found among you, one that uscth divi- 
nation, or an observer of times, or an en- 
chanter, or a witch, or a charmer, or a 
consulter with familiar spirits, or a wiz- 
ard, or a necromancer; for all these things 
are an abomination to the Lord. 

See Instances. Balaam, Numb, xxiv, 
1.— Israel, 2 Kings xvii. 17. Isa. xlvii. 9. 
12.— Manasseh, 2 Kings xxi. 6. Exod. 
vii. 11. 22.— viii. 7. 18. Jer. xxvii. 29. 

Gal. V. 20. The works of the flesh are, 
witchcrafts. See 1 Sam. xv. 23. 2 Kings 
ix. 22. 2 Chron. xxxiii. 6. Mic. v. 12. 
Nah. iii. 4, 5. 

CLXII. Wizards. Lev. xix. 31, Regardl 
not them that have familiar spirits, neither 
seek after wizards to be defiled with them. 

XX. 6. The soul that turneth after such 

1 will surely cut him oft'. (Isa. viii. 19.) 
Ver. 27. A wizard shall surely be put to 
death. Deut. xviii. 11. 1 Sam. xxviii. 3. 9. 

2 Kings xxi. 6. — xxiii. 24. Isa. xix. 3. 

To v}hich may he added as breaches of 
this command. Col. ii. 18. Worshipping 
of angels. Rev. xix. 10. 

Acts xii. 23. Giving undue honours 
to men. 

xiv. 11. Sacrificing unto men. 

1 Cor. X. 20. Sacrificing to devils. 
Lev. x\di. 7. 

Col. iii. 5. Covetousness is idolatry. 

Phil. iii. 19. Whose god is their belly. 

It is called going a-whoring. Lev. xvii. 
7. Ezek. xyi. 6. 28.— xx. 30.— xxiii. 8. 17. 
43. And in many other places, as may 
be observed from tlie Scriptures in the 
foregoing sections. 

CLXIII. Diviners; instances thereof . 
Numb. xxii. 7. The elders of Moab de- 
parted with the rewards of divination in 
their hand, and came to Balaam. 

Ezek. xxi. 21. The king of Babylon 
stood to use divination. 

Deut. xviii. 4. These nations hearken- 
ed to diviners. 1 Sam. vi. 2. 

Ver. 10. There shall not be found among 
you one that uscth divination.. Gen. xliv. 
5. 1 Sam. xxviii. 8. Acts xvi. 16. 

CLXIV. They are deceivers and false 
jnophcts. Jer. xiv. 14. They prophesy 
unto you a false divination. 

xxvii. 9, 10. Hearken not to your di- 
viners, your dreamers, your enchanters, 
your sorcerers. They prophesy a lie 
unto you. 

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hosts, Let not your diviners deceive yon, 
neither hearken to your dreams, which 
ye cause to be dreamed. For they pro- 
phesy falsely unto you in my name: I 
have not sent them, saith the Lord. Ezek. 
xii. 24.— xxi. 29. Mic. iii. 7. IL Zech. 
X. 2.— xxii. 28. 

, CLXV. Threatenings against them. 
Isa. xliv. 25, 26. The Lord, that frustrateth 
the tokens of liars, and maketh diviners 
mad, that turneth wise men backward, 
and maketh their knowledge foolishness ; 
that confirmeth the word of his servant, 
and performeth the counsel of his mes- 
sengers. 

Ezek. xiii. 9. Mine hand shall be upon 
the prophets that see vanity, and divine 
lies. Ver. 23. 

CLXVI. Familiar spirits forlidden, 
with threatenings against them, and those 
that consult them. Lev. xix. 31. — xx. 6. 
27. Isa. viii. 19. 

They were put away by Saul, 1 Sam. 
xxx'iii. 3. 9. — By Josiah, 2 Kings xxiii. 24. 
— They were consulted by Saul, 1 Sam. 
xxviii. 7, 8. 1 Chron. x. 13. — By Manasseh, 
2 Kings X 'ci. 6. 2 Chron. xxxiii. 6. — By 
the Egyptians, Isa. xix. 3. — They mutter 
and peep out of the dust, Isa. xxix. 4, 


COMMANDMENT THIRD. 

CLXVII. Profaning the name of God. 
Exod. XX. 7. Thou shalt not take the 
name of the Lord thy God in vain : for 
the Lord Vv^ill not hold him guiltless that 
taketh his name in vain. Deut. v. 11. 

Lev. xviii. 21. Neither shalt thou pro- 
fane the name of thy God. Ch. xix. 12. 
— XX. 3. — xxi, 6. — xxii. 2. 32. 

CLXVIII. Swearing falsely. Lev. xix. 
12. Ye shallnotswear by my name falsely. 

Jer. vii, 9. Will ye swear falsely, and 
come and stand before me in this house ? 
— Ver. 15. I will cast you out of my sight. 

Ver. 23. Because of swearing the land 
raourneth. 

Hos. iv. 2, 3. By swearing and lying, 
and killing, and stealing, and committing 
adultery, they break out, and blood touch- 
eth blood. Therefore shall the land mourn, 
and every one that dwelleth therein shall 
languish, with the beasts of the field, and 
with the fowls, of heaven ; yea, the fishes 
of the sea also shall be taken away. 

Zech. V. 3, 4, This is the curse that 
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goeth forth ; every one that sweareth shaH 
be cut oiF according to it. It shall enter 
the house of the thief, and into the house 
of him that sweareth falsely ; and it shall 
remain in the midst of his house, and 
shall consume the timber thereof, and the 
stones thereof 

viii. 17. Love no false oath — It is an 
abomination to the Lord. 

Mai. iii. 5. I will be a swift witness 
against the sorcerers and adulterers, 
against false swearers, saith the Lord of 
hosts. Isa. xlviii. 1. Jer. v. 2. 9. Hos.x.4. 

1 Tim. i. 10. Instance, Matt. xxvi. 72. 74. 
Lev. V. 1 to 6. False swearers enjoined 

to make confession, offer sacrifice. Ch. vi. 

2 to 6. and to make restitution to those 
they have injured. 

CLXIX. Swearing by the creatures. 
Matt. V. 33. Swear not at all ; neither by 
heavens, nor by the earth, nor by Jerusa- 
lem, nor by thy head. Ver. 34, 35, 36. 
Jam. V. 12. Matt, xxiii. 16 to 22. 

Instances. Gen. xlii. 15, 16. By the life 
of Pharaoh, 1 Sam. xx. 3. As thy soul 
liveth. Ch. xxvi. 26. 2 Sam. xi. 11. 

CLXX. Swearing hy other gods. Jos. 
xxiii. 7. Neither make mention of the 
name of their gods, nor cause to swear by 
them. 

Jer, v. 7. How shall I pardon thee for 
this ? thy children have forsaken me, and 
have sworn by them that are no gods. 
Hos. iv. 15. Amos viii. 14. Zeph. i. 4, 5. 

CLXXI, Swearing in common conver-, 
sation forbidden. Matt. v. 34. Swear not at 
all; neither by heaven, &c. Ver. 35, 36. 

James v. 12. Above all things, my 
brethren, swear not ; neither by heaven, 
neither by the earth, neither by any other 
oath : but let your yea, be yea ; and your 
nay, nay, &c. 

CLXXII. Swearing to commit sin, or 
to encourage it. 

Instances, 1 Sam. xxviii. 10. Saul to 
the witch of Endor. 

Ps.'cii. 8. David's enemies. 

Acts xxiii. 21. Paul's enemies. 

CLXXIII. Rash, unnecessary swear- 
ing. Instances. — Israel, Judg. xxi. 1 to 
18.— Saul, 1 Sam. xiv. 24. 39. 45.— David, 
1 Sam, XXV. 22.— Joab, 2 Sam, xix. 7.— 
Herod, Mark vi. 23. 

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commandment : God only is to be sworn 
by. Deut. vi, 13. Thou shalt fear the Lord 
tliy God and serve liim, and shall swear 
by his name. Ch. x. 20. 

Isa. Ix-v'. 16. He tliat sweareth shall 
swear bj the God of truth. 

Jer. xii. 16. If they Icarn the ways of 
my people, to swear by my name, &c. 
then sliall they be built, Slc. 

Heb. vi. 16. Men verily swear by the 
greater. 1 Kings viii. 31. Ps. Ixiii. 11. 

CLXXV. The nature and duty of an 
oath. Jer. v. 2. Thou shalt swear, The 
Lord liveth, in truth, in judgment, and in 
righteousness. 

Heb. vi. 16. An oath for confirmation 
is an end of all strife. 2 Chron. vi. 22. 

CLXXVI. Snch oaths to he carefully 
kept. Ps. XV. 1. Lord who shall abide in 
tliy tabernacle? who shall dwell in thy 
holy hill ? — Ver. 4. He that sweareth to 
his own hurt, and changeth not. 

xxiv. 3, 4, Who shall ascend into the 
hill of the Lord ? and who shall stand in 
his holy place ? He that hath clean hands 
and a pure heart ; who hath not lift up his 
soul unto vanity, nor sworn deceitfully. 

CLXXVII. The things to be sworn to, 
are, truth and duty. Deut. xxix. 10. You 
stand this day all of you before the Lord 
your God.— Ver. 12. That thou sliouldst 
enter into the covenant of the Lord thy 
God, and into his oath, which the Lord 
thy God maketh witli tliee this day. Ver. 
13, 14. 

2 Chron. xv. 12. They entered into a 
covenant to seek the Lord God of their 
fathers, with all their heart, and with all 
their soul. — Ver. 14, 15. And they sware 
unto the Lord with a loud voice. And 
all Judah rejoiced at the oath ; and the 
Lord gave them rest on every side. 

Ezra x. 5. Ezra made the chief priest 
and Levites, and all Israel, to swear to a 
covenant with God. Ver. 3, 

Neh. X. 29. They entered into a curse 
and into an oath, to walk in God's law. 

Isa. xix. 18. Five cities in the land of 
Egypt shall speak the language of Ca- 
naan, and swear to the Lord of hosts. 

xlv. 23. Unto me, every knee shall bow, 
and every tongue shall swear. See Neh. 
xiii. 25, Ps. cxix. 106. — cxxxii. 2. Ezek. 
xvi. 59. Dan. ix. 11. Hab. iii. 9. 

CLXXVIII. Duty towards men sioorn 
to. Articles of peace ratified by oath. Gen. 


xxi. 23. Abraham and Abimelech sware 
both. Ver. 24. 31. 

xxvi. 31. Abimelech and Isaac sware 
one to another. 

xxxi. 53. Jacob s^vare [to Laban] by 
the tear of his father Isaac. 

Jos. ii. 12. The spies sware to Rahab. 
Cn. vi, 22. 

ix, 15. Joshua and the princes of the 
congregation, sware to the Gibeonites. " 
Ver. 19, 20. 2 Sam. xxi. 2. 

1 Sam. xix. 6. Saul sware that he would 
not slay David. 

XX. 42. Jonathan and David sware. 2 
Sam. xxi. 7. See also Judg. xv. 12. — 
XXX. 15. 2 Sam. xix. 23. 2 Kings xxv. 4. 
Jer. XXX viii. 16. — xl. 9. 

CLXXIX. The breach of such oaths 
punished. 2 Sam. xxi. 1. 9. 2 Chron. xxvi. 
13. Ezek. xvii. 16. 

CLXXX. Private compacts ratified by 
oath. Gen. xxiv. 2. 9. 37. 41. Abraham 
takes an oath of his servant, concerning 
a wife to his son Isaac. 

xxv. 33. Esau sells his birth-right upon 
oath. 

xlvii. 29, 30, 31. Jacob takes an oath 
of Joseph concerning his burial, 

I. 25. Joseph takes an oath of the chil- 
dren of Israel to carry his bones out of 
Egypt. Exod. xiii. 19. 

1 Kings i. 13. 29. David by oath fixed 
Solomon to be his successor. 

2 Kings vi. 4. Jehoiada takes an oath of 
the rulers to conceal Joash from his ene- 
mies. 

Neh. V. 12. Nehemiah takes an oath of 
the priests to do justice to injured persons. 

CLXXXI. Oaths sworn to kings. Eccl. 
viii. 2. I counsel thee to keep the king's 
commandm-ent, and that in regard of the 
oath of God. 

Oaths exacted by kings from the people. 
See 1 Kings ii. 42. — xviii. 10. 

CLXXXII. The oath a single person 
decides controversy. Exod. xxii. 10, 11. 
In cases of property, where no other evi- 
dence can be had. 

Numb. v. 12 to 22. A woman's oath in 
cage of jealousy, without evidence against 
her. 

CLXXXIII. The duty and lawfulness 
of swearing upon j^^'oper occasions, is 
urged not only from the foregoing Scrip- 
tures, but also from the following examples. 

CLXXXIV. God promised, upon oath, 
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spring. Gen. xxii. 15 — 17. The angel 
of the Lord called unto Abraham, and 
said, By myself have I sworn, saith the 
Lord, that in blessing I will bless thee, 
and in multiplying I will multiply thy 
seed as the stars of heaven, and as the 
sand which is upon the sea-shore. Ex. 
xxxii. 13. Deut. xiii. 17. 

CLXXXV. To give the land of Canaan. 
Gen. xxiv. 7. Abraham said. The Lord God 
of heaven sware ;unto me, saying. Unto 
thy seed will I give this land. Ch. xii. 7. 

xxvi. 2, 3. The Lord appeared unto 
Isaac, and. said, I will be with thee, and 
will bless thee ; for unto thee and unto thy 
seed, will I give all these countries, and I 
will perform the oath which I sware unto 
Abraham thy father. Ch. xxii. 16. — 1. 24. 

CLXXXVI. To fulfil his covenant. 
Deut. vii. 12. If ye hearken to these 

i'udgments, and keep and do them, the 
jord thy God will keep unto thee the 
covenant and the mercy, which he sware 
unto thy fathers. Ch. iv. 31. — vii. 8. — 
viii. 18. — ix. 5. — xxviii. 9. 

To continue the seed of David. Ps. 
Ixxxix. 3, 4. I have sworn unto David my 
servant: Thy seed will I establish for 
ever, and will build up thy throne to all 
generations. Ver. 35. 49. 

CLXXXVII. The perpetuity of Christ's 
priesthood. Heb. vii. 21. The Lord sware, 
and will not repent, Thou art a priest for 
ever, after the order of Melchizedek. Ps. 
ex. 4. See Isa. xlv. 22, 23. 

CLXXXVIIL To fulfil his threaten, 
ings against the unbelieving and disobe- 
dient. Heb. iii. 18. To whom sware he, 
that they should not enter into his rest, 
but to them that believed not. See Numb, 
xiv. 23. — xxxii. 10, 11. Judg. ii. 15. Jer. 
xlix. 13. — li. 14. Amos vi. 8. also Lev. 
xxvi. and Deut. xxviii. referred to in these 
threatenings. 

CLXXXIX. Example ^d. Jesus Christ 
answers upon oath. Matt. xxvi. 63, 64. 
tendered to him by the high priest. 

CXC. ExampleM. The angel. Rev. 
X. 5, 6. The angel lifted up his hand to 
heaven, and sware by him that liveth for 
ever and ever, That there shall be time 
no longer, &c. 

CXCI. Example 4th, Asseverations of 
sincerity, which are equal to an oath among 
Christians. Rom, i. 9. God is my wit- 
ness. Phil, i. 8, God is my record. 


2 Cor. i. 23. I call God for a record 
upon my soul, 

xii. 19, We speak before God, in Christ. 
Ch. ii. 17. 

Gal. i. 20. Behold, before God I lie not. 

1 Tim. V. 21. I charge thee before 
God. 

CXCII. Ancient forms of swearing 
among men were — By lifting up the hand. 
Gen. xiv. 22. Abraham said, I have lift 
up my hand to the Lord. See Deut. xxxii. 
40. Rev. X. 5. 

By putting the hand under the thigh 
of him that administereth the oath. Gen. 
xxiv. 2, 3. 9. 

The usual expressions were: 1 Sam. 
XXV. 34. As the God of Israel liveth. 1 
Kings xvii. 1. — xviii. 15. 2 Kings iii. 14. 
As the Lord of hosts liveth. Ch. v. 16. 
2 Kings ii. 2. As the Lord liveth, and as 
thy soul liveth. Ch. iv. 30. 1 Sam. xx. 
3. As thy soul liveth. Ch. xxvi. 26. 2 
Sam. xi. IL 

CXCIII. Blasphemy forbidden. Col. 
iii. 8, Put off all these, anger, wrath, 
malice, blasphemy, filthy communications. 

CXCIV. Occasions of it to be avoided, 
2 Sam. xii. 14. Nathan said to David, 
Because, by this deed, thou hast given 
great occasion, to the enemies of the Lord 
to blaspheme, the child that is born unto 
thee shall surely die. Isa. Hi. 5. Ezek. 
xxxvi. 20. Mai. ii. 17. Rom, ii. 24. 

1 Tim. vi. 1. Let as many servants as 
are under the yoke, count their masters 
worthy of all honour, that the name of 
God and his doctrine be not blasphemed. 
Tit. ii. 5, 

CXCV. From whence it proceeds. Matt. 
XV. 19. Out of the heart proceed evil 
thoughts, murders, adulteries, thefts, false 
witness, blasphemies, Mark vii. 22. Gen, 
vi. 5. — viii. 21. 

CXCVI. Instances of blasphemers and 
their punishments. Lev. xxiv. 10. The 
son of an Israelitish woman, whose fe- 
ther was an Egyptian, and a man of Is^ 
rael strove together. — Ver. 11. And the 
Israelitish woman's son blasphemed the 
name of the Lord, and cursed. — Ver. 14. 
The Lord spake unto Moses, saying, 
Bring forth him that hath cursed without 
the camp, and let all the congregation 
stone him. 

Ver. 16. He that blasphemeth the 


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name of the Lord shall surely be put to 
death. 

2 Kings xviii. 32, 33. and xix, 10. The 
king- of Assyria's blasphemy. Ch. xix. 
35, 36, 37. His punishment. 

Ps. Ixxiv. 10. O Lord, shall the enemy 
blaspheme tliy name for ever ? — Ver. 18. 
Remember, O Lord, that the foolish peo- 
ple have blasphemed thy name. 

Isa. Ixv. 7. Your iniquities, and the 
iniquities of your fathers together, saith 
tlie Lord, which have burnt incense ujwn 
tlie mountains, and blasphemed me upon 
the hills ; therefore will I measure their 
fonner works into their bosoms. Ezek. 
XX. 27. — XXXV. 12. 

Luke xxii. 65. Many other things 
blasphemously spake they against Jesus. 

Acts xxvi. 11. I [Paul] compelled 
them to blaspheme. I was a blasphemer, 
and a persecutor, and injurious; but I 
obtained mercy, because I did it igno- 
rantlj'. 

xviii. 6. The Jews opposed and blas- 
phemed. Ch. xiii. 45, 

1 Tim. i 20. Of whom is Hymeneus 
and Philetus, whom I have delivered uu- 
to Satan, that they may learn not to blas- 
pheme. 

2 Tim. iii. 1, 2. In the last days peril- 
ous times shall come. For men shall be 
lovers of their own selves, covetous, 
boasters, proud, blasphemers. 

James ii. 7. Do not rich men blas- 
pheme that worthy name by the which ye 
are called? 

Rev. ii. 3. I know the blasphemy of 
them, which say they are Jews and are 
not. 

xiii. 1. The beast had upon his heads 
the name of blasphemy. — Ver. 5, 6. Xhere 
was given to him a mouth speaking 
great things, and blasphemies. And he 
opened his mouth in blasphemy against 
God, to blaspheme his name and his ta- 
bernacle, and them that dwell therein. 

xvi. 9. i\Ien were scorched with great 
heat, and blasphemed the name of God. 
Ver. 11. 16. 

CXCVIL Blanphemy afrainst the Holy 
Ghost ; its punishment. Matt. xii. 3. All 
manner of sin and blasphemy shall be 
forgiven unto men; but the blasphemy 
against tlic Holy Ghost shall not be for- 
given unto men, Mark iii. 28. Luke xii. 
10. 1 John V. 16. 

CXCVin. Persons unjustly accused 
and put to death for blasphemy. 1 Kings 


xxi. 10. 13. Naboth. Acts \\. 11. 13. 

Stephen. Jesus Christ : See Matt. ix. 

3.— xxvi. 65. Mark ii. 7. Luke v. 21. 
John X. 33. 36. 

CXCIX. Of vows: they are religiously 
to he fulfilled. Numb. xxx. 2. If a man 
vow a vow unto the Lord, or swear an 
oath to bind his soul with a bond, he shall 
not break his word ; he shall do accord- 
ing to all that proccedeth out of his 
mouth. 

Deut, xxiii. 21, 22. When thou shalt 
vow a vow unto the Lord thy God, thou 
shalt not be slack to pay it ; for the Lord 
thy God will surely require it of thee; 
and it would be a sin in thee. But if 
thou shalt forbear to vow, it shall be no 
sin in thee. 

Prov, XX. 25. It is a snare after vows 
to make inquiry. 

Eccl. v. 4, 5. When thou vowest a 
vow unto God, defer not to pay it; for 
he hath no pleasure in fools; pay that 
which thou hast vowed. Better is it 
that thou shouldst not vow, than that 
thou shouldst vow and not pay. See Job 
xxii. 27. Ps. xxii. 25.— 1. 14.— Ivi, 12.— 
Ixi. 5. 8. 13.— Ixxvi. 11.— cxvi.l4. 18. Jer. 
xliv. 25. Nah. i. 15. 

CC. Vows to do duty. Instances. Gen. 
xxviii. 20. Jacob vowed a vow, saying. 
If God will be with me, and keep me 
in the way that I go, and will give me 
bread to eat, and raiment to put on, then 
shall the Lord be my God. Ver. 21. Ch. 
xxxi. 13. Numb. xxi. 2. 1 Sam. i, 11. 28. 
Ps. cxxxii. 2. Jonah i. 16. — ii. 9. 

CCI. Sinful vows. Judg. xi. 30 to 39. 
Jeplitha's vow. Mai. i. 14. To vow a cor- 
rupt thing. 

Lev. xxvii. The redemption of things 
vowed. 

Numb. xxx. 3, &c. A woman's vow 
in her virginity, and married state, in 
what cases binding. 

vi. 2, Sec. Of a Nazarite's vow. See 
also Judg. xiii. 5. 7. — xvi. 17. Lam. iv. 7. 
Amos ii. 11, 12. 

COMMANDMENT FOURTH. 

ecu. Of the Sahhalh. Exod. xx. 8. 
Remember the Sabbath-day to keep it 
holy, &c. Ver. 9, 10, 11. 

xxxi. 13. Verily my Sabbaths ye shall 
keep ; for it is a sign between me and 
you, that ye may know that I am the 
Lord which doth sanctify you. Gen. ii. 


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2, 3. Deut. V. 12. 15. Ezek. xx. 12.— 
xliv. 24. 

CCIII. The Sahhath a day of rest from 
servile work. Exod. xx, 10. In it thou 
shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy 
son, nor thy daughter, thy man servant, 
nor thy maid servant, nor thy cattle, nor 
the stranger that is within thy gates. — 
Ver. 11. • 

xvi. 23. The Lord said, To-morrow is 
tlie rest of the holy Sabbath.— Ver. 29. 
Let no man go out of his place on the 
seventh day, to gather manna. 

xxiii. 12. Six days shalt thou do thy 
work, in the seventh day thou shalt rest ; 
that thine ox and thine ass may rest, and 
tlie son of thine handmaid, and the stran- 
ger may be refreshed. Ch. xxxiv. 21. — 
XXXV. 23. Deut. v. 14, 15. 

Jer. xvii. 21, 22. Thus saith the Lord, 
Take heed to yourselves, and bear no 
burthen on the Sabbath-day, nor bring 
it in by the gates of Jerusalem. Nei- 
ther carry forth a burthen out of your 
houses on the Sabbath-day, neither do 
ye any work. Luke xxviii. 5G. Heb. 
iv. 9. 

CCIV. The duties of the Sahhath; 
worshipping God, reading, hearing his 
word, Sfc. Lev. xix. 30. Ye shall keep 
my Sabbaths, and reverence my sanctu- 
ary : I am the Lord. Ch. xxvi. 2. 

Ezek. xlvi. 3. The people shall wor- 
ship before the Lord in the Sabbaths. 

Mark vi. 2. When the Sabbath-day 
was come, Jesus began to teach in the 
synagogue. 

Luke iv. 16. Jesus, as his custom was, 
went into the synagogue on the Sab- 
bath-day, and stood up for to read. — 
Ver. 31. He came to Capernaupi and 
taught them on the Sabbath-day. Ch. 
xiii. 10. 

Acts xiii. 14 — 16, The disciples went 
into the synagogue on the Sabbath-day. 
After the reading of the law and the 
prophets, Paul stood up and said. Men 
of Israel, and ye that fear God, give au- 
dience. 

Ver. 27. The prophets are read every 
Sabbath-day. 

Ver. 42. The Gentiles besought that 
tliese words might be preached unto 
them tlie next Sabbath. — Ver. 44. The 
next Sabbath-day came almost the whole 
city together to hear the word of 
God. 

XV. 21. Moses hath in every city them 


that preach him, being read in the syna- 
gogues every Sabbath-day. 

xvii. 2, 3. Paul, as his manner was, 
went in unto them, and three Sabbaths 
reasoned with them out of the Scrip- 
tures ; opening and alleging that Christ 
must needs have suffered. Ch, xviii. 4. 
Paul reasoned in the synagogue every 
Sabbath. 

CCV. Works of charity and mercy to 
he done on the Sahhath-day. Instances. 
Matt. xii. 1. Jesus went on the Sabbath- 
day through the corn ; and his disciples, 
being an hungered, began to pluck the 
ears of corn and to eat. Mark ii, 23, 

xii, 2, 3, The Pharisees said. Thy dis- 
ciples do that which is not lawful on the 
Sabbath, Jesus said. Have ye not read 
what David did ? — Ver, 5, Have ye not 
read in the law, «&c, ? — Ver. 7. I will have 
mercy and not sacrifice, 

Ver. 12. It is lawful to do well on the 
Sabbath-day.— Ver. 13. He healed the 
withered hand. Mark iii. 2. 4. Luke vi. 9. 

Mark ii. 27. The Sabbath was made 
for man, and not man for the Sabbath. 

Luke xiii. 15, 16. The Lord said. 
Doth not each of you loose his ox or 
his ass on the Sabbath-day ? (Ch. xiv. 
3. 5,) And ought not this woman to be 
loosed from her bond on the Sabbath- 
day ? See John v. 8, 9, 10. 18,— -vii. 22. 
— ix. 14. 

CCVI. Promises to them that keep the 
Sahhath. Isa. Ivi, 2. Blessed is the man 
that keepeth the Sabbath from polluting it. 

Ver, 4, 5, Thus saith the Lord to the 
eunuchs that keep my Sabbaths, and 
choose the things that please me, and take 
hold of my covenant ; Even unto them 
will I give in mine house, and within my 
walls, a place and a name, better than of 
sons and of daughters, &.c, 

Ver. 6, Also the sons of the stranger 
that join themselves to the Lord, to 
serve him, and to love the name of the 
Lord, to be his servants, every one that 
keepeth the Sabbath from polluting it, 
and taketh hold of my covenant ; even 
them will I bring to my holy mountain, 
and make them joyful in my house of 
prayer, 

Iviii. 13, 14, If thou turn away thy 
foot from the Sabbath, from doing thy 
pleasure on my holy day, and call the 
Sabbath a delight, the holy of the Lord, 
honourable; and shalt honour him, not 
doing thine own ways, nor finding thine 


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own pleasure, nor speaking- thine own 
words; tlien shalt thou deUght thyself in 
tlie Lord, and I will cause thee to ride 
upon tlie high places- of tlie earth, and 
feed thee with the heritage of Jacob. 

CCVII. The care of GocVs people to 
sanctify the Sahhath themselves, and to 
prevent the profaning of it by others. 
Nell. X. 29. They entered into an oath, 
ajid into a curse, to walk in God's law. — 
Ver. 31. And if the people of the land 
bring ware, or any victuals, on the Sab- 
bath-day to sell, not to buy it of them on 
the Sal)bath. 

xiii. 15. In those days I saw in Judah, 
some treading wine-presses on the Sab- 
bath, and bringing in sheaves, and lead- 
ing asses ; as also wine, grapes, and figs, 
and all manner of burthens which they 
brought into Jerusalem on the Sabbath- 
day ; and I testified against them, in the 
day wherein they sold victuals. 

Ver. 16 — 18. There dwelt men of 
Tyre also therein, which brought fish, 
and all manner of ware, and sold on the 
Sabbath unto the children of Judah, and 
in Jerusalem. Then I contended with 
the nobles of Judah, and said unto theai, 
What evil thing is this that ye do, and 
profane the Sabbath-day ? Did not your 
fathers thus, and did not our God bring 
Jill this evil upon us, and upon this city ? 
yet ye bring more wrath upon Israel by 
profaning the Sabbath. 

Ver. 19 — 21. And it came to pass, 
that when the gates of Jerusalem began 
to 1)6 dark before the Sabbath, I com- 
manded that the gates should be shut, and 
not be opened till after the Sabbath ; and 
some of my servants I set at the gates, 
that there should no burthen be brought 
in on the Sabbath-day. So the mer- 
chants and sellers of all kind of ware, 
lodged without Jerusalem once or twice. 
Then I testified against them, and said 
unto tliem. Why lodge ye about the wall ? 
if ye do so again I will lay hands on you. 
From that time forth came they no more 
on the Sabbath. 

Ver. 22. And I commanded the Levites, 
that they should cleanse themselves, and 
that they should come and keep the gates, 
to sanctify the Sabbath. 

C'/CVIII. Threat cninfru; nrjainstSnlhath- 
breakers. Exod. xxxi. 14. Ye slinll keep 
the Sabbath : every one that defileth it, 
shall surely be put to deatli. — Ver. 15. 
Whosoever doeth any work on the Sab- 


bath-day, he shall surely be put to death. 
Ch. XXXV. 2. 

Numb. XV. 32—36. While the children 
of Israel were in the wilderness, they 
found a man that gathered sticks on the 
Sabbath-day, and they brought him to 
iMoses and Aaron, and they put him in 
ward. And the Lord said unto IMoses, 
The man shall be surely put to death ; all 
the congregation shall stone • him with 
stones without the camp. And all the 
congregation brought him without the 
camp, and stoned him with stones, and he 
died as the Lord commanded Moses. 

Jer. xvii. 27. If ye will not hearken 
unto me, to hallow the Sabbath, «&:c. 

Ezek. XX. 15, 16. I would not bring 
them into the land which I had given 
them ; because they walked not in my 
statutes, but polluted my Sabbaths. 

Ver. 23, 24. I Ufted up mine hand 
unto them in the wilderness, that I would 
scatter them among the heathen, and dis- 
perse them through the nations ; because 
they had despised my statutes and pol- 
luted my Sabbaths. 

xxii. 8. Thou hast profaned my Sab- 
baths. — Ver. 14. Can thine heart endure, 
or can thine hands be strong, in the day- 
that I will deal with thee ? 

Ver. 26. Her priests have hid their 
eyes from my Sabbatlis, and I am pro- 
faned among them. — Ver. 31. There- 
fore have I poured out mine indignation 
upon them, I have consumed them with 
the fire of my wrath ; their own ways 
have I recompensed upon their heads, 
saith tlie Lord. 

xxiii. 38. They have defiled my sanc- 
tuary, and have profaned my Sabbaths. — 
Thus saith the Lord God, I will give them 
to be removed and spoiled. 

CCIX. Sabhath privileges witfidrawn. 
Lam. ii. 6. The Lord liatli caused the 
Sabbaths to be forgotten in Zion. 

Hos. ii. 11. I will cause her Sabbatlis 
to cease. 

Lam. i. 7. The adversaries did mock 
at her Sabbaths. See Isa. .i. 13. Amos 
viii. 11. 

OCX. The change of the Sabbath from 
the seventh to the first day of the week. 
Gen. ii. 2. GoJ blessed the seventh day, 
and sanctified it, because that in it God 
rested from all his works. Exod. xx. 
11. 

Col. ii. 16, 17. Let no man judge you, 
in meat or in drink, or in respect of an 


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holy-day, or of the new moon, or of the 
Sabbath-days : which are a shadow of 
things to come, but the body is of Christ. 
Rom. xix. 6. 

Luke xxiv. 1. 6. Christ rose from the 
dead on the first day. 

Acts XX. 7. Upon the first day of the 
week, when the disciples came together 


to break bread, Paul preached unto them. 
John XX. 19. 

1 Cor. xvi. 2. On the first day of the 
week let every one lay by him as God 
hatli prospered him, that there be no ga- 
therings when I come. 

Rev. i. 9, 10. I was in the Spirit on the 
Lord's day. 


CHAPTER XVI. 


DUTIES TOWARDS MANKIND. 


I.LOVE. Lev. xix. 18. Thou shalt 
not avenge nor bear any grudge against 
the children of thy people, but thou shalt 
love thy neighbour as thyself. — Ver. 34. 
The stranger that dwelleth with you shall 
be as one born among you, and thou shalt 
love him as thyself. 

Matt. V. 44, 45. Love your enemies ; 
bless them that curse you, do good to 
them that hate you, and pray for them 
which despitefully use you and persecute 
you. That ye may be the children of 
your Father which is in heaven : for he 
maketh his sun to rise on the evil and on 
tlie good, and sendeth rain on the just and 
on the unjust. 

Ver. 46, 47. For if you love them 
which love you, what reward have ye? 
Do not even the publicans the same. And 
if you salute your brethren only, what do 
ye more than others ? Do not even the 
publicans the same? — Ver. 48. Be ye 
therefore perfect, even as your Father 
which is in heaven is perfect. 

xxii. 37, 38. Thou shalt love the Lord 
thy God with all thy heart, and with all 
thy soul, and with all thy mind. This is 
the first and great commandment. — Ver. 
39, 40. And the second is like unto it, 
Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. 
On these two commandments hang all 
the law and the prophets. Rom. xiii. 9. 
James ii. 8. 

John xiii. 34, 35. A new command- 
ment I give unto you. That ye love one 
another : as I have loved you, that 3^e 
love one another. (Ch. xv. 12.) Ver. 35. 
By this shall all men know that ye are 
my disciples, if ye have love one to another. 
Rom. xii. 9. Let love be without dis- 
simulation. 


xiii. 8. Owe no man anything, but to 
love one another : he that loveth another, 
hath fulfilled the law.— Ver. 10. Love 
worketh no ill to his neighbour : there- 
fore love is the fulfilling of the law. 

Gal. V. 14. All the law is fulfilled in 
one word, even in this, Thou shalt love 
thy neighbour as thyself. Ver. 15. 

Eph. V. 2. Walk in love, as Christ 
hath loved us, and hath given himself for 
us. 

Phil. i. 9. I pray that your love may 
abound more and more. 

Heb. X. 24. Let us consider one an- 
other, to provoke unto love and to good 
works. 

xiii. 1. Let brotherly love continue. 1 
Pet. iii. 8. Love as brethren. 

1 Pet. i. 2. See that ye love one an- 
other with a pure heart fervently. 

ii. 17. Honour aU men; love the' bro- 
therhood. 

1 John ii. 10. He that loveth his bro- 
ther abideth in the light, and there is none 
occasion of stumbling in him. 

iii. 11. This is the message that ye 
have heard from the beginning, That we 
should love one another. 

Ver. 14. We know that we have passed 
from death unto life, because we love the 
brethren.— Ver. 18. My little children, 
let us not love in word, neither in tongue, 
but in deed and in truth. 

iii. 23. This is God's commandment. 
That we should believe on the name of 
his Son Jesus Christ ; and love one an- 
other, as he gave us commandment. 

iv. 10. God loved us, and sent his Son 
to be the propitiation for our sins. — Ver. 
11. Beloved, if God so loved us, we ought 
also to love one another. 


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Chap. XVI. 


1 John iv. 20, 21. If a man say, I love 
God, and liatetli liis brother, he is a liar ; 
for he that lovcth not his brother, whom 
he hath seen, how can he love God whom 
he hath not seen? and this command- 
ment had we from God, That he who 
loveth God, love his brother also. 

2 John 5. This commandment we 
have from the beginning, That we love 
one anotlier, 

II. Of the cause of love, and how it is 
produced. Prov. xvii. 9. He that covereth 
a ti-ansgression seeketh love. 

xviii."" 24. A man that hath friends 
must show himself friendly : and there is a 
friend that sticketh closer than a brother. 

Heb. X. 20. Let us provoke one another 
to love and to good works. 

Gal. V. 6. Faith worketh by love. — Ver. 
22. The fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, 
peace, &c. 

1 Thess. iv. 9. Ye are taught of God 
to love one another. 

1 Jolm iv. 7, 8. Let us love one an- 
other ; for love is of God. He tliat loveth 
not, knoweth not God ; for God is love. 

Ver. 12. If we love one another, God 
dwelleth in us. — Ver. 16. God is love ; 
and he that dwelleth in love dwelleth in 
God, and God in him. 

V. 2. By this we know that we love the 
children of God, when we love God and 
keep his commandments. 

III. Prayers and thanks to God for 
Christian love, as being his gift. 1 Thess. 
iii. 12. The Lord make you to increase 
and abound in love one toward another, 
and toward all men, even as we do toward 
you. Ch. iii. 1 Col. ii. 2. 

Eph. i. 15, 16. After I heard of your 
faith in the Lord Jesus, and love unto all 
the saints, I cease not to give thanks for 
you, making mention of you in my prayers. 


IV. The injluence and effects of love 
upon the temper and behaviour of Chris- 
tians one toward another ; or how love is 
evidenced. Rom. xii. 10. Be kindly affec- 
tioncd one to another, with brotherly love. 

xiii. 10. Love worketh no ill to his 
neighbour. 

Gal. v. 13. By love serve one another. 

Eph. iv. 2. Forbearing one anotlier in 
love. — Ver. 15. Speaking the truth in 
love. — Ver. 16. Edifving in love. 

Phil. ii. 12. Be like minded, having 
the same love, being of one accord, of one 
mind. 


Philem. 9. For love's sake, I beseech 
thee. 

1 John iii. 18. Let us not love in word, 
nor in tongue, but in deed, «fcc. See du- 
ties of husbands and wives, ministers and 
people, Commandment Fifth. 


CHARITY. 

V. Charity, with other graces, enjoined. 
1 Cor. viii. 1. Knowledge pufieth up, 
but charity edifieth. 

xiii. 1 — 3. Though I speak with the 
tongues of men and of angels, and have 
not charity, I am become as sounding 
brass, or a tinkling cymbal. And tliough 
I have the gift of prophecy, and under- 
stand all mj'steries, and all knowledge ; 
and tliough I have all faith, so that I 
could remove mountains, and have not 
charity, I am nothing. And though I 
bestow all my goods to feed the poor, and 
though I give my body to bic burned, 
and have not charity, it profiteth me 
nothing. 

Ver. 4 — 7. Charity suffereth long and 
is kind; charity envieth not, charity 
vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up ; doth 
not behave itself unseemly, seeketh not 
her own, is not easily provoked, tliinketh 
no evil, rejoiceth not in iniquity, but re- 
joiceth in the truth ; beareth all things, 
believeth all things, hopcth all things, en- 
dureth all things. — Ver. 8. Charity never 
faileth. 

Ver. 13. Now abideth faith, hope, 
charity, these three ; but the greatest of 
these is charity. 

xiv. 1. Follow after charity ; and desire 
spiritual gifts. 

xvi. 14. Let all your things be done 
with charity. 

Col. iii. 14. Above all tilings put on 
charity, which is the bond of perfect- 
ncss. 

1 Tim. i. 5. The end of the command- 
ment is charity, out of a pure heart, and 
of a good conscience, and of faith im- 
feigned. 

ii. 15. The woman shall be saved in 
child-bearing, if they continue in faith 
and charity, and holiness, with sobriety. 

iv. 22. Be thou an example of the be- 
licvcrs, in word, in conversation, in cha- 
rit}', in spirit, in faith, in purity. 

2 Tim. ii. 22. Flee youthful lusts ; but 
follow righteousness, faith, charity, peace, 
with them that call on the Lord out of a 
pure heart 


Chap. XVI. 


Hatred. 


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Tit. ii. 1, 2. Speak the things that be- 
come sound doctrine ; that the aged men 
be sober, grave, temperate, sound in the 
faith, in charity, in patience. 

1 Pet. iv. 8, Above all things have 
fervent charity among yourselves ; for 
charity shall cover a multitude of sins. 
Prov. X. 12. 

V. 14. Greet ye one another with a 
kiss of charity. 

2 Pet. i. 5 — 7. Add to your faith, vir- 
tue, knowledge, temperance, patience, god- 
liness, brotherly kindness, charity. 

Jude 12. Feasts of charity. 

VI. Approved examples of charily, and 
other graces. 2 Thess. i. 3. We are 
bound to thank God always for you, 
brethren, as it is meet ; because that yom* 
faith groweth exceedingly, and the chari- 
ty of every one of you all toward each 
other aboundeth. 1 Thess. iii, 6. 

2 Tim. iii. 10. Thou hast fully known 
xOlJ doctrine, manner of life, purpose, 
faith, long-suffering, charity, patience, 
persecutions, afflictions, &c. 

Rev. ii. 18, 19. To the angel of the 
church of Thyatira write. These things 
saith the Son of God: I know thy works 
and charity, and service, and faith, and 
patience. See ver. 3. 2 John 6. 

See instances of charitable conduct 
toward others, 1 Cor. viii. 9. 12, 13. 

HATRED. 

VII. Hatred; threalenings against it. 
Lev. xix. 17. Thou shalt not hate thy 
brother in thine heart. 

Ps. xxxiv. 21. Evil shall slay the wick- 
ed ; and they that hate the righteous shall 
be desolate. 

Prov. xxix. 10. The blood-thirsty hate 
the upright. 

Ezek. XXXV. 5, 6. Because thou [mount 
Seir] hast had a perpetual hatred, and 
hast shed the blood of the children of 
Israel ; therefore as I live, saith the Lord, 
I will prepare thee unto blood, and blood 
shall pursue thee. 

Amos v. 10. They hate him that re- 
buketh in the gate ; they abhor him t^iat 
speaketh uprightly. 

Mic. iii. 2. Who hate the good, and 
love the evil. 

Matt. X. 22. Jesus said, Ye shall be 
hated of aU men, for my name's sake. 
Ch. xxiv. 9, 

xxiv. 10. They shall betray one an- 
other, and shall hate one another. 
21 


John vii. 7. The world hateth me, be- 
cause I testify of it, that the works there- 
of are evil. 

XV. 18, 19. If the world hate you, ye 
know that it hated me before it hated 
you. If you were of the world, the world 
would love his own ; but because ye are 
not of the world, but I have chosen you 
out of the world, therefore the world 
hateth you. Ver. 20. 

xvii. 14, Jesus said [of his disciples], 
The world hath hated them, because 
they are not of the world, even as I am 
not of the world. 

Tit. iii. 3. We ourselves were some- 
times foolish, disobedient, deceived, ser- 
ving divers lusts and pleasures, living in 
malice and envy, hateftd and hating one 
another. 

1 John ii. 9. He that hateth his bro- 
ther is in darkness. Ver. 11. 

iii. 13. Marvel not, brethren, if the 
world hate you. 

Ver. 14, 15. He that loveth not his 
brother abideth in death. Whosoever 
hateth his brother, is a murderer; and 
we know that no murderer hath eternal 
life abiding in him. 

iv. 20. If a man say, I love God, and 
hateth his brother, he is a liar : for he who 
loveth not his brother whom he hath seen, 
how can he love God whom he hath not 
seen ? 

VIII. The duty of the righteous to- 
word those that hate them. Exod. xxiii. o. 
If thou see the ass of him that hateth thee 
lying under his burthen, thou shalt surely 
help with him. 

Matt. v. 44. Do good to them that hate 
you. 

Rom. xii. 21. Overcome evil with good. 

IX. Prayers and complaints to God, 
against the hatred of the wicked. Ps. ix. 
13. D Lord, consider my trouble, which 
I suffer of them that hate me. 

Ixh. 14. Let me be delivered from 
them that hate me. See also Ps. xxv. 19. 
— ^xxxv. 19. — xxxviii. 19. — xli. 7. — Iv. 3. — 
Ixxxvi. 17. 

X. Promises to those that are unjustly 
hated, and threatenings against their 
haters. Job viii. 22. They that hate thee 
shall be clothed with shame. 

Ps. xviii. 17. God hath delivered me 
from them that hated me. 

xxxiv. 21. They that hate the just shall 
be desolate. 


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Envy . — Malice. 


Chap. XVI, 


xliv. 7. Tliou hast put them to shame 
that hated us. 

Ps. Ixxxix. 23. I will plague them that 
hate Inm. 

cvi. 10. He saved his people from the 
hand of him that hated them. 

cxviii. 7. The Lord taketh my part, 
therefore I shall see my desire on them 
that hate me. 

Isa. Ixvi. 5. Hear the word of the Lord, 
ye that tremble at his word, Yovir bre- 
thren that hated you, and cast you out for 
my name's sake, said. Let the Lord be 
glorified : but he shall appear to your joy, 
and they shall be ashamed. 

Luke vi. 22, 23. Blessed are ye, when 
men shall hate you, and when they shall 
separate you from their company, and 
shall reproach you, and cast out your 
name as evil, for the Son of man's sake. 
Rejoice and be exceeding glad, for behold 
your reward is great in heaven. 

See Gen. xxiv. 60. Deut. vii. 15. — xxx. 
7. — xxxiii. 11. The righteous hate only 
the haters of God. -^ 2 Chron. xix. 2. Ps. 
xxvi. 5. — xxjti. 6. — Ixviii. 1. — cxxxix. 21, 
22.— XV. 4. 

ENVY. 

XI. Envy forhidden to the righteous' 
Prov. xxiii. 17. Let not thine heart envy 
sinners, but be thou in the fear of the 
Lord all the day long. 

xxiv. 1. Be not thou envious against 
evil men, neither desire to be with them. 
Ver. 19. 

Ps. xxxvii. 1. Fret not thyself because 
of evil-doers, neither be thou envious 
against the workers of iniquity. 

Rom. xiii. 13. Let us walk honestly, 
not in strife and envying. 

2 Cor. xii. 20. I fear lest there be en- 
vying amongst you. 

Gal. V. 26. Let us not be desirous of 
vain-glory, provoking one another, envy- 
ing one another. 

1 Pet. ii. 1, 2. Laying aside all malice, 
and all guile, and hypocrisies, and envies, 
and cvil-spcaking ; as new born babes, 
desire the sincere milk of the word, that 
ye may grow thereby. See Ps. Ixxiii. 2. 
Compare Job xxi. 7. Jcr. xii. 1. Hab. i. 
3. Prov. iii. 31. Isa. xi. 13. James v. 13. 

XII. The wicked, their envy hurtful to 
themselves. Job v. 2. Envy slayeth the 
silly one. 

Prov. xiv. 30. Envy is the rottenness 
of the bones. 


XIII. Envy touxird others, a mark of 
an unconverted state. Prov. xxvii. 4. 


Who is able to stand before 


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Matt, xxvii. 18. The Jews for envy 
delivered Jesus to be put to death. Mark 
XV. 10. 

Acts V. 17, 18. The Jews, filled with 
envy, laid their hands on the apostles, 
and put them into the common prison. 

vii. 9. The patriarchs, moved with en- 
vy, sold Joseph. 

xiii. 45. The Jews, filled with envy, 
spake against the things that were spo- 
ken by Paul, contradicting and blasphem- 
ing. Ch. xvii. 5. 

Rom. i. 29. The reprobate mind is 
filled with all mirighteousncss, envy, &c. 

Phil. i. 15. Some preach Christ of envy. 

1 Tim.vi. 4. Doting about questions 
and strifes of words, whereof cometh en- 
vy, &c. 

Tit. iii. 3. We (in our unconverted 
state) were foolish, living in malice and 
envy. 

James iv. 5. The spirit that dwelleth 
in us, lusteth to envy. 

1 Cor. iii. 3. Whereas there is among 
you envying, and strife, &.c. are ye not 
carnal ? 

Gal. V. 19. The works of the flesh are 
envyings, murders, &-c. Ver. 21. 

James iii. 14 — 16. If ye have bitter 
envyings and strife in your hearts, glory 
not, and lie not against the truth. This 
wisdom descendeth not from above, but 
is earthly, sensual, devilish. For where 
envying and strife is, there is confusion 
and every evil work. 

MALICE. 

XIV. Malice forhidden to the righteous 
1 Cor. V. 8. Let us keep the feast, not 
with the old leaven, ncitlicr Avith the lea- 
ven of malice and wickedness, but with 
the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth. 

xiv. 20. In malice be ye children, but 
in understanding be ye men. 

Eph. iv. 31. Let all bitterness and 
wrath, and anger, and clamour, and evil- 
speaking, be put away from you with all 
raalicc. 

Col. iii. 8. Put off anger, wrath, ma- 
lice, blasphemy, filthy communications, 
&c. 1 Pet. ii. 1. 

XV. Malice in the wicked. Rom. i. 28, 
29. A reprobate mind, filled with all 
unrighteousnosB, maliciousness. 

Tit. iii. 3. Foolish, living in malice and 
envy. 


Chap. XVI. 


Anger. — Wrath. 


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3 John 9, 10, Diotrephes, who loveth 
the pre-eminence, receiveth us not ; pra- 
ting against us with malicious words. 


ANGER. 

XVI. Anger forbidden. Ps. xxxvii. 8. 
Cease from anger, and forsake wrath ; fret 
not thyself in any wise to do evil. 

Prov. xiv. 17. He that is soon angry 
dealeth foolishly ; and a man of wicked 
devices is hated. 

XV. 1. A soft answer turneth away 
wrath : but grievous words stir up anger, 
— Ver. 18. A wrathful man stirreth up 
strife ; but he that is slow to anger ap- 
peaseth strife. 

xvi. 32. He that is slow to anger, is 
better than the mighty ; and he thatruleth 
his spirit, than he that taketh a city. 

xix. 11. The discretion of a man de- 
ferreth his anger, and it is his glory to 
pass over a transgression. Ch. xiv. 29. 

xxi. 14. A gift in secret pacifieth anger, 
and a reward in the bosom strong wrath. 

xxii. 24. Make no friendship with an 
angry man, and with a furious man thou 
shalt not go. 

XXV. 28. He- that hath no rule over his 
own spirit, is like a city that is broken 
down, and without walls. 

xxvii. 4. Wrath is cruel, and anger is 
outrageous ; but who is able to stand be- 
fore envy. 

xxix. 22. An angry man stirreth up 
strife, and a furious man aboundeth in 
transgression. 

Eccl. vii. 9. Be not hasty in thy spirit 
to be angry, for anger resteth in the bosom 
of fools. 

Matt. V. 22. Whosoever is angry with 
his brother without a cause, shall be in 
danger of the judgment. 

Eph. iv. 26, 27. Be ye angry and sin 
not ; let not the sun go down upon your 
wrath : neither give place to the devil. — 
Ver. 31. Let all bitterness, and wrath, 
and anger, and clamour, and evil-speak- 
ing, be put away from you, with all ma- 
lice. Col. iii. 8. 

Tit. i. 7. A bishop must be blameless ; 
not self-willed, not soon angry. See the 
Government of the tongue; Command- 
ment ninth. 

XVII. Instances of the anger of the 
righteous against sin. Gen. xxx. 1, 2. 
Rachel envied her sister ; and said unto 
Jacob, Give me children or else I die. 


And Jacob's anger was kindled against 
Rachel. 

Exod. xi. 8. Moses went out from Pha- 
raoh in great anger. 

xxxii. 19. When Moses saw the golden 
calf, and the Israelites dancing before it, 
his anger was kindled. 

Mark iii. 5. Jesus looked on them with 
anger, being grieved for the hardness of 
their hearts. 

XVIII. Sinful anger, instances of it. 
Gen. ix. 5 — 7. Simeon and Levi are 
brethren, instruments of cruelty are in 
their habitations. O my soul come not 
thou into their secret ; unto their assem- 
bly mine honour be not thou united : for 
in their anger they slew a man. (Ch. 
xxxiv. 26.) Cursed be their anger for it was 
fierce, and their wrath for it was cruel. 
See Isa. xiv. 6. Amos i. 11. Ps. xi. 4. 

John vii. 23. Are ye (said Christ) angry 
at me, because I have made a man whole 
on the Sabbath-day. Rev. xi. 8. 


WRATH. 

XIX. Wrath. Ps. Ixxvi. 10. The re- 
mainder of wrath shalt thou restrain. 


xii. 16. A fool's wrath is presently 
known, but a prudent man covereth shame. 

xiv. 29. He that is slow to wrath is of 
great understanding, but he that is hasty 
of spirit exalteth folly. 

xix. 19. A man of great wrath shall 
suffer punishment. 

xxi. 24. Proud and haughty scorner is 
his name that dealeth in proud wrath. 

xxvii. 3. A stone is heavy, and the 
sand is weighty, but a fool's wrath is 
heavier than them both. Ver. 4. 

Rom. xii. 19. Avenge not yourselves, 
but rather give place to wrath. 

Gal. V. 20. The works of the flesh are, 
wrath, &c. 

2 Cor. xii. 20. I fear lest there be 
among you wrath, strifes. 

Eph. iv. 26. Let not the sun go down 
upon your wrath. — Ver. 31. Let all 
wrath be put away, &c. Col. iii. 8. 

vi. 4. Fathers, provoke not your chil- 
dren to wrath. 

1 Tim. ii. 8. Pray, lifting up holy hands 
without wrath. 

James i. 19. Let every man be slow 
to wrath.— Ver. 20. For the wrath of man 
worketh not the righteousness of God. 


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Contention. — Peace, 


Chap. XVL 


Rev. xii. 12. The devil is gone down, 
♦Slaving- great wrath, &c. 

Isa. xvi. 6, 7. We have heard of the 
pride of Moab, and his wrath. There- 
fore shall Moab howl. Jcr. xiviii. 30. 


CONTENTION. 

XX. Contention forhidden. Prov. xiii. 
10. Only by pride cometh contention; 
but with the well-advised is wisdom. 

xvii. 14. The beginning of strife is as 
when one letteth out water; therefore leave 
off contention before it be meddled with. 

xviii. 6. A fool's lips enter into conten- 
tion, and his mouth calleth for strokes. — 
Ver. 19. A brother is harder to be won 
than a strong city ; and their contentions 
are like the bars of a castle. 

xxii. 10. Cast out the scorner, and con- 
tention shall go out ; yea, strife and re- 
proach shall cease. 

xxiii. 29, 30. Who hath woe ? who 
hath sorrow ? who hath contentions ? who 
hath babblings ? who hath wounds with- 
out cause ? who hath redness of eyes ? 
They that tarry long at the wine ? 

xxvi. 21. As coals are to burning coals, 
and wood to fire, so is a contentious man 
to kindle strife. 

xxix. 9. If a wise man contend with a 
foolish man, whether he rage or laugh, 
there is no rest. 

Hab. i. 3. There are that raise up 
strife and contention. 

Rom. ii. 8. Unto them that are con- 
tentious, and obey not the truth, but obey 
unrighteousness, God will render indig- 
nation and wrath. 

1 Cor. i. 11. It hath been declared unto 
me that there are contentions among you. 
— Ver, 12. Every one of you saith, I am 
of Paul, and I of Apollos, and I of Ce- 
phas, and I of Christ. 

xi. 16. If any man seem to be conten- 
tious, &c. 

Tit. iii. 9. Avoid contentions about the 
law, for they are vain. 

XXI. Promises against contention. 
Isa. xli. 12. Thou slialt not find them 
that contended with thee ; tliey that war 
against thee shall be as nothing. 

xlix. 25. I will contend with them 
that contend with thee. 

XXII. The righteous contend only I 
against sin. Prov. xxviii. 4. Such as keep I 
the law contend with the wicked. I 


Neh. xiii. 11. I contended with the 
rulers, and said, Why is the house of God 
forsaken ? — Ver. 17. Then I contended 
with the nobles of Judah, and said unto 
them, What evil thing is this that ye do, 
and profane the Sabbath-day. — Ver. 25. I 
contended with them that had married 
strange wives, and cursed them, and smote 
certain of them, and plucked oft" their hair, 
&c. 

1 Thess. ii. 2. We were bold to speak 
the gospel with much contention. 

Jude 3. Contend for tlie faith delivered 
to the saints. 


PEACE. 

XXIII. Peace commanded with pro- 
mises to it. Ps. xxxiv. 14. Do good, seek 
peace, and pursue it. 1 Pet. iii. 11. 

cxx. 7. I am for peace; but they are 
for war. 

Prov. xii. 20. To the counsellors of 
peace is joy. 

Zech. viii. 19. Love peace. 

Matt. V. 9. Blessed are the peace- 
makers, for they shall be called the chil- 
dren of God. James iii. 18. 

V. 25. Agree with thine adversary 
quickly. 

Mark ix. 50. Have peace one with an- 
other. 

Rom. xii. 18. If it be possible, as much 
as lieth in you live peaceably with aU men. 

xiv. 19. Let us follow after the things 
which make for peace. 

1 Cor. vii. 3. God hath called us to 
peace. 

2 Cor. xiii. 11. Live in peace, and the 
God of all peace shall be with you. 

Eph. iv. 3. Keep the unity of the Spirit 
in the bond of peace. 

Col. iii. 15. Let the peace of God rule 
in your hearts, to the which ye are called 
in one body, and be ye thankful. 

1 Thess. V. 13. Be at peace among 
yourselves. 

2 Tim. ii. 22. Follow after righteous- 
ness, faith, charity, peace, with them that 
call on the Lord out of a pure heart. 

Heb. xii. 14. Follow peace with all 
men, and holiness, without which no man 
shall see the Lord. 

XXIV. Motives to peace among Chris- 
tians. John xiv. 27. Jesus said, Peace I 
leave with you, my peace I give unto you. 
Luke,xxiv. 3G. 

Rom. X. 15. How beautiful arc the 


Chap. XVI. 


Peace. 


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feet of them that preach the gospel of 
peace 1 Isa. lii. 7. Nah. i. 15. Eph. vi. 15. 

Rom. xiv. 17. The kingdom of God is 
not meat and drink, but righteousness 
and peace, and joy in the Holy Ghost. 

XV. 33. The God of peace be with you. 
2 Cor. xiii. 11, Phil. iv. 9. 

xvi. 20. The God of peace shall bruise 
Satan under your feet. 

1 Cor. xiv. 33. God is not the author 
of confusion, but of peace. 

Eph. vi. 15. The gospel is the gospel 
of peace. 

1 Thess. V. 23. The very God of peace 
sanctify you wholly. 

Gal. V. 22. The fruit of the Spirit is 
love, joy, peace. 

Heb. xiii. 20. The God of peace make 
you perfect. 

James iii. 17. The wisdom that is from 
above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, 
and easy to entreated, &c. 

XXV. Peace prayed for, as a desirable 
gift of God. Numb. vi. 26. The Lord 
lift up his countenance upon thee, and 
give thee peace. 

Ps. cxxii. 6. Pray for the peace of Je- 
rusalem. Ver. 7, 8. 

Jer. xxix. 7. Seek the peace of the 
city, where I have caused you to be car- 
ried away captive, and pray unto the Lord 
for it. 

Luke X. 5, 6, Jesus said. Into whatso- 
ever house ye enter, first say. Peace be to 
this house. If the son of peace be there, 
your peace shall rest upon it; if not, it 
shall turn to you again. Matt. x. 13. 

Rom. i. 7. Grace to you, and peace, 
from God our Father, and the Lord Jesus 
Christ. 1 Cor. i. 3. 2 Cor. i. 2. Gal. L 
3. Eph. i. 2, &c. 

XV. 13. The God of hope fill you with 
joy and peace in believing. 

Gal. vi. 16. As many'as walk accord- 
ing to this rule, peace be upon them, and 
mercy, and upon the Israel of God. 

Eph. vi. 23. Peace be to the brethren, 
and love with faith, from God the Father, 
and the Lord Jesus Christ. 

Phil. iv. 6, 7. In every thing by prayer 
and supplication, with thanksgiving, let 
your requests be made known unto 
God. And the peace of God, which 
passeth all understanding, shall keep 
your hearts and minds, through Jesus 
Christ. 

2 Thess. iii. 16. Now the Lord of peace 
himself give you peace always, by all 
means. The Lord be with you all. 

gl* 


1 Pet. i. 2. Grace to you, and peace be 
multiplied. Ver. 3. 

John V. 14. Peace be with all that are 
in Christ Jesus. Amen. 

Rev. i. 4. Grace be unto you, and 
peace, from him which is, and which 
was, and which is to come, and from the 
seven Spirits which are before the throne. 

XX VL Peace the gift af God ; pro- 
mises and instances thereof. Lev. xxvi. 
36 If ye will walk in my statutes, I will 
give peace in your land. Isa. xlviii. 18. 

2 Kings XX. 19. Hezekiah said unto 
Isaiah, Good is the word of the Lord, 
which thou hast spoken. And he said, 
Is it not good, if peace and truth be in 


1 Chron. xxii. 9. The Lord said, I will 
give peace and quietness unto Israel in 
Solomon's days. 

Job v. 23. The beasts of the field shall 
be at peace with thee. — Ver. 24. Thou 
shalt know that thy tabernacle shall be 
in peace. 

Ps. xxxvii. 11. The meek shall inherit 
the earth, and shall delight themselves in 
abundance of peace. 

Iv. 18. He hath delivered my soul in 
peace from battle that was against me. 

Prov. xvi. 17. When a man's ways 
please the Lord, he maketh his enemies 
to be at peace with him. 

Isa. xiv. 7. I form light, and I create 
darkness ; I make peace, and I create 
evil ; I the Lord do all these things. Ch. 
Ivii. 19. 

XXVII. Peace with God is the blessed 
retvard of the righteous or good man. Job 
xxii. 21. Acquaint now thyself with God, 
and be at peace. 

xxxvii. 17. Mark the perfect man, and 
behold the upright ; for the end of that 
man is peace. 

Ps. cxix. 165. Great peace have they 
that love thy law. 

Prov. iii. 17. Wisdom's ways are ways 
of pleasantness, and all her paths are 
peace. 

xxvi. 3. Thou wilt keep him in per- 
feet peace, whose mind is stayed on thee, 
because he trusteth in thee. 

Isa. xxvii. 5. Let him take hold of my 
strength ; that he may make peace with 
me, and he shall make peace with me. 

xxxii. 17. The work of righteousness 
shall be peace, and the effect of right- 
eousness quietness and assurance for 
ever. 


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Unity. — Honour. — Despising others. Chap. XVI. 


Isa. Ivii. 2. He shall enter into peace ; I 
they shall rest in their beds, each one 
walking- in his uprightness. 

Rom. ii. 10. Glory, honour, and peace, 
to every one that worketh good. 

viii. 6. To be spiritualiy-minde dis 
life and peace. 

2 Pet. iii. 14. Be diligent that ye may 
be found of him in peace, without spot 
and blameless. 

XXVIII. Peace promised to the church 
of God. Ps. xxix. 11. The Lord will bless 
his people with peace. Ps. Ixxxv. 8. 10. 

Ixxii. 3. The mountains shall bring 
peace to the people. Ver. 7. 

exxv. 5. Peace shall be upon Israel, 
Ps. cxxviii. 6. 

cxlvii. 14. He maketh peace in thy 
borders. Job xxv. 2. He maketh peace 
in his high places. See Ps. xlvi. 

Isa. ii. 4. They shall beat their swords 
into plough-shares, and their spears into 
pruning hooks. Nation shall not lift up 
sword against nation, neither shall they 
learn war any more. 

xi. 6. The wolf shall dwell with the 
Iamb, and the leopard shall lie down 
with the kid, and the calf and the young 
lion, and the fatling together, and a little 
child shall lead them. — Ver. 9. They 
shall not hurt nor destroy in all my holy 
mountain. Ver. 7, 8. 13. 

xxvi. 12. Lord, thou wilt ordain peace 
for us. 

xxxii. 18. My people shall dwell in a 
peaceable habitation, and in sure dwell- 
ings, and in quiet i-esting-places. 

liv. 10. The mountains shall depart, 
and the hills be removed, but my kind- 
ness shall not depart from thee nor my 
covenant of peace bo removed, — Ver. 13. 
All thy children shall be taught of God, 
and great shall be the peace of thy chil- 
dren. 

Iv. 12. Ye shall go out with joy, and 
be led forth with peace. 

Ix. 17. I will make thine officers peace, 
and thine exactors righteousness. 

Ixvi. 12. Thus saith the Lord, Behold, 
I will extend peace to her like a river. 

Jer. xxxiii. 6. I will reveal unto them 
abundance of peace and truth. 

Ezek. xxxiv. 25. I will make with 
tlicm a covenant of peace, and they shall 
dwell safe. Ch. xxvii. 2fi. 

Hag. ii. 9. In this place will I give 
peace, saith the Lord of liosts. 

Zech. vi. 13. The council of peace 
8hall be between them both. 


UNITY. 

XXIX. Unity. Ps. cxxxiii. 1. Behold 
how good and how pleasant it is for breth- 
ren to dwell together in unity. 

Amos iii. 3. Can two walk together 
except they be agreed I 

John xvii. 20. Jesus said, I pray for 
those that shall believe on me. — Ver. 21. 
That they all may be one. Ver. 22, 23. 

Acts iv. 32. The multitude that be- 
lieved were of one heart. 

Rom. XV. 5. Be like-minded one to- 
ward another. 

1 Cor. i. 10. Be perfectly joined to- 
gether in the same mind, and in the same 
judgment. 

2 Cor. xiii. 11. Be of one mind. 

Gal. V. 15. If ye bite and devour one 
another, take heed that ye be not con- 
sumed one of another. 

Pliil. i. 27. Let us stand fast in one 
Spirit. 


HONOUR. 

XXX. Honouring one another. Lev. 
xix. 32. Thou shalt honour the face of 
the old man. 

Ps. XV. 4. The righteous honoureth 
them that fear the Lord. 

Rom. xii. 10. Be kindly affectioned, 
in honour preferring one another. 

xiii. 7. Render honour to whom hon- 
our is due. 

Phil. ii. 3. In lowliness of mind let 
each esteem others better than them- 
selves. 

1 Tim. V. 3. Honour widows that are 
widows indeed. 

vi. 1. Let servants count their mas- 
ters worthy of all honour. 

1 Pet. ii. 17. Honour all men. Fear 
God, Honour the king. See Luke xiv. 8. 


DESPISING OTHERS. 

XXXI. Despising others. ■ Prov. xi. 
12. He that is void of wisdom despiseth 
his neighbour. 

xiv. 21. He that despiseth his neigh- 
bour sinneth. 

Luke xviii. 9. Jesus spake a parable 
to certain that trusted in themselves that 
they were righteous, and despised others. 

1 Tim. vi. 2. Servants that have believ- 
ing masters, let them not despise them. 

2 Tim. iii. 1. Perilous times sliall 


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Men shall be lovers of I 
and desplsers of those 


come. — Ver. 3. 
their ownselves, 
that are good. 

James ii. 5, 6. Hath not God chosen 
the poor of this world, rich in faith. But 
ye have despised the poor. 


STRIFE. 

XXXII. Strife forbidden to the godly, 
and to be avoided by them. Gen. xiii. 6. 
Abraham said unto Lot, Let there be no 
strife, I pray thee, between thee and me, 
for we be brethren. Ver. 9. 

Prov. iii. 30. Strive not with a man 
without cause, if he have done thee no 
harm. 

XX. 3. It is an honour for a man to 
eease from strife, but every fool will be 
meddling. 

xxii. 10. Cast out the scorner, and 
contention shall go out; yea, strife and 
reproach shall cease. 

XXV. 8. Go not forth hastily to strive, 
lest thou know not what to do in the end 
thereof. 

xxvi. 17. He that passeth by, and 
meddleth with strife belonging not to him, 
is like one that taketh a dog by the ears. 

Ver. 20. Where no wood is, there the 
fire goeth out ; so where there is no tale- 
bearer, the strife ceaseth. 

Ver. 21. As coals are to burning coals, 
and wood to fire, so is a contentious man 
to kindle strife. 

Matt. xii. 19. My servant [Christ] 
shall not strive nor cry, neither shall 
any man hear his voice in the streets. 
Isa. xlii. 1. 

Rom. xiii. 13. Let us walk honestly, 
as in the day — not in strife and envying. 

1 Cor. iii. 3, 4. Whereas there is among 
you envying and strife, and divisions, are 
ye not carnal, and walk as men ? While 
one saith, I am of Paul ; and another, I 
am of ApoUos ; are ye not carnal ? 

2 Cor. xii. 20. I fear lest there be de- 
bates, envyings, wraths, strifes, backbi- 
tings, whisperings, swellings, tumults. 

Gal. v. 20. The works of the flesh are, 
wrath, strife. 

Phil. ii. 3. Let nothing be done through 
strife or vain-glory. 

1 Tim. vi. 4. Proud, knowing nothing, 
but doting about strifes of words, where- 
of Cometh envy, strife, railings, evil sur- 
misings, &c. 

2 Tim. ii. 23, 24. Foolish and un- 
learned questions avoid ; they do gender 


strifes. And the servant of the Lord must 
not strive. Ver. 14. Ch. iii. 9. 

Heb. vi. 16. An oath for confirmation 
[of truth] is an end of strife. 

James iii. 14 — 16. If ye have bitter 
envying and strife in your hearts, glory 
not, and lie not against the truth. This 
wi:?dom is earthly, sensual, devilish. For 
where envying and strife is, there is con- 
fusion and every evil work. 

FIGHTmGS. 

XXXIII. Fightings, quarrels. Mark 
vi. 18, 19, John said to Herod, It is not 
lawful for thee to have thy brother's wife. 
Therefore Herodias had a quarrel against 
him. 

2 Cor. vii. 5. Without were fightings, 
within were fears. 

Col. iii. 13. If any man have a quar- 
rel against any, even as Christ forgave 
you, so do ye. 

James iv. 1. From whence come wars 
and fightings among you? Come they 
not hence, even of your lusts, that war in 
your members ? 

DIVISIONS. 

XXXIV. Divisions forbidden. Judg. 
V. 15. For the divisions of Reuben there 
were great thoughts of heart. — Ver. 16. 
Great searchings of heart. 

Matt. xii. 25. Every kingdom divided 
against itself is brought to desolation; 
and every city or house divided against 
itself shall not stand. 

Rom. xvi. 17. Mark them which cause 
divisions, and avoid them. 

1 Cor. i. 10. Now I beseech you, 
brethren, by the mame of the Lord Jesus 
Christ, that ye all speak the same thing, 
and that there be no divisions among 
you ; but that ye be perfectly joined to- 
gether in the same mind and in the same 
judgment. 

iii. 3. Whereas there is among you 
envying and strife, and divisions, are ye 
not carnal, and walk as men ? Ch. xi. 18. 

xii. 25. There should be no schism in 
the body; the members should have the 
same care one of another. 

OFFENCES. 

XXXV. Offences forbidden. Isa. xi. 13. 
Judah shall not vex Ephraim. 

Matt. xvii. 25 — 27. Jesus said to Peter, 
Of whom do the kings of the earth take 
custom or tribute ? of their own children 


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Chap. XVI. 


or of strangers ? Peter said unto him, Of 
strang-crs. Jesus saith unto hiin, then are 
the children free. JNotwithstanding-, lest 
we should offend them, g-o thou to the sea, 
and cast an hook, and take up the fish 
tliat first Cometh up ; and when thou hast 
opened liis mouth, thou shalt find a piece 
of money, that take, and give unto them 
for me and thee. 

Acts xxiv. 16. Paul said. Herein do I 
exercise myself, to have always a con- 
science void of offence toward God and 
toward men. 

Rom. xiv. 21. It is good neither to eat 
flesh, nor to drink wine, nor any thing 
wherchy thy brother stumbleth, or is of- 
fended, or is made weak. 

1 Cor. X. 32. Give none offence neither 
to the Jews nor to the Gentiles, nor to 
the church of God. 2 Cor. vi. 3. Giving 
none offence. 

Ver. 33. Even as I please all men in 
all things, not seeking mine own profit, 
but the profit of many. 2 Cor. xi. 29. 

Gal. V. 26. Let us not be desirous of 
vain-glory, provoking one another. 

Phil. i. 10. I pray that ye may be sin 
cere, and without offence, till the day of 
Christ. 

1 Thess. iv. 11, 12. We beseech you 
that ye study to be quiet ; that ye may 
walk honestly toward them that are 
without. 

XXXVI. Threats against offenders. 
Matt. xiii. 41. The Son of man shall send 
forth his angels, and they shall gather out 
of his kingdom all things that offend, and 
them which do iniquity, and cast them 
into a furnace of fire, &c. Ver. 42. 

xviii. 6. Whoso shall offend one of 
tliese little ones which believe in me, it 
were better for him that a mill-stone were 
hanged about his neck, and that he were 
drowned in the depth of the sea. 

Ver. 7. Woe unto that man by whom 
the offence comcth. 


DOING GOOD. 

XXXVII. Doing good to others. Ps. 
xxxvii. 3. Trust in the Lord, and do 
good ; so shalt thou dwell in the land, and 
verily thou shalt })e fed. 

Eccl. iii. 12. Rejoice, and do good. 

Amos V. I.'). Hate the evil, and love 
the good. 

Mic. iii. 2. The wicked hate the good 
and love the evil. 

fiuke vi. 21. As yc would that men 


should do to you, do ye also to them like- 
wise. — Ver. 33. If ye do good to them 
which do good to you, what thanks have 
ye ? For sinners also do even the same. 

Ver. 35. Do good and lend, hoping 
for notliing again ; and your reward shall 
be great, and ye shall be the children of 
the Highest ; for he is kind unto the un- 
thankful and the evil. 

Gal. vi. 9, 10. Let us not be weary in 
well-doing. As we have opportunity let 
us do good unto all men, especially to 
them who are of the household of faith. 

Eph. vi. 1. Whatsoever good thing 
any man doeth, the same shall he receive 
of the Lord, whether he be bond or free. 
Col. iii. 24. 

1 Thess. v. 15. See that none render 
evil for evil unto any man ; but ever fol- 
low that which is good, both among your- 
selves and to all men. 

1 Tim. vi. 17, 18. Charge them that 
are rich, that they do good ; that they be 
rich in good works. 

lieb. xiii. 16. To do good and com- 
municate forget not, for with such sacri- 
fices God is well pleased. 

1 Pet. iii. 13. Who is he that will 
harm you, if ye be doers of that which 
is good. 


DOING EVIL. 

XXXVIII. Doing evil. 2 Sam. iii. 39. 
The Lord shall reward the doer of evil 
according to his wickedness. 

Job viii. 20. God will not help evil- 
doers. 

Ps. xxvi. 5. I have hated the congre- 
gation of evil-doers. 

xxxiv. 14. Depart from evil. Isa. i. 
4. 16. 1 Pet. iii. 10. 

Ver. 16. The face of the Lord is against 
them that do evil. 

Prov. xxiv. 8. He that dcviseth to do 
evil shall be called a mischievous per- 
son. 

Isa. xiv. 20. T'he seed of evil-doers 
sliall never be renowned. 

xxxi. 2. The Lord will arise against 
the house of evil-doers. 

John iii. 20, 21. Every one that doeth 
evil hatcth tlie light. He that doeth truth 
comcth to the light. 

Rom. xiii. 4. If tiiou do that which 
is evil, be afraid of the power. 1 Pet. ii. 
2. 14. 

2 Cor. xiii. 7. I pray to God that yc 
do no evil. 


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Phil. iii. 2. Beware of evil- workers. 

1 Thess. V. 22. Abstain from all ap- 
pearance of evil. 

1 Pet. iii. 12. The face of the Lord is 
against them that do evil. 

iv. 15. Let none of you suffer as an 
evil-doer. 

3 John 11. Follow not that which is 
evil, but that which is good : he that 
doeth good is of God, but he that doth 
evil hath not seen God. 


DOING WRONG. 

XXXIX. Doing Wrong. Acts vi. 26, 
27. He that did the wrong, thrust Moses 
away, saying. Who made thee a ruler 
and a judge over us. Exod. ii. 13. 

1 Cor. vi. 7, 8. There is utterly a fault 
among you, because ye go to law one 
with another. Why do ye not rather take 
wrong ? why do ye not rather suffer your- 
selves to be defrauded ? Nay, ye do wrong, 
and defraud, and that your brethren. 

Col. iii. 25. He that doeth wrong shall 
receive for the wrong that he doeth. See 
Jer. xxii. 3. 13. 2 Cor. vii. 2. 1 Pet. ii. 19. 


DOING MISCHIEF. 

XL. Doing Mischief, the character of 
the wicked. Exod. xxxii, 22. Aaron said, 
The people are set on mischief. 

Job XV. 35. They conceive mischief, 
and bring forth vanity, 

Ps. xxvi. 10. In their hands is mischief. 

xxviii. 3. They speak peace to their 
neighbours, but mischief is in their hearts. 

xxxvi. 4. The wicked deviseth mischief 
upon his bed : he setteth himself in a way 
that is not good, he abhorreth not evil. 

xxxviii. 12. They that seek my hurt, 
speak mischievous things, and imagine 
deceit all the day long. 

Iv. 10 Mischief and sorrow are in the 
midst of the wicked. 

Prov. iv. 16. The wicked sleep not, ex- 
cept they do mischief 

vi. 14. A wicked man deviseth mis- 
chief continually. 

X. 23. It is a sport to a fool to do mis- 
chief. 

xvii. 20. He that hath a perverse 
tongue falleth into mischief Ch. xiii. 17. 
— xxiv. 2. 8. 1 6. — xxviii. 14. 

Eccl. X. 13. The end of a fool's talk, 
is mischievous madness. 

Isa. lix. 4. They conceive mischief, and 


bring forth folly. See Ezek. xi. 2. Dan- 
xi. 17. Mic. vii. 3. Acts xiii. 10. 

Threats. Ps. vii. 14. The wicked hath 
conceived mischief, and brought forth 
falsehood. — Ver. 16. His mischief shall 
return upon his own head. 

X. 14. Thou* beholdest mischief and 
spite to requite it. 

xxi. 11, 12. They imagine a mischie- 
vous device against me : Therefore shalt 
thou make them turn their back. 

Iii. 2. Thy tongue deviseth mischief: 
God shall destroy thee. Ver. 5. Ps. lxii.3. 

xciv. 20. Shall the throne of iniquity 
have fellowship with thee, which frameth 
mischief by a law ? 

cxl. 1, 2. Deliver me from the evil man ; 
which imagine mischief in their heart. 
Ver. 9. Let the mischief of their own lips 
cover them. 

Prov. xi. 27. He that diligently seeketh 
good procureth favour : but he that seek- 
eth mischief it shall come upon him. 


HARMLESS. 

XLI. Of being harmless. Matt. x. 16. 
Be wise as serpents, and harmless as 
doves. Rom. xvi. 19. 

Phil. ii. 15. Be blameless and harmless, 
the sons of God without rebuke, in the 
midst of a crooked and perverse nation, 
among whom ye shine as lights in the world. 


BLAMELESS. 

XLII. Blameless. 1 Cor. i. 8. God shall 
confirm you unto the end, that ye may be 
blameless in the day of the Lord Jesus. 

Eph. i. 4. God hath chosen us in Christ, 
that we should be holy and without blame 
before him in love. 

1 Thess. V. 23. The very God of peace 
sanctify you wholly : and T pray God that 
your whole spirit, and soul, and body, be 
preserved blameless unto the coming of 
our Lord Jesus Christ. 

1 Tim. v. 7. These things give in 
charge, that they may be blameless. 

2 Pet. iii. 14. Be diligent that ye may 
be found of him without spot, and blame- 
less. See Luke i. 6. 


MERCY. 
XLIII. Promises to the merciful. Ps. 
xviii. 25. With the merciful thou wilt 
shew thyself merciful. 


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UnmercifuU ^"C. — Cruelty of the Wicked, Chap. XVI. 


Ps. xxxvii. 21. The righteous shevveth 
mere}'-. — Vcr. 2G. He is ever merciful. 

Prov. iii. 3. Let not mercy and truth 
forsake thee ; bind them about tliy neck, 
write them upon the table of thine heart. 

xi. 17. The merciful man doth good 
to his own soul ; but he that is cruel trou- 
bleth his own flesh. 

xvi. 6. By mercy and truth iniquity is 
purged, 

xxi. 21. He that followeth after right- 
eousness and mercy, findeth life, right- 
eousness and honour. 

Dan. iv. 27. Break off thy sins by 
righteousness, and thipe iniquities by 
shewing mercy. 

Hos, vi. 5. I desired mercy and not sa- 
crifice, and the knowledge of God more 
than burnt offerings. Matt. ix. 13. — xii. 7. 

xii. 6. Keep mercy and judgment. 

Mic. vi. 8. What doth the Lord require 
of thee, but to do justly and love mercy, 
and to walk humbly with thy Go^. ? 

Zech. vii. 9. Thus spake the Lord of 
hosts, saying, Execute true judgment, and 
shew mercy and compassions every one 
to his brother. 

Matt. V. 7. Blessed are the merciful, 
for they shall obtain mercy. 

Luke vi. 36, Be ye merciful as your 
Father is mercifid. 

Rom. xii. 8. He that sheweth mercy, 
let Jiim do it with cheerfulness. 

Phil. ii. 1. If there are any bowels and 
mercies, fulfil ye my joy. Ver. 2, 

Co], iii. 12. Put on (as the elcet of God 
holy and beloved) bowels of mercies. 

James iii. 17. The wisdom that is from 
above is full of mercy. 


UNMERCIFUL. 

XLIV. Unmerciful. Threats. Ps. cix. 
12. Let there be none to extend mercy 
unto him. — Vcr. 16. Because he remem- 
bered not to shew mercy. 

Hos. iv. 1. Tlie Lord hath a contro- 
versy with the inhabitants of the land, 
because there is no truth, nor mercy, nor 
knowledge of God in the land. 

Matt, xxiii. 23. Woe to you, yc have 
omitted the weightier matters of the law, 
judgment, mercy and faith. 

Rom. i. 2H, 2!J. The rcprol)ate mind is 
filled with all unrighteousness, implaca- 
ble, unmerciful. 

James ii. 13. He shall have judgment 
without mercy, tiiat shewed no mercy. 
Matt. vii. 22. 


COMPASSION AND PITY. 

XLV. Compassion and pity. Zech. vii. 
9. Thus spake the Lord of hosts, saying, 
Execute true judgment, and shew mercy 
and compassions every man to his brother. 

Matt, xviii. 33. Shouldst thou not have 
had compassion on thy fellow-servant, 
even as I had pity on thee. 

Luke X. 33. A Samaritan had com- 
passion on him that fell among thieves. — 
Ver. 37. Jesus said, Go thou and do like- 
wise. 

1 Pet. iii. 8. Brethren, be all of one 
mind, having compassion one of another. 

1 John iii. 17. Whosoever hath this 
world's good ; and seeth his brother have 
need, and shutteth up his bowels of com- 
passion toward him, how dwelleth the 
love of God in that man? See Heb. xiii. 
3.— X. 32, 33, 34. Phil. iv. 14. Job xxx. 
25. Ps. XXXV. 13, 14. 

Rom. xii. 15. Rejoice with them that 
do rejoice, and weep with those that weep. 

Gal. vi. 2. Bear ye one another's bur- 
dens, and so fulfil the law of Christ. 

Job vi. 14. To the afflicted pity should 
be shewed. 

xix. 22. Have pity upon me, O ye my 
friends, for the hand of God hath touched 
me. 

1 Pet. iii. 8. Be pitiful, be courteous. 
Eph. iv. 32. 

Matt. XXV. 34 to 46. See Christ's sen- 
tences, at the last day, to the compassion- 
ate and uncompassionate. Amos i. 11. 

See persons not to be pitied, Deut. 
vii. 16.— xiii. 8.— xix. 13. 21. Ezek. ix. 
5, 6. 


CRUELTY OF THE WICKED. 

XLVI. Cruelty of the wicked. Gen. 
xlix. 5. Instruments of cruelty are in 
their habitations. Ver. 7. 

Deut. xxxii. 33. Their wine is the 
poison of dragons, and the cruel venom 
of asps. 

Prov. xii. 10. The tender mercies of 
the wicked are cruel. 

Ps. Ixxiv. 20. Earth's dark places arc 
full of the habitations of cruelty. 

Lam. iv. 3. The daughter of my people 
is become cruel. 

Prayers. Ps. Ixxi. 4. Deliver me, O 
my God, out of tlie hand of the wicked, 
and out of tlic hand of the unrighteous 
and cruel man. Ps. xxv. 19. — xxvii. 12. 

Threats. Zech. i. 15. Thus saith the 


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Lord, I am very sore displeased with the 
heathen, that are at ease, for I was but a 
little displeased, and they helped forward 
the affliction. Amos i. 11. Obad. i. 15. 
Gen. xhi. 21. Amos vi. 1. 3. 6. Isa. xlvii. 6. 
Judg. ix. 24. Ezek. xviii. 18. — ^xxxiv. 4. 


and forgiving one another, if any man 
have a quarrel against any ; even as Christ 
forgave you, so do ye. See 2 Cor. ii. 7. 
10. Gal. vi. 1. 


FORGIVENESS. 

XLVII. Forgiveness. Matt. vi. 9. After 
this manner pray ye : Our Father which 
art in heaven. — Ver. 12. Forgive us our 
debts, as we forgive our debtors. 

Ver, 14, 15. If ye forgive men their 
trespasses, your heavenly Father will also 
forgive you. But if ye forgive not men 
their trespasses, neither will your Father 
forgive you your trespasses. * 

xviii. 15. If thy brother shall trespass 
against thee, go and tell him his fault be- 
tween thee and him alone; if he shall hear 
thee, thou hast gained thy brother. 

Ver. 21, 22. Peter said, How oft shall 
my brother offend and I forgive him ? till 
seven times ? Jesus saith unto him, I say 
not unto thee, till seven times, but until 
seventy times seven. 

Ver. 27. The Lord of that servant 
[who could not pay] forgave him all the 
debt. 

Ver. 35. So likewise shall my heavenly 
Father do also to you, if ye from your 
hearts forgive not every one his brother 
their trespasses. 

Mark xi. 25, 26. When ye stand pray- 
ing, forgive, if ye have ought against 
any, that your Father also which is in 
heaven may forgive you your trespasses. 
But if ye do not forgive, neither will your 
Father which is in heaven forgive you 
your trespasses. 

Luke vi. 37, 38. Forgive and ye shall 
be forgiven. For with what measure ye 
mete, it shall be measured to you again. 

xvii. 3, 4. Take heed to yourselves : 
If thy brother trespass against thee, re- 
buke him ; and if he repent, forgive him. 
And if he trespass against thee seven 
times in a day, and seven times in a day 
turn again to thee, saying, I repent, thou 
shalt forgive him. 

Eph. iv. 32. Be ye kind one to an- 
other, tender-hearted, forgiving one an- 
other ; even as God for Christ's sake hath 
forgiven you. 

Col. iii. 12, 13. Put on (as the elect of 
God, holy and beloved") bowels of mercies, 
kindness, humbleness of mind, meelaiess, 
long-suffering; forbearing one another. 


REVENGE. 

XLVItl. Revenge. Lev. xix. 18. Thou 
shalt not avenge nor bear any grudge 
against the children of thy people. 

Prov. XX. 22. Say not thou, I will tc- 
compense evil. 

xxiv. 29. Say not, I Avill do to him as 
he hath done to me ; I will render to the 
man according to his work. 1 Thess. v. 
15. 1 Pet. iii. 9. 

xii. 20. Deceit is in the heart of them 
that imagine evil. 

Zech. vii. 10. Let none of you ima- 
gine evil against his brother in his heart. 
Ch. viii. 17. 

Rom. xii. 19, 20. Dearly beloved, 
avenge not yourselves, but rather give 
place to wrath; for it is written, Ven- 
geance is mine, I will repay, saith the 
Lord. Therefore, if thine enemy hunger, 
feed him ; if he thirst, give him drink ; 
for in so doing, thou shalt heap coals of 
fire on his head. 

Ver. 21. Be not overcome of evil, but 
overcome evil with good. 

Prayers and complaints. Ps. cxl. 1,^. 
Deliver me, O Lord, from the evil men, 
which imagine mischief in their heart. 
Hos. vii. 15. Lam. iii. 60. Ps. x. 2. — 
xxi. 10. See revenge punished, Ezek. 
XXV. 12 to 18. 

GOOD COUNSEL. 

XLIX. The duty of giving and receiv- 
ing good counsel. Ps. Iv. 14. We took 
sweet counsel together, and walked to the 
house of God in company. 

Prov. i. 5. A wise man will hear and 
will increase in learning ; and a man of un- 
derstanding will attain unto wise counsel. 

xi. 14. Where no counsel is, the peo- 
ple fall ; but in the multitude of counsel- 
lors there is safety. Ch. xv. 22.— xx. 18. 
— xxiv= 6. 

xii. 5. He that hearkeneth to counsel 

-lO' WIS 6 

xiii. io. With the well-advised is wis- 
dom. 

xix. 20. Hear counsel, and receive 
instruction, that thou mayest be wise in 
thy latter end. 

xxvii. 9. Ointment and perfume re- 


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Good Counsel. 


Chap. XVI. 


joicc the heart; so doth the sweetness of 
a man's friend by hearty counsel. 

Instances of good counsel received. By 
Moses, Exod. xviii. 19. — By Bathsheba, 

1 Kmgs i. 12. — By the king of Israel, 

2 Kings vi. 9, 10. — By the king of Judah, 
2 Chron. xxx. 2. 23. — By the princes of 
Judah, Ezek. x. 3. 8. 

L. Rejecting evil counsel; the duty 
and safety thereof. Ps. i. 1. Blessed is 
the man that waiketh not in the counsel 
of the ungodly. Job xxi. 16. — xxii. 18. 

Prov. i. 10. If sinners entice thee con- 
sent thou not. 

xii. 5. The counsel of the wicked is 
deceit. 

xix. 27. Cease to hear the instruction 
that causeth to err from the words of 
knowledge. 

Followers of evil counsel punished. 
Instances thereof. Those who followed 
the counsel of Balaam, Numb. xxxi. 16. — 
Rehoboam for following the counsel of 
the young men, 1 Kings xii. 8. 14. — Aha- 
ziah for following the evil counsel of his 
mother, 2 Chron. xxii. 3, 4, 5. 

LI. Mutual ohligations to giving and 
receiving instruction from one another. 
Prov. iv. 13. Take fast hold of instruc- 
tion ; let her not go : keep her, for she is 
thy life. Ch. i. 2, 3.— v. 1.— vi. 23. 

viii. 10. Receive my instructions, and 
not silver ; and knowledge rather than 
choice gold. — Ver. 33. Hear instruction 
and be wise, and refuse it not. 

ix. 9. Give instruction to a wise man, 
and he will be yet wiser; teach a just 
man, and he will increase in learning. 

X. 17. He is in the way of life that 
keepeth instruction ; but he that refuscth 
reproot errcth. 

xii. 1. Whoso loveth instruction loveth 
knowledge ; but he that hateth reproof is 
brutish. 

XV. 32. Ho tliat refuscth instruction 
despiseth his own soul ; but he tliat hear- 
cth reproof gctteth understanding. 

xix. 20. Hear counsel and receive in- 
struction, that thou mayest be wise in thy 
latter end. 

Ver. 27. Cease, my son, to hear the 
instruction that causeth to err from the 
words of knowledge. 

xxi. 1 1 . When a •Bcorncr is punished the 
simple is made wise, but when tlic wise is 
instructed lie rcceiveth knowledge. 

xxiii. 12. Apply thine heart unto in- 
struction, and thine ears to the words 


of knowledge. — Ver. 23. Buy the truth, 
and sell it not ; also, wisdom, and instruc- 
tion, and understanding. 

Job iv. 3. Thou hast instructed*tnany, 
and hast strengtliencd the weak hands. 

Dan. xi. 33. They that understand 
among the people shall instruct many. 
See Prov. i. 2, 3. 


LII. Of refusing instruction. Prov. 
7. Fools despise wisdom and instruc- 


tion. Ch. XV. 5. 

V. 23. The wicked shall die without 
instruction, and in the greatness of his 
folly he shall go astray. Ver. 12, 13. 

xiii. 18. Poverty and shame shall be 
to him that refuseth instruction, but he 
that regardeth reproof shall be honoured. 

xvi. 22. Understanding is a well-spring 
of life to him that hath it, but the instruc- 
tion of fools is folly. See Heb. v. 12. 

LIII. To edify one another. Rom. xiv. 
19. Let us follow after the things vchich 
make for peace, and the things where- 
with one may edify another. 

XV. 2. Let every one please his neigh- 
bour for his good to edification. 

1 Cor. viii. 1. Charity edifieth. 

xiv. 26. Let all things be done to cdi- 

Eph. iv. 29. Let no corrupt commu- 
nication proceed out of your mouth, 
but that which is good for the use of 
edifying, that it may minister grace to 
the hearers. 

1 Thess. v. 11. Comfort yourselves to- 
gether, and edify one another. See Eph. 
iv. 16. 1 Cor. X. 23.— xiv. 3. 12. 

LIV. To exhort one another. Heb, iii, 
13. Exhort one another daily, while it is 
called To-day, lest any of you be hardened 
through the deceitfulness of sin. 

X. 24. Let us consider one another, 
to provoke one another to love and to 
good works. — Ver. 25. Exhorting one 
another. 

LV. To warn one another. 1 Tiiess. 
v. 11. Warn them that are unruly, com- 
fort the feeble-minded, support tlie weak, 
be patient toward all men. 

LVI. To admonish one another. Eccl. 
V. 13. Better is a poor and wise child, 
than an old and foolish king, that will no 
more be admonislied. 

xii. 11, 12. The words of the wise are 
as goads, and as nails fixed by the mas- 


Chap. XVI. 


Good Counsel, 


267 


tcrs of assemblies. By these, my son, be 
thou admonished. 

Rom. XV. 14. I myself am persuaded of 
you, my brethren, that ye are full of good- 
ness, filled with all knowledge, able also 
to admonish one another. 

Col. iii. 16. Let the word of Christ 
dwell in you, in all wisdom, teaching and 
admonishing one another. 

2 Thess. iii. 14, 15. If any man obey 
not our word by this epistle, note that man, 
and have no company v/ith him, that he 
may be ashamed. Yet count him not as 
an enemy, but admonish him as a brother. 

LVII. To rebuke one another^ and to 
hearken to rebuke. Lev. xix. 17. Thou 
shalt in anywise rebuke thy neighbour, 
and not suffer sin upon him. 

Prov. xxviii. 23. He that rebuketh a 
man, afterwards shall find more favour 
than he that flattereth with the tongue. 
Ch. xxvii. 5. 

xxiv, 25. To them that rebuke the 
wicked shall be delight, and a good bless- 
ing shall come upon them. 

Matt. viii. 33. Jesus rebuked Peter. 
Luke xxiii. 40. One of the malefactors 
rebuked the other. 

1 Tim. V. 20. Them that sin rebuke 
before all, that others may fear. 

LVIII, Of not giving and receiving re- 
buke. Prov. ix. 7, 8. He that reproveth a 
scorner getteth to himself shame, and he 
that rebuketh a wicked man getteth to 
himself a blot. Reprove not a scorner, 
lest he hate thee ; rebuke a wise man, and 
he will love thee. 

xiii. 1. A scorner heareth not rebuke. 

Amos v. 10. The wicked hate him 
that rebuketh in the gate, and they abhor 
him that speaketh uprightly. 

Matt. vii. 6. Give not that which is 
holy unto dogs, neither cast ye your pearls 
before swine ; lest they trample them 
under their feet, and turn again and rend 
you. 

1 Tim. V. 1. Rebuke not an elder, but 
entreat him as a father. 

LIX. To reprove one another. Ps. cxli. 
5. Let the righteous smite me, it shall 
be a kindness ; and let him reprove me, 
it shall be an excellent oil, which shall 
not break my head. Prov. xxvii. 6. 

Prov. vi. 23. Reproofs of instruction 
are the way of life. 

xiii. 18. He that regardeth reproof 
shall be honoured. 

22 


XV. 5. He that regardeth reproof is 
prudent. 

Ver. 31, 32. The ear that heareth the re- 
proof of life, abideth among the wise. He 
that heareth reproof getteth understand- 
ing. 

xvii. 10. A reproof entereth more into 
a wise man, than a hundred stripes into 
a fool. 

xix. 25. Reprove one that hath under- 
standing, and he will understand know- 
ledge. 

XXV. 10. As an ear-ring of gold, and an 
ornament of fine gold, so is a wise re- 
prover on an obedient ear. 

Eph. V. 11. Have no fellowship with 
the unfruitful works of darkness, but ra- 
ther reprove them. — Ver. 13. All things 
that are reproved, are made manifest by 
the light. • 

LX. Of not hearkening to reproof. 
Prov. X. 17. He is in the way of life that 
keepeth instruction, but he that refuseth 
reproof erreth. 

xii. 1. Whoso loveth instruction loveth 
knowledge, but he that hateth reproof is 
brutish. 

xviii. 10. Correction is grievous to 
him that forsaketh the way, and he that 
hateth reproof shall die. — Ver. 12. A 
scorner loveth not one that reproveth him, 
neither will he go unto the wise. 

xxix. 1. He that being often reproved, 
hardeneth his neck, shall suddenly be de- 
stroyed, and that without remedy. 

Isa. xxix. 20, 21. The terrible one is 
brought to nought, and the scorner is 
consumed, and all them that watch for 
iniquity are cut off": that make a man 
an offender for a word, and that lay a 
snare for him that reproveth in the gate, 
and that turn aside the just for a thing of 
nought. 

Hos. iv. 4. Let no man strive, nor re- 
prove another ; for thy people are as they 
that strive with the priest. 

Luke iii. 19. Herod being reproved 
by John, for Herodias' sake, his brother 
Philip's wife, and for all the evil he had 
done, shut up John in prison. 

John iii. 20. Every one that doeth 
evil hateth the light; neither cometh to 
the light, lest his deeds should be re- 
proved. 

LXI. Gentleness, Gal. v. p2. The fruit 
of the Spirit is gentleness, kindness. 

James iii. 17. The wisdom from above 
is pure, peaceable, gentle, &,c. 


268 


Kindness. — Friendship, 


Chap. XVI. 


Examples. Isa. xl. 11. Clirist will 
gently lead those that are with young. 

2 Cor. X. 1. I beseech you by the gen- 
tleness of Clirist. 

1 Thess. ii. 7. We [the apostles] were 
gentle among you. 

2 Tim. ii. 24. The servant of the Lord 
must be gentle. Tit. iii. 2. 

KINDNESS. 

LXII. To show kindness commanded. 
Rom. xii. 10. Be kindly affectioned one 
to another. 

1 Cor. xiii. 4. Charity sufFereth long, 
and is kind. 

2 Cor. vi. 4. Approving ourselves as 
the ministers of God. — Ver. 6. By pure- 
ness, by kindness, &c. 

Eph. iv. 32. Be ye kind one to another, 
tender hearted. 

Col. iii. 12. Put on as the elect of God, 
holy and beloved, bowels of mercies, kind- 
ness, humbleness of mind, meekness, &c. 

2 Pet. i, 7. Add to godliness brotherly 
kindness. 

LXIII. To give comfort. Job xxix. 25. 
Job said, I sat as one that comforteth the 
mourners. 

Isa. xl. 1. Comfort ye, comfort ye my 
people, saith your God. 

2 Cor. i. 4. God comforteth us, that we 
may be able to comfort them that are in 
trouble. 

ii. 7. Ye ought to forgive and comfort 
him, [the offender,] lest perhaps such an 
one should be swallowed up of too much 
sorrow. 

1 Thess. iv. 18. Comfort one another. 

V. 11. Comfort yourselves together. 

Ver. 14. Comfort the feeble-minded. 

Instances of comfort. Shewn by Joseph, 
Gen. 1. 21. — By Job's friends. Job ii. 11. 
— xlii. 11. 

FRIENDSHIP. 

LXIV. Friendship, and faithfulness 
therein. Job xix. 21. Have pity upon mc, 
O ye my friends, for the hand of God 
hath touched me. Ch. vi. 14. 

Prov. vi. 3. Make sure tliy friend. 

xvii. 17. A friend loveth at all times; 
and a brother is born for adversity. 

xviii. 24. A man tliat hath friends,must 
shew himself friendly ; and tlicre is a 
friend that sticketh closer than a brother. 

XX. 6. Most men will proclaim every one 
his own goodnees; but a faitliful man who 
can find. 


xxvii. 9. Ointment and perfume rejoice 
the heart; so doth the sweetness of a 
man's friend, by hearty counsel. 

Ver. 10. Thine own friend and thy 
father's friend forsake not, neither go into 
thy brother's house in the day of thy ca- 
lamity ; for better is a neighbour that is 
near, than a brother far off. 

Ver. 17. Iron sharpeneth iron; so a 
man sharpeneth the countenance of his 
friend. 

John XV. 13. Greater love hath no 
man than this, that a man lay down his 
life for his friends. I John iii. 16. Acts 
XV. 26. 

LXV. Unfaithfulness in friendship. 
Job vi. 14. To him that is afflicted, pity 
should be shewed from his friend ; but 
he forsaketh the fear of the Almighty. — 
Ver. 27. Yea, ye overwhelm the father- 
less, and ye dig a pit for your friend. Ch. 
xvi. 2. — xxi. 34. 

xvi. 20. My friends scorn me, but 
mine eye poureth out tears unto God. 

xvii. .5. He that speaketh flattery to 
his friends, even the eyes of his children 
shall fail. 

xix. 14. My kinsfolk have failed, and 
my familiar friends have forgotten me. — 
Ver. 19. All my friends abhorred me, 
and they whom I loved are turned against 
me. 

Ps. xxxviii. 11. My lovers and my 
friends stand aloof from my sore, and 
my kinsmen stand afar off. 

xli. 2. Mine own familiar friend in 
whom I trusted, which did eat of my bread, 
hath lifted up his heel against rne. 

Iv. 12 — 14, If it was an enemy that re- 
proached me, then I could have borne it. 
But it was thou, a man, mine equal, my 
guide and mine acquaintance. We took 
sweet counsel together, and walked to the 
house of God in company. 

Ixix. 20. I looked for comforters, but 
I found none. 

Ixxxviii. 18. Lover and friend thou 
hast put far from me. 

Prov. xiv. 20. The poor is hated even 
of his own neighbour, but the rich hath 
many friends. 

xix. 4. Wealth makcth many friends, 
1)ut the poor is separated from his neigh- 
bour. Ver 6, 7, 

xxii. 24. Malcc no friendship with an 
angry man. 

XXV. 19. Confidence in an unfaithful 
man in time of trouble, is like a broken 
tooth and a foot out of joint. 


Chap. XVI. 


Forbearance, — Good Example. 


269 


xxvi. 14. He that blesseth his friend 
with a loud voice, rising early in the 
morning, it sliall be counted a curse to 
him. 

Lam. i. 2. All her friends have dealt 
treacherously with her. 

Mic. vii. 5. Trust ye not in a friend, 
put ye not confidence in a guide. 

Zech. xiii. 6. I was wounded in the 
house of my friends. 

Of hearing with one another^s weak- 
nesses in matters of religion. Rom. xiv. 1. 
Him that is weak in the faith receive you, 
but not to doubtful disputations. 

XV. 1. We then that are strong ought 
to bear the infirmities of the weak, and 
not to please ourselves. 

1 Cor. xiii. 7. Charity beareth all things, 
enduretJi all things. 

Gal. vi. 1, 2. Brethren, if a man be 
overtaken in a fault, ye which are spiritual, 
restore such an one in the spirit of meek- 
ness ; considering thyself, lest thou also be 
tempted. Bear ye one another's burdens, 
and so fulfil the law of Christ. 


FORBEARANCE. 

LXVI. Forbearance. Forbearing to 
judge one another on account of differences. 
Isa. Ixv. 2. 5. A rebellious people which 
walketh in a way not good, after their 
own thoughts ; which say, Stand by thy- 
self, come not near to me, for I am holier 
than thou: these are a smoke in my 
nose. 

Isa. Ixvi. 5. Hear the word of the 
Lord, ye that tremble at his word. Your 
bretliren that hated you, that cast you out 
for my name's sake, said, Let the Lord 
be glorified ; but he shall appear to your 
ioy, and they shall be ashamed. Compare 
Matt. i. IL Luke vi. 22, 23. 

Matt. vii. 1, 2. Judge not, and ye shall 
not be judged. (Luke vi. 37.) For with 
what judgment ye judge, ye shall be 
judged ; and with what measure ye mete, 
it shall be measured to you again. I 

Ver. 3 — 5. And why beholdest thou 
the mote \hat is in thy brother's eye, but 
considerest not the beam that is in thine 
own eye ? Or how wilt thou say to thy 
brother. Let me pull out the mote out 
of thine eye; and behold, a beam is in 
thine own eye ? Thou hypocrite, first 
cast out the beam out of thine own eye, 
and then shalt thou see clearly to cast out 
the mote out of thy brother's eye. 

John viii. 7. Jesus said, He that is 


without sin among you, let him first cast 
a stone. 

Rom. ii. 1 — 3. Thou art inexcusable, 
O man, whosoever thou art that judgest, 
for wherein thou judgest another thou 
condemnest thyself, for thou that judgest 
doest the same things. We are sure that 
tlie judgment of God is according to truth, 
against them that commit such things. 
Thinkest thou, O man, which judgest 
them which do such things, and doest the 
same, that thou shalt escape the judgment 
of God? 

xiv. 2 — 4. One believeth that he may 
eat all things; another who is weak, 
eateth herbs. Let not him that eateth 
despise him that eateth not ; and let not 
him which eateth not, judge him that 
eateth. Who art thou that judgest an- 
other man's servant? to his own master 
he standeth or falleth. 

Ver. 5. One man esteemeth one day 
above another; another esteemeth every 
day alike : let every man be fiiUy per- 
suaded in his own mind. 

Ver. 10. Why dost thou judge thy 
brother ? or why dost thou set at nought 
thy brother ? for we shall all stand be- 
fore the judgment-seat of Christ. — Ver. 
12, 13, Every one of us shall give an 
account of himself to God. Let us not 
therefore judge one another any more. 
Gal. vi. 5. Every man shall bear his own 
burden. 

1 Cor. iv. 5. Judge nothing before the 
time, until the Lord come. 

James iv. 11, 12. He that judgeth his 
brother judgeth the law ; but if thou judge 
the law, thou art not a doer of the law 
but a judge. There is one Lawgiver, who 
is able to save and to destroy ; who art 
thou that judgest another ? See 1 Cor. v. 
10. 13. 

See those that despised Christ, Luke 
xvi. 15. See also the proud Pharisee. Ch. 
xviii. 11. 


GOOD EXAMPLE. 

LXVII. Setting good example. Matt. 
V. 16. Let your light so shine before 
men, that they may see your good works, 
and glorify your Father which is in 
heaven. 

Col. iv. 5. Walk in wisdom toward 
them that are without. 1 Thess. iv. 12. 
Neh. V. 9. 

1 Tim. iv. 12. Be thou an example of 
believers. 


270 Temperance, Chap. XVII. 

OF ENTICING OTHERS. OF GRATITUDE. 


LXVIII. Of enticing others, and being 
enticed to sin. Jer. xx. 10, 11. My fami- 
liars watched for my halting-, saying, 
Peradventure he will be enticed, and we 
will prevail against him, and we will 
take om* revenge on him. But tlie Lord 
is with me ; therefore they shall not pre- 
vail. 

Prov. i, 10. If sinners entice thee, con- 
sent thou not. (Ver. 11 to 14.) Ver. 15. 
Walk not thou in the way with them ; 
refrain thy foot from their path. 

xxviii. 10. Whoso causeth the right- 
eous to go astray in an evil way, he shall 
fall himself into his own pit. 

Hab. ii. 15. Woe to him that giveth 
his neighbour drink, and maketh him 
drunken, «fcc. 

Rom. xiv. 13. Let no man put a stum- 
bling-block, or an occasion to fall in his 
brother's way. Ver. 21. 1 Cor. viii. 9. 
12, 13. 2 Cor. xi, 29. 

1 Tim. V. 22. Be not partaker of other 
men's sins : keep thyself pure. 

Rev. ii. 14. I have a few things against 
thee, because thou hast there them that 
hold the doctrine of Balaam, who taught 
Balak to cast a stumbling-block before 
the children of Israel, to eat things sa- 
crificed unto idols, and to commit fornica- 
tion. Numb. XXV. 1. See False teachers 
deceive the people : Commandment Fifth. 
Instance, Neh. vi, 13. 


LXIX. Of gratitude, or returns of 
friendship. Instances thereof. Exod. ii. 
20. Reuel to Moses. 

1 Sam. XV. 6. Saul to the Kenites. 

2 Sam, X. 2. David to Hanun. 

ix. 17. David to Jonathan's family, 
xix. 32 to 38. David to Barzillai. 1 
Kings ii. 7. 

OF INGRATITUDE. 

LXX. Ingratitude. Instances. Gen. xL 
23. Yet did not the chief butler remem- 
ber Joseph, but forgat him. 

Judg. viii. 35. The children of Israel 
did not shew kindness to the house of 
Gideon, according to all the goodness 
which he had shewed unto Israel. 

Ps. XXXV. 12. They rewarded me evil 
for good, to the spoiling of my soul. (Ps. 
xxxviii. 20. — cii. 5.) Ver. 13. But as for 
me, when they were sick, my clotliing 
was sackcloth. 

Ver. 14, 15. I humbled my soul with 
fasting, I behaved myself as though he 
had been my friend or brother; I bowed 
down heavily, as one that mourneth for 
his mother. But in my adversity they re- 
joiced. Ps. cix. 4, 5. 

Prov. xvii. 13. Whoso rewardeth evil 
for good, evil shall not depart from his 
house. See 1 Sam. xxiii. 5. 12, — xxv. 21. 
Jer, xviii. 20, 21. Eccl. ix. 14, 15. 


CHAPTER XVII. 


DUTIES TOWARD OURSELVES. 


TEMPERANCE. 

I. THE temperate use of meat and 
drink allowed. Eccl. ii. 24. There is 
notliing better for a man, than that he 
should eat and drinlf, and that he should 
make his soul enjoy good in his labour, 
Ch. iii. 13.— V. 18, 19, 20, 

1 Tim. iv. 3—5. Meats God hath 
created to be received with thanksgiving, 
of them which believe and know the 
truth. For every creature of God is 
good, and nothing to bo refused, if it 
be received with thanksgiving. For it 


is sanctified by the word of God and 
prayer. 

V. 23. Use a little wine for thy sto- 
mach's sake, and thine often infirmi- 
ties. 

II. Intemperance in meat and drink 
forbidden. Dcut. xxi. 20, 21. If the pa- 
rents shall say to the elders of the city, 
TJiis our son is stubborn and rebellious, 
he is a glutton and a drunkard ; all the 
men of the city shall stone liira with 
stone.>? that he die. 

Prov. xxi. 17. He that loveth pleasure 


Chap. XVII. 


Te77ipercmce. 


271 


shall be a poor man ; he that lovelh wine 
and oil, shall not be rich. 

Prov. xxiii. 1—3. When thou sittest 
to eat with a ruler, consider diligently 
what is before thee ; and put a knife to 
thy throat, if thou be a man given to ap- 
petite. Be not desirous of his dainties, 
for they are~deceitful meats. 

Ver. 20, 21. Be not amongst wine- 
bibbers, amongst riotous eaters of flesh. 
For tlie drunkard and the glutton shall 
come to poverty. 

xxviii. 7. He that is a companion of 
riotous men shameth his father. 

XXX. 22. The earth cannot bear a fool 
when he is full of meat. 

Matt. xxiv. 48—51. If tlie evil servant 
shall say in his heart, My Lord delayeth 
his coming; and shall begin to smite 
his fellow-servants, and to eat and drink 
with the drunken ; the Lord of that ser- 
vant shall come in a day when he look- 
etli not for him, and in an hour that he 
is not aware of, and shall cut him asun- 
der, and appoint him liis portion with 
hypocrites : there shall be weeping and 
gnashing of teeth. 

Luke vi. 25. Woe unto you that are 
full, for ye shall hunger. 

xxi. 34. Take heed to yourselves, lest 
at any time your hearts be overcharged 
witli surfeiting and drunkenness, and the 
cares of this life, and so that day come 
upon you unawares. 

Rom. xiii. 13, 14. Let us walk honestly 
as in the day ; not in rioting and drunk- 
enness, not in chambering and wanton- 
ness : But put ye on the Lord Jesus Christ, 
and make not provision for the flesh, to 
fulfil the lusts thereof. 

1 Cor. vii. 31. Use this world as not 
abusing it. 

ix. 25. Every man that striveth for the 
mastery is temperate in all things. — Ver. 
27. I keep under my body, and bring it 
into subjection, lest that by any means 
when I have preached to others, I myself 
should be a cast-away. 

Phil. iii. 19. Whose end is destruc- 
tion, v/hose god is their belly, whose 
glory is their shame ; who mind earthly 
things. 

1 Thess. V. 7, 8. They that sleep, sleep 
in the night, and they that be drunken, 
are drunken in the night. But let us 
who are of the day, be sober. Tit. ii. 12. 
Live soberly, &,c. 

1 Pet. iv. 5. The wicked think it 
strange that ye run not to the same ex- 
cess of riot. 

22* 


2 Pet. i. 6. Add to knowledge tern- 
perance. 

ii. 13. They shall receive the reward 
of unrighteousness that count it pleasure 
to riot in the day-time ; spots they are, 
and blemishes, sporting tliemselves with 
their own deceivings. 

Jude 12. Feeding themselves without 
fear. See Amos vi. 6. 

III. Drunkenness; the evils thereof. 
Prov. XX. 1. Wine is a mocker, strong 
drink is raging ; and whosoever is deceiv- 
ed thereby is not wise. 

xxiii. 29, 30. Who hath woe ? who hath 
sorrow? who hath contentions? who hath 
babblings? who- hath wounds without 
cause ? who hath redness of eyes ? They 
that tarry long at the wine, they that go 
to seek mixt wine. 

Ver. 31 — 33. Look not on the wine 
when it is red, when it giveth his colour 
in the cup, when it moveth itself aright ; 
at the last it biteth like a serpent, and 
stingeth like an adder. Thine eyes shall 
behold strange women, and thine heart 
shall utter perverse things. Ver. 34, 35. 

Isa. V. 11. Woe unto them that rise 
up early in the morning, that they may 
follow strong drink ; that continue until 
night, till wine inflame them. — Ver. 22. 
Woe unto them that are mighty to drink 
wine, and men of strength to mingle 
strong drink. Ch. Ivi. 12. Come ye, say 
they, I will fetch wine, and we will ^11 
ourselves with strong drink, and to-mor- 
row shaU be as this day, and much more 
abundant. 

1 Cor. V. 11. I have written to you, 
If any one that is called a brother, be a 
drunkard, with such an one not to keep 
company, nor to eat with him. 

vi. 10. Drunkards shall not inherit the 
kingdom of God. 

Gal. v. 19. The works of the flesh are 
these, adultery, &c. — Ver. 21. Drunken. 
ness, revellings, and such like : they that 
do such things shall not inherit the king- 
dom of God. Ver. 33. 

Eph. v. 18. Be not drunk with wine, 
wherein is excess, but be filled with the 
Spirit. 

IV. Of maUng others drunk. Esther 
i. 3. 5. King Ahasuerus made a feast 
unto the nobles and princes, and to all 
the people that were present. — Ver. 7. 
And gave them drink, &c. — Ver. 8. The 
drinking was according to law, none did 
compel ; for so the king had appointed to 


272 Sleep. — Labour Commanded. — The Sluggard. Chap. XVII. 


all the officers of his house, that they should 
do according- to every man's pleasure. 

Hab. ii. 15. Woe unto him that giveth 
his neighbour drink, that pattest thy bot- 
tle to him, and makest him drunken also, 
that thou mayest look on their nakedness ! 
— Ver. 16. Thou art filled with shame 
for glory : drink thou also, and let thy 
foreskin be uncovered, the cup of the 
Lord's right hand shall be turned unto 
thee, and shameful spewing shall be on thy 
glory. See 2 Sam. xi. 13. Isa. Ivi. 12. 

Unhappy instances of drunkenness — 
In Noah, Gen. ix. 21. — In Lot, Gen. xix. 
32.— Nabal, 1 Sam. xxv. 36.— Elah, 1 
Kings xvi. 9, 10. — Benhadad, 1 Kings 
XX. 16 to 22. 

See Wicked clergymen^ their drunken- 
ness. Also, Magistrates perverting judg- 
ment through drunkenness. 


SLEEP. 

V. Sleep. Prov. vi. 9 — 11. How long 
wilt thou sleep, O sluggard ? when wilt 
thou awake out of sleep? Yet a little 
sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of 
the hands to sleep : so shall thy poverty 
come as one that travelleth, and thy want 
as an armed man. 

XX. 13. Love not sleep, lest thou come 
to poverty ; open thine eyes, and thou shalt 
be satisfied with bread. 

xxiii. 21. Drowsiness shall clothe a 
man with rags. 

xxvi. 14. As the door turneth upon his 
hinges, so doth the slothful upon his bed. 


LABOUR COIVIMANDED. 

VI. Labour commanded, and promises 
to the laborious, the diligent and indus- 
trious. Gen. iii. 19. In the sweat of thy 
face shalt thou cat bread, till thou return 
unto the ground. 

Exod. XX. 19. Six days shalt thou la- 
bour and do all thy work. 

Prov. X. 4. He becomcth poor that 
dealeth with a slack hand, but the hand 
of the diligent maketh rich. 

xii. 11. He that tillcth his land shall 
have plenty of bread ; but he that follow- 
eth vain persons is void of understanding. 
Ch. xxviii. 29. 

Ver. 24. The hand of the diligent 
shall bear rule ; but tlic slothful shall 
be under tribute.— Ver. 27. The sloth- 
ful roa.stcth not that which he took in 


hunting ; but the substance of the diligent 
man is precious. 

xiii. 4. The soul of the sluggard de- 
sireth and hath nothing ; but the soul of 
the diligent shall be made fat. 

Ver. 11. Wealth gotten by vanity shall 
be diminished ; but he that gathercth by 
labour shall increase. 

xiv. 23. In all labour there is profit; 
but the labour of the lips tendeth only to 
penury, 

xxi. 5. The thoughts of the diligent 
tend only to plenteousness ; but of every 
one tliat is hasty, only to want. 

xxii. 21. Seest thou a man diligent in 
his business, he shall stand before kings, 
he shall not stand before mean men. 

xxxi. 27. A good wife cateth not the 
bread of idleness. 

Eccl. V. 12. The sleep of a labouring 
man is sw^eet. 

xi. 6. In the morning sow thy seed, and 
in the evening withhold not thy hand. 

Rom, xii, 11. Be not slothful in busi- 
ness. 

Eph. iv. 28. Let him that stole steal 
no more, but rather let him labour, 
working with his hands the thing which 
is good, that he may have to give to him 
that needeth, 

1 Thess. iv. 1 1, 12. We beseech you, 
that ye study to be quiet, and to do your 
own business, and to work with your own 
hands : That ye may walk honestly to- 
wards them that are without, and that ye 
may have lack of nothing. 

2 Thess. iii. 10 — 12. We commanded 
you. That if any would not work, neither 
should he eat. For we hear that there 
are some which walk among you disor- 
derly, working not at all, but are busyw 
bodies. Now them that are such we 
command and exhort, by our Lord Jesus 
Christ, that with quietness they work 
and eat their own bread. — Ver. 14. And 
if any man obey not our word by this 
epistle, note that man, and have no com- 
pany with him, that he may be ashamed. 
1 Tim. V. 13. 


OF THE SLUGGARD. 

VII. Of the sluggard, the slothful and 
idle. See several of the foregoing texts, 
where these persons are compared with the 
diligent, <^c. Prov. vi. 6 — 8. Go to the 
ant, thou sluggard, consider her ways 
and be wise : wliich having no guide, 
overseer or ruler, provideth her meat 


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in the summer, and gathereth her food in 
the harvest. 

Prov. X. 26. As vinegar to the teeth, 
and smoke to the eyes, so is the sluggard 
to them that send him. 

XV. 19. The way of the slothful man 
is as an hedge of thorns, but the way of 
the righteous is made plain. 

xviii, 9. He that is slothful in his work, 
is brother to him that is a great waster. 

xix. 15. Slothfulness castcth into a deep 
sleep, and an idle soul shall suffer hunger. 
— Ver. 24. A slothful man hideth his 
hand in his bosom, and will not so much 
as bring it to his mouth. Ch. xxvi. 15. 

XX. 4. The sluggard will not plough 
by reason of the cold; therefore shall he 
beg in harvest, and have nothing. 

xxi. 25. The desire of the slothful 
killeth him, for his hands refuse to labour. 
Ch. xiii. 4. 

xxii. 13. The slothful man saith. There 
is a lion without, I shall be slain in the 
streets. Ch. xxvi. 13. There is a lion in 
the way, a lion is in the streets. 

xxiv. 30 — 32. I went by the field of 
the slothful, and by the vineyard of 
the man void of understanding ; and lo ! 
it was all grown over with thorns, and 
nettles had covered the face thereof, 
and the stone wall thereof was broken 
down. Then I saw and considered it 
well, and looked upon it and received in- 
struction. 

Eccl. X. 18. By much slothfulness the 
building decayeth, and through idleness 
of the hands the house droppeth through. 

Ezek. xvi. 49. This was the iniquity 
of Sodom, Pride, fulness of bread, and 
abundance of idleness. 


WISDOM. 

VIII. The study and pursuit of wisdom 
recommended. Job xxxii. 7. Days should 
speak, and nmltitude of years should 
teach wisdom. 

Prov. i. 2. Know wisdom and instruc- 
tion, and perceive the words of under- 
standing. 

Ver. 20. Wisdom crieth without, in 
the chief places of concourse. Ver. 21. 23. 
Ch. viii. 1 to 12. 14. 33. 

ii. 2. Incline thine ear to wisdom, and 
apply thine heart to understanding. Ver. 
3, 4, 5, 

iii. 21. Keep sound wisdom and in- 
struction. Ver. 22. 

iv, 5, Get wisdom, get understanding. 


V. 1. My son, attend to my wisdom. 
Ver. 7. 

vii. 4 Say unto wisdom. Thou art my 
father ; and call understanding thy kins- 
woman. Ver. 5. 

xviii. 1. Through desire a man having 
separated himself, seekcth and inter- 
meddleth with all Avisdom. Eccl. i. 13. 
16, 17.— ii. 3. 9. 12.— vii. 23. 25.— viii. 16. 
— ix. 13. 

xxii. 7. Bow down thine ear to the 
works of the wise, and apply thine heart 
to my knowledge. 

xxiii. 23. Buy the truth and sell it 
not; also wisdom, and instruction, and 
understanding. 

xxvii. 11. My son, be wise, and make 
my heart glad. Ch. xxix. 3. 

Matt. X. 16. Be wise as serpents, and 
harmless as doves. 

James iii. 13. Who is a wise man among 
you ? let him shew, out of a good conver- 
sation, his works with tlie meekness of 
wisdom. 

IX. The excellency of vnsdom above 
all other endowments. Job xxviii. 13, Man 
knoweth not the price of wisdom. — Ver, 
15. It cannot be gotten for gold, neither 
shall silver be weighed for the price there- 
of See ver. 16 to 20. 

Prov. iii. 14, 15. The merchandise of 
wisdom is better than the merchandise of 
silver, and the gain thereof than fine gold. 
(Ch. xvi. 16.) She is more precious than 
rubies, and all the things thou canst de- 
sire are not to be compared unto her. 

iv. 7. Wisdom is the principal thing ; 
therefore get wisdom ; and with all thy 
getting, get understanding. 

Eccl. ii. 13. Wisdom excelleth folly, 
as far as light excelleth darkness. 

iv. 13. Better is a poor and wise child, 
than an old and foolish king. 

ix. 16. Wisdom is better than strength. 
Prov. iii. 21, 22, 23. 

Ver. 18. Wisdom is better than wea- 
pons of war. 

X. Wisdom is profitable, pleasant., and 
honourable. Job xxii. 2. He that is wise 
may be profitable unto himself. 

Prov. ii. 10, 11. When wisdom en- 
tereth into thine heart, and knowledge is 
pleasant unto thy soul; discretion shall 
preserve thee, understanding shall keep 
thee, to deliver thee from the way of the 
evil man. 

iii. 13. Happy is the man that findeth 
wisdom, ?ind the man that getteth un,. 


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dcrstanding. — Ver. 16, 17. Length of 
days is in her right hand, and in her left, 
hand riches and honour. Her ways are 
ways of pleasantness, and all her paths 
are peace. Ch. xxiv. 13, 14. 

Prov. iii. 18. Wisdom is a tree of life, 
to every one that findeth her ; and happy 
is every one that retaincth her. — Ver. 35. 
The wise shall inherit glory. 

iv. 8, 9. Exalt wisdom, and she shall 
promote tliee; she shall bring thee to 
honour when thou dost embrace her. She 
shall give to thine head an ornament of 
grace; a crown of glory shall she deliver 
unto tliee. 

ix. 1. Wisdom hath builded her house. 
Ch. xxiv. 3, 4. — xiv. 1. 

Ver. 12. If thou be wise, thou shalt 
be wise for thyself 

xi. 29. The fool shall be servant to the 
wise in heart. 

xii. 18. A man shall be commended 
according to his wisdom. 

xvi. 20, 21. He that handleth a mat- 
ter wisely, shall find good. The wise in 
heart shall be called prudent. 

xviii. 4. The well-spring of wisdom is 
a flowing brook. 

Eccl. vii. 11. Wisdom is good, witli 
an inheritance: and by it there is profit 
to them that sec the sun. 

Ver. 12. Wisdom is a defence, and 
money is a defence ; but the excellency of 
knowledge is, that wisdom giveth life, — 
Ver. 19. Wisdom strengtheneth a wise 
man more than ten mighty men that are in 
the city. Ch. ix. 15, 16. 18. Prov. iii. 21. 

viii, 1. A man's wisdom maketh his 
face to shine. 

Ver. 5. A wise man's heart discernetb 
both time and judgment. 

X. 10. Wisdom is profitable to direct, 
xii. 11. The words of the wise are as 

goads and nails. 

XI. Wisdom is the gift of God. Exod. 
xxxi. 6. In the heart of all that are wise- 
hearted, I have put wisdom, saith the 
Lord. Ver. 3. 

Job xxviii. 12. Where shall wisdom be 
found? and vhcrc is the place thereof? 
— Ver. 23. The Lord knowctJi the j)lace 
thereof, and tlie way tlicrcof — Ver. 20. 

Ps. li. 6. In the hidden part thou shalt 
make mc to know wisdom. Ps. cxix. 
98, 99, 100. 

Prov. ii. 6, 7. Tlic Lord giveth wis- 
dom ; out of his mouth cometh know- 
ledge and understanding. lie layeth up 
sound wisdom for the righteous. 


Eccl. ii. 26. God giveth to a man that is 
good in his sight, knowledge, and wisdom, 
and joy, 

ix. 1. The righteous and the wise, and 
their works, are in the hand of God. 

Dan. ii. 21. God givetli wisdom unto tlie 
wise, and knowledge to them that know 
understanding. Ver. 23. See Acts vii, 10. 

Luke xxi. 15. I will give you a mouth 
and wisdom. 2 Pet. iii. 15. 

James iii. 17, The wisdom from above 
is pure, &c. Ver. 17. 

XII. Wisdotn jyrayed for. 1 Chron. 
xxii. 12. For Solomon, David prayed 
thus: The Lord give thee wisdom, that 
thou mayest keep the law of the Lord, 
Ps. Ixxii. 1. 

1 Kings iii. 9. Solomon prayed thus : 
Lord give thy servant an understanding 
heart, that he may judge tliy people, and 
that he may discern between good and 
bad,— Ver. 11—13. And God said. Be- 
cause thou hast asked this thing, and 
liast not asked for thyself long life, nei- 
ther hast asked riches for thyself, nor 
the life of thine enemies, but hast asked 
for thyself understanding to discern judg- 
ment, behold I have done according to thy 
words, I have given thee a wise and an 
understanding heart. I have also given 
thee that which thou hast not asked, both 
riches and honour. Ver, 28. Ch. iv. 9, — 
V. 12. 2 Chron. i. 10. 

Ps, xc. 12. So teach us to number our 
days that we may apply our hearts to wis- 
dom. 

Col i. 9. I pray that you may be filled 
with the knowledge of his will in all 
wisdom. 

James i. 5. If any man lack wisdom, 
let him ask of God, that giveth to all men 
liberally and upbraideth not; and it shall 
be given him. Ver. 17. 

XIII. Wisdom and religion the same. 
Dcut, iv. 5, 6. I have taught you statutes 
and judgments. Keep and do them, for 
this is your wisdom and understanding. 

xxxii. 29, O that tliey were wise, that 
they understood this; that they would 
consider their latter end. 

Job xxviii, 28. Behold, the fear of the 
Lord, that is wisdom ; and to depart from 
evil is understanding. Ps. cxi. 10, Prov. 
i, 7, 

Ps, ii, 10, 11. Be wise, O ye kings; be 
instructed, O ye judges of the earth. — 
Serve the Lor d with fear, and rejoice with 
trembling. 


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Folly. 


275 


Ps. xxvii. 30. The mouth of the right- 
eous speaketh wisdom, and his tongue 
talketh of judgment. Prov. viii. 8. 

Ixiv. 10. They shall wisely consider 
the Lord's doings. 

ci. 2. I will behave myself wisely in a 
perfect way. 

cvii. 43. Whoso is wise, and will ob- 
serve these things, even they shall under- 
stand the loving-kindness of the Lord. 
Hos. xiv. 9. 

Prov. X, 8. The wise in heart will re- 
ceive commandments. 

XV. 24. The way of life is above to the 
wise, that he may depart from hell be- 
neath, Ch. xiii. 14. 

xix. 8. He that getteth wisdom loveth 
his own soul, and he that hath under- 
standing shall find good. Ch. viii. 36. 
He that sinneth against me [Wisdom] 
wrongeth his own soul : all they that hate 
me love death. 

xxi. 12. The righteous wisely consi- 
dereth the house of the wicked. 

Dan. xii. 3. They that be wise shall 
shine as the brightness of the firmament. 

Ver. 10. The wise shall understand. 

Mic. vi. 9. The Lord's voice crieth 
unto the city, and the man of wisdom 
shall see thy name. 

Mat. vii. 24. He that heareth Christ's 
sayings, and doeth them, shall be likened 
unto a Avise man. See the parable of the 
tea virgins. Matt. xxv. 1 to 13. 

Rom. xvi. 19. I would have you wise 
unto that which is good, and simple con- 
cerning evil. 

Eph. V. 15, 16. Walk circumspectly, 
not as fools but as wise ; redeeming the 
time because the days are evil. 

Col. iii. 1 6. Let the word of God dwell 
in you richly, in all wisdom. 

iv. 5. Walk in wisdom toward them 
that are without, redeeming the time. 

2 Tim. ii. 15. The holy Scriptures are 
able to make thee wise to salvation. See 
Prov. xxviii. 26. Luke xii. 42. 

FOLLY. 

XIV. AfooVs nain pretences to wisdom; 
he is wise in his own conceit. Job xi. 12. 
Vain man would be wise. 

xii. 2. Ye are the people, and wisdom 
shall die with you. 

XV. 8. Dost thou restrain wisdom to 
thyself? Ch. xxiii. 4. Cease from thine 
own wisdom. 

xxxii. 9. Great men are not always wise ; 
neither do the aged understand judgment. 


Prov. iii. 7. Be not wise in thine own 
eyes. 

xii. 15. The way of a fool is right in 
his own eyes. 

xiv. 2. There is a way that seemeth 
right unto a man, but the end thereof are 
the ways of death. 

xxvi. 12. Seest thou a man wise in his 
own conceit ; there is more hope of a fool 
than of him. — Ver. 16. The sluggard is 
wiser in his own conceit, than seven men 
that can render a reason. 

xxxviii. 11. The rich man is wise in 
his own conceit. 

Ver. 26. He that trusteth in his own 
heart is a fool. 

Isa. V. 21. Woe to them that are wise 
in their own eyes, and prudent in their 
own sight. 

Jer. viii. 8. How do ye say. We are 
wise, and the law of the Lord is with us? 

Rom. i. 22, 23. Professing themselves 
to be wise, they became fools ; and chang- 
ed the glory of the uncorruptible God into 
an image. 

xi. 15. I would not have you ignorant, 
&c. lest ye be wise in your own conceit. 

xii. 16. Be not wise in your own con- 
ceit. See Isa. x. 12, 13. — xix. 11. 1 Cor, 
iii. 18. 2 Cor. X. 12. Col. ii. 23. 

XV. A fool receiveth not insti-uction. 
Prov. i. 7. Fools despise wisdom and in- 
struction. Ch. V. 12, 13. 

xvii. 16. He hath no heart to get wis- 
dom. Ch. i. 7. 22. 

xviii. 2. He hath no delight in under- 
standing. Ch. xxiv. 7. 

xvii. 10. A reproof entereth more into 
a wise man, than an hundred stripes into 
a fool. 

xxvii. 22. Though thou shouldst bray 
a fool in a mortar, yet will not his fool- 
ishness depart from him. 

X. 21. Fools die for want of wisdom. 

XVI. He discover eth his folly. Prov. 
xiii. 16. A fool lay eth open his folly. 

xxvi. 11. As a dog returneth to his 
vomit, so a fool returneth to his folly. 

Eccl. X. 2. A wise man's heart is at 
his right hand, but a fool's heart at his 
left hand. 

Ver. 3. When a fool walketh by the 
way, his wisdom faileth him, and he saith 
to every one that he is a fool. 

XVII. Toward his parents. Prov. x. 
1. A wise son maketh a glad father; 
but a foolish son is the heaviness of his 


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Chap. XVII. 


mother. Ch. x\', 20. He despiscth his 
mother. 

Prov. XV. 5. A fool despiseth his fa- 
tlicr's instructions. 

'xvii. 21. He that begetteth a fool, doeth 
it to his sorrow ; and the fatlier of a fool 
hath no joy. — Ver. 25. A foolish son is 
a grief to liis father, and bitterness to her 
tliat bare him. 

xix. 13. A foolisli son is the calamity 
of his fatlier. See Disobedient and tin- 
dutiful children ; Commandment Fifth. 

XVIII. A fool is mischievous. Prov. x. 
2.3. It is a sport to a fool to do mischief 

xiii. 19. It is an abomination to fools 
to depart from mischief 

xvii. 12. Let a bear robbed of her whelps 
meet a man, rather than a fool in his folly. 

XIX. Wrathful Job v. 2. Wrath kill- 
etli a foolish man. 

Prov. xii. 16. A fool's wrath is pre- 
sently known. 

xiv. 16. A fool rageth and is confident. 

xxvii. 3. A fool's wrath is heavier than 
both the sand and a stone. 

xxix. 9. If a wise man contend with 
a foolisli man, whether he rage or laugli, 
there is no rest. 

Eccl. vii. 9. Anger resteth in the bo- 
som of fools. See Anger, Wrath. 

XX. Contentions. Prov. xviii. 2. A 
fool's lips enter into contention. 

XX. 3. It is an honour for a man to 
cease from strife ; but every fool will be 
meddling. See Contention, Strife. 

XXI. His words. Prov. xv. 2. The 
mouth of fools poureth out foolishness. 
Ver. 28. 

xviii. 6, 7. The fool's lips enter into 
contention, and his mouth calleth for 
strokes. A fool's mouth is his destruc- 
tion, and his lips are the snare of his soid. 
Ch. X. 14. — xii. 13. — xiii. 3. 

xxix. 11. A fool uttercth all his mind. 

Eccl. V. 3. A fool's voice is known by 
the multitude of words. 

X. 12, 13. The lips of a fool will swal- 
low up himself The beginning of his 
words is foolishness, and the end of his 
talk is mischievous madness. 

Ver. 11. A fool is full of words. See 
Talkativeness, Rashness. See Prov. xvii. 
7. — xxvi. 7. 

XXII. His folly is his pleasure. Prov. 
XV. 21. Folly is joy to him that is desti- 
tute of wisdom, &c. 


xvii. 24. His eyes are in the ends of 
the earth. 

XXX. 22. The earth is disquieted, and 
cannot bear a fool when he is filled with 
meat. 

Eccl. vi. 7. His laughter is like the 
crackling of thorns under a pot. 

vii. 4. His heart is in the house of mirth. 

XXIII. Treatment for fools. Prov. xiv. 
7. Go from the presence of a foohsh 
man, when thou perceivest not in him the 
lips of knowledge. 

xxiii. 9. Speak not in the ears of a 
fool, for he will despise the wisdom of 
thy words. Matt. vii. 6. Cast not your 
pearls before swine. 

xxxvi. 1. Honour is not seemly for a 
fool. 

Ver. 3. A rod for the fool's back. Ch. 
X. 13. — xix. 29. — xxix. 15. 

Ver. 4. Answer not a fool according to 
his folly, lest thou be also like unto him. 
— Ver. 5. Lest he be wise in his own 
conceit. See Eccl. x. 5, 6, 7. 

XXIV. Folly and wickedness the same. 
Deut. xxxii. 6. Do ye thus requite the 
Lord, O foolish people and unwise. 

Job V. 3. I have seen the foolish taking 
root, but suddenly I cursed his habitation. 
Ps. Ixxiii. 3. 9. 11. 17, 18. 

Ps. V. 5. The foolish shall not stand in 
thy sight : thou hatest all the workers of 
iniquity. 

xiv. 1. The fool hath said in liis heart, 
There is no God. Ps. liii. 1. 

xxxvi. 3. The wicked hath left off to 
be wise, and to do good. 

xxxviii. 5. My wounds stink, and are 
corrupt, because of my foolishness. 

Ixix. 5. O God, thou knowest my 
foolishness, and my sins are not hid from 
thee. 

Ixxiv. 18. O Lord, the foolish people 
have blasphemed thy name. Ver. 22. 

Ixxv. 4. I said unto the fools, Deal not 
foolishly ; and to the wicked, Lift not up 
the horn. 

Ixxxv. 8'. Tlie Lord will speak peace 
to his people, and to his saints; but let 
them not return again to folly. 

xciv. 7 — 10. They comtnit wicked- 
ness, and say, The Lord shall not see, 
neither shall the God of Jacob regard 
it. Understand, ye brutish among the 
people ; and, ye fools, when will ye be 
wise ? He that planted the ear shall he 
not hear ? he that formed the eye shall 
he not see ? he that chastiseth the 


Chap. XVII. 


Patience. 


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heathen shall he not correct? he that 
teacheth man knowledge shall he not 
know ? Ps. xcv. 2. 

Ps. cvii. 17, Fools, because of their 
transgressions, and because of iniquities, 
are afflicted. 

Prov. i. 7. The fear of the Lord is the 
beginning of knowledge ; but fools de- 
spise wisdom and instruction. 

Ver. 32. The prosperity of fools shall 
destroy them. 

ix. 6. Forsake the foolish and live ; and 
go in the way of understanding. 

xiv. 9. Fools make a mock at sin. 

XV. 21. Folly is joy to him that is des- 
titute of wisdom; but a man of under- 
standing walketh uprightly. 

xix. 13. The foolishness of man per- 
verteth his way, and his heart fretteth 
against the Lord. 

xxi. 30. There is no wisdom nor un- 
derstanding, nor counsel against the 
Lord. 

xxiv. 9. The thought of foolishness is 
sin. 

xxvi. 10. The great God, that formed 
all things, rewardeth the fool and the 
transgressor. 

XXX. 2, 3. I am more brutish than 
any man, and have not the understand- 
ing of a man. I neither learned wis- 
dom, nor have the knowledge of the 
holy. 

Eccl. V. 1. In the house of God, be 
more ready to hear than to offer the sa- 
crifice of fools. 

Ver. 4. God hath no pleasure in fools. 

vii. 5. I applied mine heart to know 
the wickedness of folly. 

Jer. iv. 22. My people is foolish ; they 
have not known me : they are wise to do 
evil, but to do good they have no know- 
ledge. Ch. V. 4. 21.— X. 8. 

viii. 9. They have rejected the word 
of the Lord ; and what wisdom is in 
them ? Ch. xxiii. 13. 

Matt. vii. 26. He that doeth not Christ's 
sayings, is like unto a foolish man. 

XXV. 3. See the parable of the foolish 
virgins. 

Luke xii. 20. God said. Thou fool, 
this night shall thy soul be required of 
thee. 

Ver. 21. So is every one that layeth 
up treasure for himself, and is not rich 
toward God. See Numb. xii. 11. 1 Sam. 
xiii. 13. 2 Sara. xxiv. 10. Matt, xxiii. 
17. 19. Mark vii. 22. Luke xi. 40.— 
xxiv. 25. Rom. i. 21. Gal. iii. 1. 3. 1 
Pet. ii. 15. 


PATIENCE. 

XXV. Patience toward God. Ps.xxxvii. 
7. Rest in the Lord, and wait patiently 
for him ; fret not thyself because of him 
who prospereth in his way, because of the 
man who bringeth wicked devices to pass. 

xl. 1. I waited patiently for the Lord, 
and he heard me. 

Luke viii. 15. The seed sown on the 
good ground, are they which is in an honest 
and good heart, having heard the word, 
keep it, and bring forth fruit with pa- 
tience. 

xxi. 19. In your patience possess your 
souls. 

Rom. ii. 6. To them who by patient 
continuing in well-doing, seek for glory, 
honour, and immortality, God will give 
eternaHife. Ver. 7. 

V. 3. 4. We glory in tribulation ; know- 
ing that tribulation worketh patience ; and 
patience experience ; and experience hope. 
Ch. xii. 12. 

viii. 25. If we hope for that we see 
not, then do we with patience wait for it. 

xii. 12. Rejoicing in hope ; patient in 
tribulation ; continuing instant in prayer. 

XV. 4. Whatsoever things were writ- 
ten aforetime were written for our learn- 
ing, that we through patience and com- 
fort of the Scriptures might have hope. 

2 Cor. vi. 4. In all things approving 
ourselves as the ministers of Christ, in 
much patience, in afflictions, in distresses, 
in necessities. 

xii. 12. The signs of an apostle were 
wrought among you in all patience, in 
signs, and wonders, and mighty deeds. 

Col. i. 11. Strengthened with all might, 
according to his glorious power, unto all 
might, according to his glorious power, 
unto all patience and long-suffering, with 
joyfulness. 

1 Thess. i. 2, 3. We give thanks, re- 
membering your work of faith, and labour 
of love, and patience of hope in our Lord 
Jesus Christ, in the sight of God our 
Father. 

2 Thess. i. 4. We glory in you for 
your patience and faith, in all your per- 
secutions and tribulations. 

iii. 5. The Lord direct your hearts into 
the love of God, and into the patient 
waiting for Christ. 

Heb. vi. 12. Be ye followers of them, 
who through faith and patience inherit 
the promises. — ^Ver. 15. Abraham, after 
he had patiently endured, obtained the 
promise. 


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Contentment, 4'C. — Grudging.— -Meehness. Chap. XVII. 


Heb. X. 36. Ye have need of patience, 
tliat after ye liave done the will of God 
ye niig-ht receive the promise. 

xii. 1. Let us run witli patience the 
race set before us, &c. 

James i. 3, 4. The trying of your faith 
worketh patience. Let patience have her 
perfect work, that ye may be entire, want- 
ing nothing. 

V. 7, 8. Be patient unto the coming 
of the Lord. The husbandman hath long 
patience. Be ye also patient, stablish 
yourselves ; for the coming of the Lord 
draweth nigh. 

Ver. 10, IL Take the prophets, who 
have spoken in the name of the Lord, for 
an example of suffering affliction with pa- 
tience. Ye have heard of the patience of 
Job, and have seen the end of the Lord, 
tliat tlie Lord is very pitiful and of tender 
mercy. 

1 Pet. ii. 20. If when ye do well and 
suffer for it, ye take it patiently, this is 
accepted with God. 

Rev. i. 9. I John am your brother and 
companion in tribulation, and in the king- 
dom and patience of Jesus Christ. 

ii. 2, 3. I know thy works, and thy 
labour, and thy patience, and how thou 
hast borne, and hast patience for my 
name's sake, and hast laboured, and hast 
not fainted. 

Ver. 19. I know thy works, and cha- 
rity, and service, and faith, and patience. 

iii. 10. Because thou hast kept the 
word of my patience, I also will keep 
thee from the hour of temptation. 

xiii. 10. Here is the patience and faith 
of the saints. 

xiv. 12. Here is the patience of the 
saints ; here are they that keep the com- 
mandments of God, and tlie faith of Jesus. 

XXVT. Patience toward men. Eccl. vii. 
8. The patient in spirit is better than tlic 
proud in spirit. 

1 Thess. v. 14. Be patient toward all 
men. 

1 Tim. iii. 3. A bishop must be blame- 
less, patient. 

vi. 11. O man of God, follow after 
righteousness, godliness, faith, love, pa- 
tience, meekness. 

2 Tim. ii. 24. The servant of the Lord 
must be gentle to all men, apt to teach, 
patient. 

iii, 10, 11. Thou hast fully known my 
doctrine, manner of life, purpose, faith, 
long-suflicring, charity, patience, persecu- 
tions, afflictions. 


Tit. ii. 1, 2. Speak thou the things 
tliat become sound doctrine, that the aged 
men be sober, grave, temperate, sound in 
the faith, in charity, in patience. 

2 Pet. i. 5. Add to your faith, virtue, 
knowledge, temperance, patience, godli- 
ness, brotherly-kindness, and charity. 


CONTENTMENT. 

XXVII. Contentment. Luke iii. 14. 
John Baptist said to the soldiers. Be con- 
tent with your wages 

Phil. iv. 11. Paul said, I have learned 
in whatsoever state I am, therewith to be 
content. 

1 Tim. vi. 6. Godliness with content- 
ment is great gain. — Ver. 8. Having food 
and raiment, let us therewith be content. 

Heb. xiii. .5. Lest your conversation be 
without covetousness, and be content wnth 
such things as ye have; for he hath said, 
I will never leave thee nor forsake thee. 


DISCONTENT, MURMURING. 

XXVIII. Discontent ^murmuring. Lam. 
iii. 39. Wherefore doth a living man com- 
plain, amanfor the punishmcntof his sins? 

1 Cor. X. 10. Neither murmur ye, as 
some of the Jews murmured, and were de- 
stroyed. See the murmurings of tlie Jews 
and their punishments : Exod. xv. 24. For 
drink. Ch. xvi.2 tol2. For bread. Numb, 
xiv. 2. 27. 29. 36. When they heard an evil 
report of the promised land. Ch.xvi. 11. 41. 
Corah and liis company about the priest- 
hood. 

Phil. ii. 14. Do all things without mur- 
murings and disputings. 

Jude 16. Murmurcrs, complaincrs, 
walking after their own lu.sts. 

GRUDGING. 

XXIX. Grudging. Lev. xix. 18. Thou 
shalt not avenge nor bear any grudge 
against the children of thy people. 

2 C'or. ix. 7. Give to the poor, not 
grudgingly. 

James v. 9. Grudge not one against 
anotlier, lest ye be condemned. 

1 Pet. iv. 9. Use hospitality one to an- 
other, without grudging. 

MEEKNESS. 

XXX. The exercise of meekness re- 


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quired. Gal. vi. 1. If a man be overtaken 
in a fault, ye which are spiritual restore 
such an one in the spirit of meekness. 

Eph. iv. 1, 2. Walk worthy of the 
vocation wherewith ye are called ; with 
all lowliness, and meekness, and long- 
suffering. 

1 Tim. vi. 11. Follow after righteous- 
ness, godliness, faith, love, patience, meek- 
ness. 

2 Tim. ii. 25. In meekness instructing 
those that oppose themselves. 


Tit. 


Shewing all meekness to all 


James iii. 13. Who is a wise man and 
endued with wisdom amongst yoU ? let 
him shew out of a good conversation his 
works, with meekness of wisdom. 

1 Pet. iii. 15. Be ready always to give 
an answer to every man that asketh you, 
a reason of the hope that is in you, with 
meekness and fear. 

XXXI. How produced. Gal. v. 23. The 
fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, 
long-suffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, 
meekness, temperance. 

XXXII. Examples of meeJcness. 'Numb. 
xii. 3. Moses was very meek. 

Matt. xxi. 5. Behold thy King [Jesus] 
Cometh unto thee, meek, and sitting upon 
an ass. Isa. Ixii. 11. Zech. ix. 9. 

2 Cor. X. 1. I beseech you by the meek- 
ness and gentleness of Christ, «fec. 

Col. iii. 12. Put on (as the elect of 
God) bowels of mercies, kindness, hum- 
bleness of mind, meekness, long-suffer- 
ing. 

XXXIII. Promises to the meek. Ps. 
xxii. 26. The meek shall eat, and shall 
be satisfied. 

XXV. 9. The meek will he guide in 
judgment, and the meek will he teach his 
way. 

xxxvii. 11. The meek shall inherit the 
earth, and shall delight themselves in 
abundance of peace. 

xlv. 4. In thy majesty ride prosper- 
ously, because of truth, and meekness, 
and righteousness. 

Lxxvi. 9. God arose to judgment, to 
save all the meek of the earth. 

cxlvii. 6. The Lord lifteth up the 
meek, and casteth the wicked down to 
the ground. 

cxlix. 7. The Lord will beautify the 
meek with salvation. 

Isa. xi. 4 With righteousness shall he 
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judge the poor, and reprove with equity, 
for the meek of the earth. 

xxix. 19. The meek shall increase their 
joy in the Lord. 

Ixi. 1. The Lord hath appointed me to 
preach glad tidings to the meek. 

Zeph. ii. 3. Seek the Lord all ye meek 
of the earth, which have wrought his 
judgments; seek righteousness, seek meek- 
ness, it may be ye shall be hid in the day 
of the Lord's anger. 

Matt. V. 5. Blessed are the meek, for 
they shall inherit the earth. 

1 Pet. iii. 4. The ornament of a meek 
and quiet spirit is in the sight of God of 
great price. 

HUMILITY. 

XXXIV. Humility toward God. Deut. 
viii. 2, 3. The Lord thy God led thee forty 
years in the wilderness to humble thee. 
He humbled thee, and suffered thee to 
hunger, and fed thee with manna. 

Mic. vi. 8. What doth the Lord thy 
God require of thee, but to do justly, and 
to love mercy, and to walk humbly with 
thy God? 

James iv. 10. Humble yourselves in 
the sight of the Lord, and he shall exalt 
you. 1 Pet. V. 6. 

XXXV. Humility toward men. Prov. 
vi. 3. Humble thyself, make sure thy 
friend. 

XXV. 6, 7. Put not forth thyself in the 
presence of the king, and stand not in 
the place of great men. For better it is 
that it be said unto thee, Come up hither, 
than that thou shouldst be put lower. 
Luke xiv. 8. 10. 

Jer. xlv. 5. Seekest thou great things 
for thyself? Seek them not. 

Matt. XX. 26—28. Whosoever shall be 
great among you, let him be your minis- 
ter. Whosoever will be chief among you, 
let him be your servant. Even as the 
Son of man came not to be ministered 
unto, but to minister. 

Rom. xii. 3. I say, through the grace 
given unto me, to every man that is 
among you, not to think of himself more 
highly than he ought to think; but to 
think soberly, according as God has dealt 
to every man the measure of faith. — Ver. 
16. Mind not high things, but condescend 
to men of low estate. 

Eph. V. 21. Submit yoiu-selves one to 
another, in the fear of God. 

1 Pet. v. 5. All of you be subject 


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one to another ; and be ye clothed with 
humility. 

Phil. ii. 3. In lowliness of mind let 
each esteem other better than themselves. 

XXXVI. Promises to the humble. Job 
xxii. 29. God shall save the humble 
person. 

Ps. ix. 12. God forgetteth not the cry 
of the humble. 

X. 17. O Lord, thou hast heard the 
desire of the humble ; thou wilt prepare 
their heart, thou wilt cause thine ear to 
hear. 

cxxxviii. 9. Though the Lord be high, 
yet hath he respect to the lowly. 

Prov. XV. 33. Before honour is humility. 
Ch. xviii. 12. 

xvi. 19. Better is it to be of an humble 
spirit with the lowly, than to divide the 
spoil with the proud. 

xxii. 4. By humility and the fear of 
the Lord, are riches, and honour, and 
life. 

xxix. 23. Honour shall uphold the 
humble person. 

Isa. Ivii. 15. The Lord saith, I dwell 
with him that is of an humble and con- 
trite spirit. Ch. Lxvi. 2. 

Matt. v. 3. Blessed are the poor in 
spirit ; for theirs is the kingdom of hea- 
ven. 

xviii. 4. Whosoever shall humble him- 
self as this little child, the same shall be 
greatest in the kingdom of heaven. 

xxiii. 12. Whosoever hmnbleth him- 
self shall be exalted. Luke xiv. 11. 

James iv. 6. God resisteth the proud, 
but giveth grace to the humble. Prov. 
iii. 34. 

XXXVII. Promises to humbled sinners. 
Lev. xxvi. 41,42. If their uncircumciscd 
hearts be humbled, and they accept of 
the punishment of their iniquities, then 
will I remember my covenant. 2 Cliron. 
vii. 14. 

2 Kings xxii. 19, 20. Because thine 
heart [Josiah] was tender, and thou hast 
humbled thyself before the Lord, and hast 
rent thy clothes, and wept before mc, 
I also have heard thee, saith the Lord. 
Behold, therefore, I will gather thee unto 
thy fathers, and tliou shalt be gathered 
into thy grave in peace ; and thine eyes 
shall not sec all the evil which I will 
bring upon this place. 

2 Chron. xxxii. 25. Hezekiah rendered 
not again according to the benefit done 
unto him, for his heart was lifted up; 


therefore there was wrath upon him. — 
Ver. 26. Hezekiah humbled himself for 
the pride of his heart; so the Avrath of 
the Lord came not upon him. See Aliab, 
1 Kings xxi. 29. — Rehoboam, 2 Chron. xii. 
6, 7. 12. — Manasseh, 2 Cliron. xxxiii. 12. 
19. — Nebuchadnezzar, Dan. iv. 30 to 37. 

XXXVIII. Examples of Humility. Je- 
sus Christ. Matt. xi. 29. Jesus said, 
Take my yoke upon you, and learn of 
me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: 
and ye shall find rest unto your souls. 

XX. 28. The Son of man came not to 
be ministered unto, but to minister, and 
to give his life a ransom for many. 

John xiii. 5. Jesus poured water into 
a bason, and began to wash the disciples' 
feet. — Ver. 12 — 15. After he had washed 
their feet, he said unto them. Know ye 
what I have done unto you ? Ye call me 
Master and Lord, and ye say well, for so 
I am : If I then, your Lord and Master, 
have washed your feet, ye also ought to 
wash one another's feet. For I have given 
you an example, that ye should do as I 
have done to you. 

Phil. ii. 5 — 8. Let this mind be in you 
which was also in Christ Jesus : who, being 
in the form of God, thought it no robbery 
to be equal with God ; yet made himself 
of no reputation, and took upon him the 
form of a servant, and was made in the 
likeness of men ; and being found in fa- 
shion as a man, he humbled himself, «fec. 

XXXIX. The Elect. Col. iii. 12. Put 
on as the elect of God, holy and bo- 
loved, bowels of mercy, kindness, humble- 
ness of mind, meekness, long-suffering, 
forbearing one another in love. Eph. 
iv. 2. 

XL. Humbled saints : their expressions. 
Gen. xviii. 27. Abraham said. Behold, 
now I have taken upon me to speak 
unto the Lord, who am but dust and 
ashes. 

xxxii. 9, 10. Jacob said, O God I am 
not worthy of the least of tliy mercies, 
and of all the truth, which thou hast 
shewed unto thy servant. 

xli. 16. Joseph said. It is not in me to 
give an answer ; God shall give an an- 
swer of peace. Dan. ii. 30. 

Exod, iii. 11. Moses said unto God, 
Who am I, that I should go unto Pha- 
raoh, and that I should bring forth the 
children of Israel out of Egypt ? 

1 Chron. xxix. 14. David said, What 


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Pride, 


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am I, and what is my people, that we 
should be able to offer so willingly after 
this sort ? All things come of thee, and 
of thine own have we given thee. See 
2 Sam. vii. 19. Thou hast spoken of thy 
servant's house for a great while to 
come, &c. 

Job vii. 17. Job said. What is man 
tliat thou shouldest magnify him, and 
tliat thou shouldest set thine heart upon 
him ? 

viii. 9. We are but of yesterday, and 
know nothing. Ch. iv. 19. Crushed be- 
fore the moth. 

xl. 4. Behold I am vile ; I will lay mine 
hand upon my mouth. 

xlii. 5, 6. Mine eye seeth thee : where- 
fore I abhor myself, and repent in dust 
and ashes. 

" Ps. viii. 3, 4. When I consider the 
heavens, the work of thy fingers, the 
moon and stars which thou hast made, I 
say, What is man, that thou art mindful 
of him? and the son of man, that thou 
visitest him ? 

XXV. 13. I humbled my soul with 
fasting. 

cxv. 1. Not unto us, O Lord, not unto 
us, but unto thy name give glory ; for 
thy mercy, and for thy truth's sake. 

cxliv. 3, 4. Lord, what is man, that 
thou takest knowledge of him ? or the son 
of man, that thou makest account of him ? 
Man is like unto vanity. 

Matt. viii. 8. The centurion said to 
Jesus, I am not worthy that thou shouldest 
come under my roof. 

Luke V. 8. Simon Peter said to Jesus, 
Depart from me, for I am a sinful man, 
O Lord. 

xviii. 13, 14. The publican, standing 
afar off, would not so much as lifl up 
his eyes unto heaven, but smote upon 
his breast, saying, God be merciful to 
me a sinner. This man went down 
to his house justified rather than the 
other. 

Acts iii. 12. The apostles said. Why 
look ye upon us, as though by our own 
power or holiness we had made this man 
to walk ? — Ver. 15. The name of Jesus, 
through faith in his name, hath made 
this man strong. 

XX. 18. Serving the Lord with all hu- 
mility of mind. Ver. 19. 

Rom. vii. 18. I know that in me (that 
is, in my flesh) dwelleth no good thing. 

1 Cor. XV. 9. I am less than the least 
of all the apostles, and am not worthy to 
bie called an apostle. Eph. iii. 3. To me. 


who am less than the least of all saints, 
is this grace given. 

2 Cor. iii. 5. Not that we are sufficient 
of ourselves to think any thing as of our- 
selves, but our sufficiency is of God. 

xii. 10. When I am weak, then am I 
strong. 

Gal. ii. 20. I live ; yet not I, but Christ 
liveth in me. 

Phil. iii. 12—14. Not as though I had 
already attained, either were already per- 
fect. I count not myself to have appre- 
hended, I press toward the mark, for the 
prize of the high calling of God in Christ 
Jesus. 


PRIDE. 

XLI. Pride against God. Exod. xviii. 
11. The Lord is greater than all gods : 
for in the thing wherein they dealt 
proudly, he was above them. Compare 
Exod ix. 17. 

Ps. X. 4. The wicked through the 
pride of his countenance will not seek 
after God : God is not in all his thoughts. 
See Jer. xliii. 2. 

Ixxiii. 6. The pride of the wicked 
corapasseth them about as a chain. — 
Ver. 9. They set their mouths against 
the heavens, and their tongue walketh 
through the earth. — Ver. 11. They say. 
How doth God know ? and is there know- 
ledge in the Most High ?— Ver. 18. Thou 
castedst them down. 

cxix. 21 . Thou hast rebuked the proud 
that are cursed, which do err from thy 
commandments. Isa. xiv. 4 to 24. See 
the pride and fall of Babylon. 

XLII. Pride against men. Ps. x. 2. 
The wicked in his pride doth persecute 
the poor. 

xvii. 10. With their mouth they speak 
proudly. 

Ver. 11. They have compassed us in 
our steps. 

Ixxxvi. 4. O God, the proud are risen 
against me. Ver. 17. 

cxix. 51. The proud have had me greatly 
in derision. — Ver. 69. They forged a lie 
against me. (Ver. 78. 122.) Ver. 85. 
They have digged a pit for me. Ps. cxl. 5. 

cxxiii. 4. Our soul is filled with the 
contempt of the^roud. 

Prov. xxi. 24. He dealeth in proud 
wrath. 

xxviii. 25. The proud in heart stirreth 
up strife. Ch. xiii. 10. 


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Chap. XVII. 


XLIII. Spiritual pride — Such seem to 
be righteous. Deut. ix. 4. Speak not in 
thine heart, sajdng, For my righteousness 
the Lord brought me in to possess this 
land. 

2 Kings X. 16. Come see my zeal for 
tlie Lord, said Jehu. 

Isa. Ixv. 3. A people that provoketh me 
to anger continually. — Vcr. 5. Say, stand 
by thyself, come not near to me, for I am 
holier tlian thou : these are a smoke in my 
nose, a fire that burneth all the day. 

Luke xviii. 9. They trust in them- 
selves that they are righteous, and despise 
others. — Ver. 11, 12. The Pharisee said, 
God, I thank thee tliat I am not as other 
men are, extortioners, unjust, adulterers ; 
or even as this publican : I fast tvi^iee in 
tlm week, I pay tithes of all that I pos- 
sess, &c. 

Rom. X. 3. Being ignorant of God's 
rigliteousness, they go about to establish 
their own righteousness. 

1 Cor. x. 12. They think they stand, 
but should take heed lest they fall. 

XLIV. They ore proud of their sup- 
posed wisdom and knovdedge. Job xii. 2. 
No doubt ye are the people, and wisdom 
shall die with you. 

XV. 8. Dost thou restrain wisdom to 
thyself? 

Jer. viii. 8. How say ye. We are wise, 
and the law of God is with us ? 

1 Cor. iii. 18. They deceive themselves ; 
they seem to be wise. 

iv. 6. They are puffed up. — Ver. 8. 
They are full, they are rich, they reign 
as kings without instnictors. 

viii. 1. Their knowledge puffed them 
up. — Ver. 2. If they think they know 
any thing, they know nothing as they 
ought to know. 

2 Cor. X. 12, 13. They commend 
themselves ; but they, measuring them- 
selves by themselves, and comparing them- 
selves among themselves, are not wise. 
They boast of things without tlieir mea- 
sure. 

1 Tim. vi. 4, 5. Proud, knowing 
nothing ; doting about questions, &.c. 2 
Tim. iii. 2. 

Rev. iii. 17. They know not that tliey 
are poor, and miserable, and wretched, 
and blind, and naked. Sec Korali and his 
company, Numb. xvi. 3. 

XLV. The proud seek honour from men. 
Prov. XXV. 6, 7. They put themselves in 
the place of great men. 


Matt, xxiii. 6. They choose the upper- 
most rooms at feasts, and the chief seats 
in the synagogues. Luke xiv. 7. 

Ver. 7. They love to be called of men. 
Rabbi, Rabbi. 

John V. 44. They seek honour of men, 
and not the honour that cometh from God 
only. 

xii. 43. They love the praise of men 
more than the praise of God. See instances : 
Haman, Esther iii. 5. — v. 5. «fec. And 
Naaman the Assyrian, 2 Kings v. 11 to 15. 

XLVI. Threats and prayers against 
the proud. 1 Sam. ii. 3. Talk no more 
so exceeding proudly : let not arrogancy 
come out of your mouth : for the Lord is 
a God of knowledge, and by him actions 
are weighed. 

Job ix. 13. If God will not withdraw 
his anger, the proud helpers do stoop 
under him. 

xxvi. 12. By his understanding he 
smiteth through the proud. 

Ps. xii. 3. The Lord shall cut off the 
tongue that speaketh proud things. Ps. 
xxxi. 18. — xl. 4. — xvii. 13, 

xxxi. 23. The Lord plentifully re- 
wardeth the proud doer. 

XXX vi. 11. Let not the foot of pride 
come against me. 

lix. 12. Let them be taken in their 
pride, 

xciv. 2. Lift up thyself, thou judge of 
the earth ; render a reward to the proud. 
Luke i. 51. 

cxxxviii. 6. The proud the Lord know- 
eth afar off. 

Prov. viii. 13. Wisdom saith, Pride and 
arrogancy do I hate. Cli. vi. 16, 17. 

xvi. 5. Every one that is proud is an 
abomination to the Lord. — Ver. 18. Pride 
gocth before destruction ; and an haughty 
spirit before a fall. Cli. xi. 2. When pride 
cometh, then cometh shame ; but with the 
lowly is wisdom. 

xxi. 4. An high look, a proud heart, 
and the ploughing of the wicked is sin. 

xxix. 23. A man's pride shall bring 
him low. 

Isa. ii. 11, 12. The lofly looks of man 
shall be humbled, and the haughtiness 
of men shall be bowed down; and the 
Lord alone shall be exalted in that day. 
For the day of the Lord of hosts shall be 
upon every one that is j)roud and lofty, 
and uj)on every one that is lifted up ; and 
lie shall be brought low. Ch. v. 15, 16.^ 
xxvi. 5. 

xiii, 11. I will cause tlie arrogancy of 


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the proud to cease, and will lay low the 
haughtiness of the terrible. 

Isa. xxiii. 9. The Lord hath purposed 
it, to stain the pride of all glory. 

XXV. 11. He shall bring down their 
pride. 

xxviii. 1. Woe to the crown of pride. 

Jer. xiii. 15, 16. Hear ye; and give 
ear; be not proud; for the Lord hath 
spoken : Give glory to the Lord your God, 
before he cause darkness, and before 
your feet stumble on the dark mountains. 
Ver. 18. 

Dan. iv. 37. Those that walk in pride, 
he is able to abase. 

Zeph. ii. 10, 11. This shall they have 
for their pride : The Lord will be terrible 
unto them. 

Mark vii. 22. Out of the heart proceed 
pride, foolishness; and these defile the 
man. Ver. 23. 

Rom. i. 28 — -30. God gave them over 
to a reprobate mind who did not like to 
retain God in their knowledge: Being 
filled with all unrighteousness ; proud, 
boasters, &c. 

1 John ii. 16. The lust of the flesh, the 
lust of the eye, and the pride of life, is not 
of the Father, but is of the world. 


ARROGANCY. 

XLVII. Arrogancy. 1 Sam. ii. 3. Let 
not arrogancy come out of your mouth. 

Prov. viii. 13. Pride and arrogancy, and 
the evil way, do I hate, saith Wisdom. 

Isa. xiii. 11. I will cause the arrogancy 
of tlie proud to cease, saith the Lord. 

LOFTINESS. 

XL VIII. Loftiness. Ps. Ixxiii. 8. The 
wicked speak loftily. (Prov. xxx. 13.) 
Ver. 18. Thou castedst them down to 
destruction. 

exxxi. 1. Lord, my heart is not haughty, 
nor mine eyes lofty. 

HAUGHTY. 

XLIX, Haughty. 2 Sam. xxii.28. Thine 
eyes are upon the haughty, that thou may- 
est bring them down. Ezek. xvi. 50. 

Prov. xviii. 12. Before destruction the 
heart of man is haughty. Ch. xvi. 8. 

Isa. iii. 16, 17. Because the daughters 
of Zion are haughty, and walk with 
stretched forth necks, the Lord will smite 
them with a scab, «&c. 

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Isa. xiii. 11. I will lay low the haugh- 
tiness of the terrible. 

Zeph. iii. 11. Thou shalt no more be 
haughty. Mic. ii. 3. 

L. Exalting one's self. Ps. Ixvi. 7. 
Let not the rebellious exalt themselves. 
Ps. cxl. 8. 

Prov. xvii. 19. He that exalteth his 
gate, seeketh destruction. 

Matt, xxiii. 12. Whosoever exalteth 
himself shall be abased. Luke xiv. 11. 

2 Thess. ii. 4. The man of sin and son 
of perdition opposeth and exalteth himself 
above all that is called God, or is worship- 
ped. — Ver. 8. Whom the Lord will con- 
sume with the spirit of his mouth, and shall 
destroy with the brightness of his coming. 

LI. Lifting up one's self. Deut. viii. 
11. 14. Beware that thine heart be not 
lifted up, and thou forget the Lord thy 
God. Ver. 11, 12. 17. 

xvii. 18—20. The king shall write 
him a copy of the law. He shall read 
therein, that he may learn to fear the 
Lord his God, that his heart be not lifted 
up above his brethren. 

2 Chron. xxvi. 16. When Uzziah was 
strong, his heart was lifted up to his de- 
struction ; for he transgressed against the 
Lord his God. Ch. xxv. 19, 20. 

Ps. Ixxxiii. 2. They that hate thee 
have lifted up the head. 

1 Tim. iii. 16. A bishop must not be 
a novice, lest being lifted up with pride, 
he fall into the condemnation of the devil. 
See Prov. xxx. 32. 

LII. Magnifying one^s self. Ps. xxxv. 
26. Let them be clothed with shame that 
magnify themselves. Ps. xxxviii. 16.— » 
Iv. 12. Lam. i. 9. 

LIII. Glorying. Jer. xlix. 4, 5. Where* 
fore gloriest thou, O backsliding daughter, 
that trusted in her treasures ? Behold I 
will bring a fear upon thee, saith the Lord 
of hosts, from all that are about thee. 

Prov. xxv, 27. For men to search their 
own glory, is not glory. 

1 Cor. i. 27—29. God hath chosen the 
foolish things of the world to confound the 
wise ; and weak things to confound the 
mighty; and base things, and things that 
are despised, and things that are not, hath 
God chosen to bring to nought things 
that are; that no flesh should glory in 
his presence. 

iii. 21. Let no man glory in men, 
Ch. V. 2. 6. 


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Boasting, — Scorning. — Of Marriage. Chap. XVII. 


1 Cor. iv. 7. Who maketh thee to dif- 
fer ? and what hast tliou, that thou didst 
not receive ? Now if thou didst receive 
it, why dost thou glory as if tliou hadst 
not received it. 

2 Cor. V. 12. Some glory in appearance, 
xi. 18. Many glory after the flesh, 
xii. 5. Of myself will I not glory, but 

in mine infirmities. 

Gal. V. 26. Let us not be desirous of 
vain-glory. 

Phil. ii. 3. Let nothing be done through 
strife and vain-glory. 

iii. 19. Some glory, whose glory is 
their shame. 

James iii. 14. Glory not, and lie not 
against the truth. 

Prov. xxvii. 2. Let another man praise 
tliee, and not thine own mouth ; a stran- 
ger and not thine own lips. Ch. xxv. 27. 
2 Cor. xii. 5, 


BOASTING. 

LIV. Boasting. 2 Kings xx. 11. Let 
not him that girdeth on his armour boast 
liimself as he that putteth it off. 

Ps. X. 3. The wicked boasteth of his 
heart's desire. James iii. 5. 

xlix. 6. They boast themselves of the 
multitude of their riches. Luke xii. 16 
to 20. 

Iii. 1. They boast of mischief. Ps. 
xciv. 4. 

Prov. xxvii. 1. Boast not thyself of to- 
morrow. James iv. 14, 15, 16. 

Rom. i. 30. The wicked are proud, 
boasters, &.c. 

iii. 27. Boasting [against God] is ex- 
cluded by the law of faith. 

Eph. ii. 8, 9. Ye are saved through 
faith, not of works, lest any man should 
boast. 

SCORNING. 

LV. Scorning. Ps. i. 1. Blessed is he 
that sitteth not in the seat of the scornful. 

cxxiii. 4. Our soul is filled with the 
scorning of those that are at ease. 

Prov. i. 22. How long, ye simple ones, 
will ye love simplicity ? and the scorners 
delight in their scornings, and fools hate 
knowledge ? 

iii. 34. The Lord scorneth the scorn- 
ers ; but he giveth grace to the lowly. 

ix. 7. He that rcprovcth a scorner 
gettetli to himself a blot. — Vcr. 8. Re- 
prove not a scorner lest he hate thee. — 


Ver. 12. If thou scomest, tliou alone 
shall bear it. 

xiii. 1. A scorner heareth not rebuke. 

xiv. 6. A scorner seeketh wisdom, and 
findeth it not. 

XV. 12. A scorner lovetli not one that 
reproveth him. 

xix. 25. Smite a scorner and the sim- 
ple will beware. 

Ver. 29. Judgments are prepared for 
scorners. 

xxi. 11. When the scorner is pmiished, 
the simple is made wise. 

Ver. 24. Proud and haughty scorner is 
his name, that dealeth in proud wrath. 

xxii. 10. Cast out the scorner, and 
contention shall go out ; yea, strife and 
reproach shall cease. 

xxiv. 9. The scorner is an abomination 
to men. 

xxix. 8. Scornful men bring a city into 
a snare. 

Isa. xx\'iii. 14. Hear the word of the 
Lord ye scornful men, that rule this peo- 
ple. Ver. 15, 16. 

Hos. vii. 5. The king stretched out 
his hand with scorners. 

LVI. Threats against kings and na- 
tions, for their pride, haughtiness, Sfc. 
Pharaoh, Exod. ix. 17. Ch. x. 11. 14. 27. 
Neh. ix. 10, 11. Ezek. xxix. 15. Isa. 
xix. 11. 

Assyria, 2 Kings xix. 22 to 36. Cora- 
pare Isa. xxxvii. 23. — x. 5 to 17. — xiv. 4 
to 24. Jer. 1. 29. 31. Ezek. xxxi. 3 to 18. 
Dan. iv. 30, 31, 32.— v. 20. Hab. ii. 4 to 
12. Zech. X. 11. 

Israel, Neh. ix. 16, 17. 27. 29. Isa. ix. 
8 to 10. Hos. V. 5. 13.— vi. 7. 

Judah, Jer. xiii. 9 to 27. 

Tyre, Isa. xxiii. 8, 9. Ezek. xxviii. 2 
to 18. Zech. ix. 3, 4. 

Moab, Isa. xvi. 6 to 16. Jer. xlviii. 26 
to 42. Zeph. ii. 8 to 15. 

Ammon, Jer. xlix. 16. 

Edom, Ezek. xxxv. 13. Obad. 4. 12. 15. 


OF MARRIAGE. 

LVII. Of Marriage. Gen. i. 27. God 
created man, male and female. Matt, 
xix. 45. 

ii. 18. The Lord said. It is not good 
that the man should be alone ; I will cre- 
ate him an help-mate for him. 

Ver. 23, 24. Adam said of the woman. 
This is bone of my bone, and flesh of 
my flesh. Therefore shall a man leave 
his father and mother, and shall cleave 


Chap. XVII. 


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unto his wife ; and they shall be one flesh. 
1 Cor. xi. 12. 

John ii. 1, 2. There was a marriage 
in Cana of Galilee. Jesus was called, 
and his disciples, to the marriage. 

1 Cor. vii. 2. To avoid fornication, let 
every man have his own wife, and every 
woman her own husband. See ver. 9. 28. 
36. 

ix. 5. Have we not power to lead about 
a wife as well as other apostles, and as 
the brethren of the Lord, and Cephas? 

1 Tim. iv. 1. In the latter times some 
shall depart from the faith. — Ver. 3. For- 
bidding to marry. 

V. 14. I will therefore that the younger 
women marry, bear children, &c. 

Heb. xiii. 4. Marriage is honourable in 
all, and the bed undefiled; but whore- 
mongers, and adulterers, God will judge. 

LVIII. Divorce was permitted hy the 
law of Moses. Deut. xxiv. 1 to 4. 

LIX. Divorce was disapproved. Mai. 
iL15. 

LX. Divorce is expressly forbidden in 
the New Testament. Matt. xix. 4 — 6. 
Jesus said. He which made them at the 
beginning, made them male and female : 
For this cause shall a man leave father 
and mother, and cleave unto his wife, 
and they shall be one flesh. (Gen. ii. 24. 
1 Cor. vi. 16. Eph. v. 31.) What there- 
fore God hath joined together, let not 
man put asunder. 

Ver. 8, 9. Moses, because of the hard- 
ness of your hearts, suffered you to put 
away your wives ; but from the beginning 
it was not so. I say unto you. Whoso- 
ever shall put away his wife, except it be 
for fornication, and shall marry another, 
committeth adultery. And whoso mar- 
rieth her that is put away, doth commit 
adultery. Ch. v. 32. Whosoever shall put 
away his wife, saving for the cause of 
fornication, causeth her to commit adul- 
tery. 

Rom. vii. 2, 3. The woman which hath 
an husband, is bound by the law to her 
husband so long as he liveth. If while 
her husband liveth she be married to an- 
other man, she shall be called an adul- 
teress ; but if her husband be dead, she is 
no adulteress though she be married to 
another man, 

1 Cor. vii. 10, 11. Let not the wife 
depart from her husband : or if she de- 
part, let her remain unmarried, or let 


her be reconciled to her husband: And 
let not the husband put away his wife. 
Ver. 34. 

LXI. Of marriage with unbelievers. 
2 Cor vi. 14, 15. Be ye not unequally 
yoked together with unbelievers. For 
what part hath he that believeth with an 
infidel? — Ver. 17. Wherefore come out 
from among them, and be ye separate, 
saith the Lord. 

LXII. The JeiDS were forbidden to malte 
marriages with the heathen inhabitants of 
Canaan^ lest they should be thereby en- 
ticed to idolatry. Exod. xxxiv. 16. Take 
heed, lest thou take of their daughters 
unto thy sons, and their daughters make 
thy sons go a-whoring after their gods. 

Deut. vii. 3, 4. Thy daughter thou shalt 
not give unto his son, nor his daughter 
shalt thou take unto thy son. For they 
will turn away thy son from following 
me. Josh, xxiii. 12, 13. See instances of 
such unhappy marriages, Judg. iii. 5 to 8 
1 Kings xi. 1 to 12. Ezra ix. 2. 12. 

This sin reformed. Neh. xiii. 23 to 27. 
Ezra 2, 3. 11. , 

LXIII. The embracing of Christianity 
did not dissolve marriage already contract- 
ed with unbelievers. 1 Cor. vii. 12, 13. If 
any brother hath a wife that believeth not, 
and she be pleased to dwell with him, let 
him not put her away. The woman that 
hath a husband that believeth not, if he 
be pleased to dwell with her, let her not 
put him away. See to ver. 17. 

LXIV. The husband, his duties. Prov. 
V. 18, 19. Rejoice with the wife of thy 
youth. (Ecel. ix. 9.) Be thou ravished 
always with her love, Ch. xix. 14. — xviii. 
22. 

1 Cor. vii. 3 — 5. Let the husband ren- 
der to the Avife due benevolence ; likewise 
also the wife to the husband. The wife 
hath not power over her own body, but 
the husband ; likewise also the husband 
hath not power over his own body, but 
the wife. Defraud not one another. 

Eph. V. 23. The husband is the head 
of the wife, even as Christ is the head 
of the church. — Ver. 25. Husbands love 
your wives, even as Christ loved the 
church. 

Ver. 28. So ought men to love their 
wives, even as their own bodies. — Ver. 33, 
Let every one of you love his wife, even 
as himself, 


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Duties towards Children. 


Chap. XVII. 


Col iii. 19. Husbands love your wives, 
and be not bitter against them. 

1 Pet. iii. 7. Husbands dwell with your 
wives according to knowledge, giving 
honour unto the wife as the weaker ves- 
sel, and being heirs together of the grace 
of life : that your prayers be not hindered. 
Ver. 9. 

LXV. The wife, her duties. Prov. xi. 
16. A gracious woman rctaineth honour. 

xii. 4. A virtuous woman is a crown 
to her husband ; but she that maketh 
ashamed is as rottenness in his bones. 

xiv. 1. Every wise woman buildeth 
her house, but the foolish plucketh it 
down with her hands. 

Ver. 14. A prudent wife is from the 
Lord. 

xxxi. 10 — 12. Who can find a virtuous 
woman ? for her price is far above rubies. 
The heart of her husband doth safely 
trust in her. She will do him good, and 
not evil, all the days of her life. See to 
the end of this chapter. 

1 Cor. vii. .34. She that is married 
C5areth for the things of the world, how 
she may please her husband. 

Eph. V. 22 — 24. Wives, submit your- 
selves unto your own husbands, as unto 
the Lord. (Col. iii. 18.) For the husband 
is the head of the wife, even as Christ is 
the head of tlie church. As the church 
is subject to Christ, so let the wives be 
unto their own husbands in every thing. 

Ver. 33. Let the wife see that she re- 
verence her husband. 

1 Tim. ii. 11 — 13. Let the woman 
learn in silence with all subjection. I 
suffer not a woman to teach, nor to usurp 
authority over the man, but to be in si- 
lence. For Adam was first formed, then 
Eve. 

V. 14. I will that the younger women 
marry, bear children, guide the house, 
give none occasion to the adversary to 
speak reproachfully. 

Tit. ii. 4, 5. That the aged woman 
teach the young women to be sober, to 
love their husbands, to love tlieir chil- 
dren ; to be discreet, chaste, keepers at 
home, good, obedient to their own lius- 
bands ; that the word of God be not bias- 
phcmed. 

1 Pet. iii. 1. Wives, be in subjection 
to your own husbands. — Ver. G. Even 
as Sarah obeyed Abraham, calling him 
Lord. 

Concerning woman's apparel. Sec 1 
Tim. ii. 9. 1 Pet. iii. 3, 4. 


DUTIES TOWARDS CHILDREN. 

LXVI. To provide for their support. 
Gen. XXX. 30. Jacob said, And now when 
shall I provide for mine own house also ? 

Prov. xiii. 22. A good man leaveth an 
inheritance to his children's children. 1 
Chron. xxviii. 8. 

2 Cor. xii. 14. The parents ought to 
lay up for their children. 

1 Tim. V. 8. If a man provide not for 
his own, specially for those of his own 
house, he hath denied the faith, and is 
worse than an infidel. 

LXVII. To defend them. Neh. iv. 14. 
Fight for your sons and your daughters, 
your wives and yoiu- houses. See Exod. 
xxii. Numb. i. 12. 

LXVIII. To pray for them. Instances., 
Gen. xvii. 18. Abraham prays for Ish- 
mael. Ver. 20. 

2 Sam. xii. 6. David for his child. Ver. 
21. 

Job i. 5. Job for his sons. 

LXIX. To instruct them. Gen. xviii. 
19. I know Abraham, that he will com- 
mand his children and liis household after 
him, and they shall keep the way of the 
Lord, to do justice and judgment; that 
the Lord may bring upon Abraham that 
which he hath spoken of him. 

Exod. X. 2. Tell into the ears of thy 
son, and of thy son's son, what things I 
have wrought in Egypt, tliat ye may 
know how that I am the Lord. 

Deut. vi. 6, 7. These words which I 
command thcc this day shall be in thine 
heart: And thou shalt teach them dili- 
gently unto thy children, and talk of them 
when thou sittest in thine house, and 
when thou walkest by the way, and when 
thou liest down, and when thou risest up. 
Ver. 8. 20, 21. Ch. xi. 18, 19. 

XX di. 46. Ye shall command your 
children to do all the words of this law. 

Prov. xxii. 6. Train up a child in the 
way he should go, <fec. 

Isa. xxxviii. 19. The fathers to tlie chil- 
dren shall make known thy truth. Ps. 
Ixxviii. 4. 7. 

Joel i. 2, 3. Give ear all ye inhabitants 
of the land. Tell ye your children of 
it, and let your children tell their chil- 
dren, and their children another genera- 
tion. 

Eph, vi. 4. Fathers, provoke not your 


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children, but bring them up in the nurture 
and admonition of the Lord. Col. iii. 21. 
See also Deut. iv. 9, 10.— xxxi. 12, 13. 

LXX. Particular heads of instruction. 
Exod. xii. 26, 27. When your children 
shall ask, What mean ye by this service ? 
Ye shall say, It is the sacrifice of the 
Lord's passover, who passed over the 
houses of the children of Israel in Egypt, 
when he slew the Egyptians. 

xiii. 7. Thou shalt shew thy son, say- 
ing. This is done because of that which 
tlie Lord did to me when I came out of 
Egypt. Ver. 14. 

Josh. iv. 20 — 22. Those twelve stones 
which they took out of Jordan, did Joshua 
pitch in Gilgal ; saying, When your chil- 
dren shall ask their fathers. What mean 
these stones ? then ye shall let your chil- 
dren know, saying. The Lord your God 
dried up the waters of Jordan before you. 
— Ver. 24. That all the people of the 
earth might know the hand of the Lord, 
that it is mighty. 

LXXL Parents careful to instruct chil- 
dren, loere : Gen. xviii. 19. Abraham. 1 
Chron. xxviii. 9. David. Prov. iv. 3. Le- 
muel's mother. Prov. xxxi. 1. Timothy's 
mother and grandmother, 2 Tim. i. 5. 

LXXII. Correcting children. Prov. 
xiii. 24. He that spareth the rod hateth 
his son, but he that loveth him chasteneth 
him betimes. 

xiv. 8. Chasten thy son while there is 
hope, and let not thy soul spare for his 
crying. 

xxii. 15. Foolishness is bound up in 
the heart of a child, but the rod of cor- 
rection shall drive it far from him. 

xxiii. 13, 14. Withhold not correction 
from the child. Thou shalt beat him with 
a rod, and shalt deliver his soul from 
hell. 

xxix. 15. The rod and reproof give wis- 
dom ; but a child left to himself bringeth 
his mother to shame. — Ver. 17. Correct 
thy son and he shall give thee rest ; yea, 
he shall give delight unto thy soul. See 
Deut. viii. 5. 1 Tim. iii. 4. 

This duty neglected by David, 1 Kings 
i. 6. By Eli, 1 Sara. ii. 22, &c. 

LXXIII. Parents careful to marry 
iJieir children into religious families. Gen. 
xxiv. 2, 3. Abraham said to his servant, 
Swear by the God of heaven and earth, 
that tiiou shalt not take a wife to my son 


of the daughters of the Canaanites, &,c. 
Ver. 4. 38. 

See also, Ch. xxvii. 46. — xxviii. 1. 6. — 
xxxviii. 6. Transgressed by Esau, Gen. 
xxvi. 35. — xxviii. 8, 9. 

Marriage with the heathen inhabitants 
of Canaan forbidden, for the ill conse- 
quences of such marriages: Ex. xxxiv. 
16. Deut.vii. 3. Josh, xxiii. 12, 13. Judg. 
iii. 5, 6, 7. 1 Kings xi. 1 to 12. Ezra ix. 
2. 12. Neh. xiii. 23 to 27. 

LXXIV. Portions given to children by 
parents. Gen. xxv. 5, 6. Abraham gave all 
that he had to Isaac. But unto the sons 
of the concubines which Abraham had, 
Abraham gave gifts, and sent them away 
from Isaac. 

xlviii. 21, 22. Israel said to Joseph, I 
have given thee one portion above thy 
brethren. 

The oldest son, by the law of Moses, 
was to have a double portion, Deut. xxi. 
15, 16, 17. 

CHILDREN AMONG THE PRO- 
MISED BLESSINGS. 

LXXV. Children are among the pro- 
mised blessings of God to mankind. Gen. 
i. 21. God blessed Adam and Eve, and 
said unto them. Be fruitful, and multiply, 
and replenish the earth. 

viii. 15 — 17. God spake unto Noah, 
saying. Go forth of the ark, thou and 
thy wife, and thy sons and thy sons' 
wives with thee ; and be fruitful and mul- 
tiply upon the earth. Ch. ix. 1. 7. 

xiii. 14. 16. The Lord said unto 
Abram, I will make thy seed as the dust 
of the earth ; so that if a man can num- 
ber the dust of the earth, then shall thy 
seed also be numbered. Ch. xxii. 16, 17. 

XV. 5. The Lord said to Abram, Look 
toward heaven, and tell the stars if thou 
be able to number them : and he said unto 
him, So shall thy seed be. 

xvii. 1. 5, 6. The Lord appeared unto 
Abram, and said unto him. Thy name 
shall be called Abraham ; for a father of 
many nations have I made thee. I will 
make thee exceeding fruitful, and will 
make nations of thee, and kings shall 
come out of thee. See Hagar, Ch. xvi. 
10.— xvii. 20.— xxi. 13. 

xxvi. 2. 4. The Lord appeared unto 
Isaac, and said, I will make thy seed to 
multiply as the stars of heaven. 

xxviii. 14. The Lord said unto Jacob, 
Thy seed shall be as the dust of the earth : 
and thou shalt spread abroad to the west. 


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Children among the Promised Blessings. Chap. XVII. 


juid to the east, and to the north and to the 
south. See Ch. xxxw. 9. 11. — xxxiii. 12. 

Gen. xxxiii. 5. Jacob said, Tliese are 
tlie children that God hath graciously 
given tliy servemt. Isa. viii. 18. 

LXXVI. Children promised. Gen.xlviii. 
19. Jacob said, Ephraim's seed shall be- 
come a multitude of nations. 

xlix. 22. Joseph is a fruitful bough. — 
Ver. 25. The Almighty shall bless thee, 
with the blessings of the breasts and of 
tlie womb. 

Lev. xxvi. 19. I will make you fruit- 
ful, and will multiply you. 

]IS"mTib. xxiv. 7. It is said of Jacob, His 
seed shall be upon many waters. 

Deut. vii. 13, 14. The Lord thy God 
will love thee, and bless thee, and multi- 
ply tliee. Thou shalt be blessed above all 
people ; there shall not be male nor female 
barren among you. Ex. xxiii. 26. 

xxviii. 4. Blessed shall be the fruit of 
thy body. Ver. 11. 

Josh. xxiv. 3. I took your father Abra- 
ham, and multiplied his seed. 

Neh. ix. 23. Their children thou mul- 
tipliedst as the stars of heaven. 

Job V. 25. Thine offspring shall be as 
the grass of the earth. Isa. xlviii. 18, 19. 
—xlix. 20. 

Ps. cxiii. 9. He maketh the barren wo- 
man to be a joyful mother of children. 

cxv. 14. The Lord shall increase you 
more and more, you and your children. 

exxvii. 3. Children are an heritage of 
tlie Lord, and the fruit of the womb is his 
reward. 

cxxviii. 3. Thy wife shall be as a fruit- 
ful vine by the sides of thine house; thy 
children like olive plants round about thy 
table. — -Ver. 6. Yea, thou shalt see thy 
children's children. 

cxhv. 12. That our sons may be as 
olive plants, our daughters like corner- 
stones. 

See also, Deut. i. 10.— x. 22.— xiii. 17. 
— xxviii. 62, 63. Josh. xxiv. 3. Job xlii. 
12, 13. Ps. cvii. 38. Prov. xiv. 23. Jer. 
iii. 16. — XXX. 19. — xxxiii. 22. Ezek. xvi. 
7. — xxxvi. 10, 11. — xxxvii. 26. 

LXXVII. A desire of having children 
is natural to mankind. Instances. Prov. 
XXX. 16. The grave and the barren womb 
are not satisfied. 

Gen. xi. 30. Sarah, Abram's wife, was 
barren. Ch. xvi. 1, 2, 3. She gave her 
handmaid to Abram, and said, It may be 
that I may obtain children by her. 


XV. 2, 3. Abram said, Lord, what wilt 
thou give me, seeing- 1 go childless ? To 
me thou hast given no seed. Ch. xviii. 
10. 12. The angel said, Sarah shall have 
a son. (Ch. xvii. 19.) Sarah heard it and 
laughed. 

xxiv. 60. They blessed Rebekah, and 
said, Be thou the mother of thousands of 
millions. 

XXV. 21. Isae»c entreated the Lord for 
his wife, because she was barren; and the 
Lord was entreated of him, and Rebekah 
his wife conceived. 

xxviii. 1. 3. Isaac blessed Jacob, and 
said, God Almighty bless thee, and make 
thee fruitful, and multiply thee. 

XXX. 13. Leah said, Happy am I, for 
the daughters will call me blessed. — Ver. 
20. I have born six sons. 

xxix. 31. Rachel was barren. Ch. xxx. 
1. 23. She envied her sister, and said unto 
Jacob, Give me children or else I die. 
Rachel conceived and bare a son, and said, 
God hath taken away my reproach. 

1 Sam. i. 3. Hannah had no children. — 
Ver. 10. 19. She was in bitterness of soul, 
and prayed unto the Lord, and wept sore : 
and the Lord remembered her, — Ver. 20. 
She conceived and bare a son, and called 
his name Samuel, saying. Because I have 
asked him of the Lord.— Ver. 27. For 
this child I prayed, and the Lord hath 
given me my petition. 

Luke i. 7. Elizabeth was barren. — 
Ver. 13. The angel said unto Zacharias, 
Thy prayer is heard, thy wife shall bear 
thee a son. — Ver. 24. Elizabeth con- 
ceived, and said. Thus hath the Lord 
dealt with me, to take away my reproach. 
Ver. 25. 

LXXVIII. God^s care of mothers. Gen. 
ii. 16. Unto the woman the Lord said, I 
will greatly multiply thy sorrow and thy 
conception ; in sorrow shalt thou bring 
forth children. 1 Tim. ii. 15. Neverthe- 
less she shall be saved in child-bearing, if 
they continue in faith and holiness, with 
sobriety. 

xlix. 25. The Almighty shall bless 
thee with the blessings of the breasts and 
of the womb. 

Deut. vii. 13. He will bless the fruit of 
thy womb. See Exod. xxi. 2] . Hurt not 
a woman with child. 

LXXIX. God's care of children. Ex. 
i. 17. The midwives saved the men- 
children alive. — Ver. 21. And God made 
them houses. 


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289 


Ps. xxii. 9, 10. Thou art he that took j wander in this wilderness forty years, 

and bear your whoredoms. 

Job xxi. 9. God layeth up the iniquity of 
the wicked for his children. Isa. xiv. 21. 

Jer. ii. 9. With your children's chil- 
dren will I plead, saith the Lord. 

xxxii. 18. Thou recompensest the ini- 
quity of the fathers into the bosom of their 
children after them. See an instance, 
2 Sam. xii. 14, 15. 

LXXXIIT. Particular calamities threat 
ened against the children of the wicked. 
Captivity. Deut. xxviii. 33. Thy sons 
and thy daughters shall be given to an- 
other people, and thine eyes shall look 
and fail for them all the day. 

2 Chron. xxix. 6. Our fathers turned 
away their faces from the habitation of the 
Lord. — Ver. 9. Our sons and our daugh- 
ters, and our wives, are in captivity for this. 

Jer. xlviii. 46. Woe be unto thee, thy 
sons and thy daughters are taken captives. 

Lam. i. 16. For the multitude of her 
transgressions her children are gone into 
captivity. 

Joel iii. 8. I will sell your sons and 
your daughters into the hand of the chil- 
dren of Judah. Ch. ii. 16. See also Jer. 
x. 20.— xxxviii. 23.— xlvii. 3. Lam. v. 13. 
Ezek. XXX. 18. Mic. i. 16. 

LXXXIV. To he slain hy an enemy. 
Isa. xiii. 16. Thy children shall be dashed 
in pieces before thine eyes. Ps. cxxxvii. 
9. Hos. xiii. 16. 

Jer. xvi. 3. Their children shall die of 
grievous deaths. 

xviii. 21. Deliver up their children to 
the famine, and pour out their blood by 
the force of the sword. Ps. cix. 10. 

xliv. 7. Thus saith the Lord, Where- 
fore commit ye this great evil against 
your souls, to cut off from you man and 
woman, child and suckling ? 

Ezek. xxiii. 47. The enemy shall slay 
their sons and their daughters. 

xxiv. 21. Your sons and your daugh- 
ters shall fall by the sword. Ch. xxv. 
Amos vii. 17. 

See also Lev. xxvi. 22. 1 Sam. xv. 33. 
2 Kings xxv. 7. 2 Chron. xxi. 14. Job 
xxvii. 13, 14. Isa. xlvii. 9. — Ii. 18. Jer. 
xiv. 16. — XV. 7. Ezek. ix. 6. 1 Kings 
xxi. 19. 21, 22. compared with 2 Kings 
ix. 25, 26. 


me out of the womb, and didst make me 
hope when I was upon my mother's 
breasts. I was cast upon thee from the 
womb : thou art my God from my mo- 
ther's belly. Ps. Ixxi. 6. 

Jonah iv. 11. God said, Should not I 
spare Nineveh, that great city, v^herein 
are more than six score thousand persons 
tjiat cannot discern between their right 
hand and their left ? 

Mark x. 14. Jesus said, Suffer little 
children to come unto rhe, and forbid them 
not ; for of such is the kingdom of hea- 
ven. — Ver. 16. And he took them in his 
ai'ms, and blessed them, and said, Of such 
is the kingdom of heaven. 

LXXX. The grief of parents at parting 
with their children. Gen. xliii. 14. Jacob 
said, If I am bereaved of my children, I 
am bereaved. Ch. xiii. 38.— xliv. 29. 31. 

Job xxix. 2. 5. Job said, O that I were 
as in months past ; v/hen the Almighty 
was yet with me, when my children were 
about me. 

LXXXI. Godly parents Uessed in the 
happiness of their children. Deut. iv. 40. 
Thou shalt keep his statutes, that it may 
be well with thee, and with thy children 
after thee. See Ch. v. 29.— xii. 25. 28. 

Ps. xxv. 12, 13. He that feareth the 
Lord, his seed shall inherit the earth. 

xxxvii. 25, 26. Yet have I not seen the 
righteous forsaken, nor his seed begging 
bread. His seed is blessed. 

cri. 28. The children of thy servants 
shall continue, and their seed shall be 
established before thee. 

cxlvii. 13. He hath blessed thy chil- 
dren with thee. 

Isa. xliv. 3. I will pour my blessing upon 
thine offspring. See Ch. Ixi. 9. — Ixv. 23. 

Jer. xxxii. 39. I will give them one 
heart and one way, that they may fear 
me for ever ; for the good of tliem and of 
their children after them. 

THE WICKED PUNISHED IN 
THEIR CHILDREN. 

LXXXII. The wicked punished in the 
calamities of their children. Exod. xx. 
5. I am a jealous God, visiting the ini- 
quities of the fathers upon the children, 
•unto the third and fourth generation of 
them that hate me. Ch. xxxiv. 7. Numb. 
xiv. 18. Deut. v. 9. 

Numb. iv. 33. Your children shall 


LXXXV. That they shall suffer hy 
famine. Jer. v. 15. I will bring a nation 
upon you, and they shall eat up thine 


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harvest, and thy bread which thy sons 
and thy daughters should eat. Ver. 17. 
Job V. 5. 

Jer. xi. 22. Their sons and their daugh- 
ters shall die by famine, 

Hos iv. 6. Thou hast forgotten the 
law of thy God ; I also will forget thy 
children. — Ver. 10. They shall eat and 
not have enough. See Ps. cix. 9, 10. 12. 
Jer. xviii. 21. Lam. iv. 4. 

LXXXVI. Other evils upon the children 
of the wicked. Job v. 4, 5. His children 
are far from safety, and they are crushed 
in the gate, neither is there any to de- 
liver them. The robber swalloweth up 
their substance. 

xvii. 5. He that speaketh flattery to 
his friends, even the eyes of his children 
shall fail. 

XX. 10. His children shall seek to 
please the poor, and his hands shall re- 
store their goods. 

LXXXVII. Erroneous principles in 
religion have destroyed the natural affec- 
tion of parents toward their children, 2 
Kings xvi. 3. Ahaz made his sons to 
pass through the fire. 

2 Chron. xxviii. 3. Ahaz burnt his 
children in the fire. See also, 2 Kings 
xvii. 17. 31. — xi. 7. Jer. xxxii. 35. Ezek. 
xvi. 21.— XX. 26. Matt. x. 21. Forbidden, 
Lev. xviii. 21. — xx. 2, 3, 4. Deut. xviii. 10. 

LXXXVIII. Calamities upon wicked 
parents and children. Lev. xxvi. 29. Ye 
shall eat the flesh of your sons and of your 
daughters. See Deut. xxviii. 53. Jer. xix. 
9. 2 Kings vi. 29. Lam. ii. 20.— iv. 10. 

LXXXIX. Want of children to the 
wicked. Hos. ix. 14. Give them a mis- 
carrying womb and dry breasts. 2 Sam. 
vi. 23. Lev. xx. 20. Jer. xxii. 30. 

XC. Promises to the godly who are 
childless. Ps. Iviii. 6. Yet setteth he the 
solitary in families. 

cxiii. 9. He maketh the barren woman 
to keep house, and to be a joyful mother 
of children. 

Isa. Ivi. 4. To the eunuchs, &c. will I give 
a name, and a place within my walls, &c. 

CX)MMANDMENT FIFTH. 

XCL Duties of children towards pa- 
rents. Exod. XX. 12. Honour thy father 
and thy mother, that thy days may be 


long upon the land. Deut. v. 16. Matt, 
XV. 4. Eph. vi. 2. 

Lev. xix. 3. Ye shall fear every man 
his mother and his father. 

Prov. i. 8, 9. My son, hear the instruc- 
tion of thy father, and forsake not the law 
of thy mother. They shall be an orna- 
ment of grace unto thine head, and chains 
about thy neck. 

iii. 1, 2. My son, forget not my law, 
but let thine heart keep my coinniand- 
ments : for length of days, and long life, 
and peace, shall they add to thee. 

V. 1. My son, attend unto my wisdom, 
and bow thine ear to my understanding. 

vi. 20, 21. Keep thy father's command- 
ments, and forsake not the law of thy 
mother. Bind them continually upon 
thine heart, and tie tliem about thy neck. 
Ver. 22. 

X. 7. A wise son maketh a glad father, 
but a foolish son is the heaviness of his 
mother. 

xiii. 1. A wise son heareth his father's 
instructions, but a scorner heareth not 
rebuke. 

XV. 20. A wise Son maketh a glad fa- 
ther, but a foolish son despiseth his mother. 

xxiii. 22. Hearken to the father that 
begat thee, and despise not tliy mother 
when she is old. 

xxix. 3. Whoso loveth wisdom rejoic- 
eth his father. 

Mai. i. 6. A son honoureth his father. 
Ch. iii. 17. 

Matt. xix. 19. Jesus said. Honour thy 
father and thy mother. 

Eph. vi. 1. Children, obey your pa- 
rents in the Lord, for tliis is right. Col. 
iii. 20. 

Ver. 2, 3. Honour thy father and thy 
mother, (which is the first commandment 
with promise,) that it may be well with 
thee, and that thou mayest live long on 
the earth. Exod. xx. 12. 

1 Tim. iii. 4. Having his children in 
subjection. 

v. 4. Let them learn to show piety at 
home, and to requite their parents. 

XCn. Instances of dutiful children 
blessed. Gen. ix. 23. Shem and Japhet. 
Ver. 26, 27.— Ch. xxviii. 3, 4. Jacob. 
Ch. xlvii. 12.— xlix. 26.-1. 10. Joseph. 
— Ruth i. 15, 16, 17. Ruth. Luke ii. 51. 
Jesus. Jer. xxxv. 8. 18, 19. The sons of 
Jonadab. 

XCHL Disobedient and undutiful chil. 
dren: threats against them. Exod. xxi. 


Chap. XVII. Duties of Masters. — Duties of Servants. 


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15. He that smiteth his father or mother, 
shall be surely put to deatli. 

Exod. xxi. 17. He that curseth his fa- 
ther or his mother shall surely be put to 
death. Lev. xxiv. 15. — xx. 9. Matt. xv. 
4, 5, 6. Prov. XX, 20. 

Deut. xxi. IS. 21. If a man have a 
stubborn and rebellious son, that will 
not obey the voice of his father or the 
voice of his mother, all the men of his 
city shall stone him with stones that he die. 

xxvii. 16. Cursed be he that setteth 
lig-ht by his father or his mother : and all 
the people shall say. Amen. Ezek. xxii. 
7. 14. 

Prov. XV. 5. A fool despiseth his fa- 
ther's instruction. Ver. 20. 

xvii. 21. He that begetteth a fool doeth 
it to his sorrow ; and the father of a fool 
hath no joy. — Ver. 25. A foolish son is 
a grief to his father, and bitterness to her 
that bare him. Ch. x. 1. , 

xix. 13. A foolish son is a calamity to 
his father. 

Ver. 26. He that v/asteth his father, 
and chaseth away his mother, is a son 
that causeth shame, and bringeth reproach. 

xxviii. 7. He that is a companion of 
riotous men, shameth his father. 

Ver. 24. Whoso robbeth his father or 
his mother, and saith, It is no transgres- 
sion ; the same is the companion of a de- 
stroyer. 

XXX. 11. There is a generation that 
curseth their father, and doth not bless 
their mother. — Ver. 17. The eye that 
mocketh at his father and despiseth to 
obey his mother, the ravens of the valley 
shall pluck it out, and the young eagles 
shall eat it. 

Isa. xlv. 10. Woe unto him that saith 
unto his father. What begettest thou ? and 
to the woman. What hast thou brought 
forth? 

Mic. vii. 6. The son dishonoureth the 
father, and the daughter raiseth up against 
the mother. Luke xii. 53. 

2 Tim. iii. 2. Perilous times shall come ; 
men shall be disobedient to parents, &c. 

XCIV. Particular instances of unduti- 
ful disobedient children cursed. Gen. ix. 
22. 25. Ham is cursed of his father. 

1 Sam. ii. 25. The sons of Eli are pu- 
nished. Ver. 31 to 35. 


DUTIES OF MASTERS. 

XCV. Duties of masters towards ser. 
24 


vants. Lev. xix. 13. The wages of him 
that is hired shall not abide with thee all 
night until the morning. See Deut. xxiv. 
15. Jer. xxii. 13. Mai. iii. 5. James v. 
4. Luke X. 7. 

XXV. 43. Thou shalt not rule over him 
with rigour. Ver. 46. 53. 

Deut. xxiv, 14. Thou shalt not oppress 
an hired servant that is poor and needy, 
whether he be of thy brethren or of stran- 
gers. 

Job xxxi. 13 — 15. If I did despise the 
cause of my man-servant or of my maid- 
servant, when they contended with me ; 
what shall I do when God raiseth up? 
and when he visiteth, what shall I answer 
him ? Did not he that made me in the 
womb make them ? did not one fashion us 
both? 

Matt. viii. 6. The centurion besought 
Jesus to heal his servant. 

Eph. vi. 9. Ye masters, do the same 
things unto your servants ; forbearing 
threatenings : knowing that your Master 
is also in heaven ; neither is there respect 
of persons with him. Col. iv. 1. 

Prov. XXX. 10. Accuse not a servant to 
his master. 

Exod. xxi. 20. 26. Beating servants — 
the law thereof. 

xxi. 2. An Hebrew servant, when to go 
free. Lev. xxv. 39, 40, 41. 54. Jer.xxxiv. 14. 

Lev. xxv. 44 — -46. Concerning slaves. 

Deut. xxiii. 15, 16. The fugitive servant. 


DUTIES OF SERVANTS. 

XCVI. Duties of servants. Prov. xiv. 
35. The king's favour is toward a wise 
servant. 

xvii. 2. A wise servant shall have rule 
over a son that causeth shame. 

xxvii. 18. He that waiteth on his mas- 
ter shall be honoured. 

Mai. i. 6. A servant honoureth his 
master. 

Matt. X. 24. Neither is the servant 
above his master. Ver. 25. 

Prov. xix. 10. For a servant to have 
rule over princes is not seemly. 

Luke iii. 14. Be content with your 
wages. 

xvii. 7, 8. Whoof you having a servant 
ploughing or feeding cattle, will say to 
him by and by when he is come from the 
field. Go sit down to meat ? And will not 
rather say unto him, Make ready where- 
with I may sup, and afterward thou shalt 
eat and drink. 


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1 Cor. vii. 21, 22. Art thou called, [ 
being a servant ? care not for it: but if| 
thou mayest be made free, use it ratlicr. i 
He that is called in tlie Lord, being a 
servant, is the Lord's freeman. 

Eph. vi. 5 — 8. Servants be obedient to 
tJiem that are your masters according to 
the flesh : not with eye-service, as men- 
pleasers ; but as the servants of Christ, 
doing the will of God from the heart ; 
with good will, doing service as unto the 
Lord, and not to men : Knowing tliat 
whatsoever good thing any man doeth, 
the same shall he receive of the Lord, 
whether he be bond or free. 

Col. iii. 22. Servants obey in all things 
your masters according to the flesh ; not 
with eye-service as men-pleasers, but in 
singleness of heart, fearing God. See 
ver. 23, 24, 25. 

1 Tim, vi. 1. Let as many servants as 
are under the yoke count their masters 
worthy of all honour ; that the name of 
God and his doctrine be not blasphemed. 
Ver. 2. 

Tit. ii. 9, 10. Exhort servants to be 
obedient to their masters, and to please 
them well in all things, not answering 
again. Not purloining, but shewing all 
good fidelity ; that they may adorn the doc- 
trine of God our Saviour in all things. 

1 Pet. ii. 18. Servants be subject to 
your masters Avith all fear ; not only to 
the good and gentle, but also to the fro- 
ward. Ver. 19, 20, 21. 

Servants are called faithful. Matt. xxiv. 
4.5. — XXV. 21. Instances : Abraham's ser- 
vant. Gen. xxiv. — Jacob, Gen. xxxi. 6. 
See Ps. cxxxii. 2. 

Servants are wicked, slothful, unprofit- 
able. Matt. xxv. 26. 30. Who knew his j 
Lord's will and did it not, Luke xii. 47 


MAGISTRATES. 

XCVIL Duties of the civil magistrate, 
to administer justice impartially. Deut. 
i. 16. Judge righteously between every 
man and his brother, and the stranger 
that is with you. John vii. 24. 

xvi. 18. Judge the people with just 
judgment. Ezck. xviii. 8. 

xix. 18. Make diligent inquisition. Job 
xxix. 10, 17. Prov. xxi. 2. 

xxv. 1. Justify the righteous, and con- 
demn the wricked. 

Ps. Ixxxii. 3, 4. Defend the poor and 
fatherless; do justice to the aflftictcd 
and needy. (Ps. Ixxii. 2.) Deliver the 


poor and needy out of the hand of the 
wicked. 

Prov. XX. 8. A king that sittcth in the 
throne of judgment scattereth away all 
evil wdth his eyes. — Ver. 26. A wise 
king scattereth the wicked, and bringeth 
the wheel over them. Ps. ci. 4. 

Ver. 28. Mercy and truth uphold the 
king; and his throne is upholden by 
mercy. Ch. xvi. 2. Is established by 
righteousness. 

xxi. 3. To do justice and judgment is 
more acceptable to the Lord than sacri- 
fice. 

xxix. 14. The king that faithfully 
judgeth the poor, his throne shall be esta- 
blished for ever. 

Isa. i. 17. Seek judgment, relieve the 
oppressed, judge the fatherless, plead for 
the widow. — Ver. 18. Though your sins 
be as scarlet, they shall be as snow or as 
wool. 

Ivi. 1, 2. Thus saith the Lord, Keep 
judgment and do justice. Blessed is the 
man tliat doeth this. 

Iviii. 6. 8. Loose the bands of wicked- 
ness, undo the heavy burdens ; let the op- 
pressed go free, break every yoke. Then 
shall thy light break forth as the morn- 
ing. 

Ixi. 8. I the Lord love judgment ; I 
hate robbery. 

Jer. xxii. 3, 4. Thus saith the Lord, 
Execute judgment and righteousness, and 
deliver the spoiled out of the hand of the 
oppressor, and do no wrong : do no vio- 
lence to the stranger, to the fatherless, 
nor to the widow ; neither shed innocent 
blood in this place. (Ch. xxi. 12.) Then 
shall there enter in by the gates of this 
house, kings sitting upon the throne of 
David, &c. 

Ver. 16. He judged the cause of the 
poor and needy; then it was well with 
him. 

Ezek. xlv. 9. Thus saith the Lord God, 
Remove violence and spoil, and execute 
judgment and justice; take away your 
exactions from my people, saith the 
Lord. 

Hos. xii. 6. Keep mercy and do judg- 
ment : wait on thy God continually. Isa. 
xvi. 4. In mercy shall thy throne be 
established. 

Amos V. 24. Let judgment run down 
as waters, and righteousness as a mighty 
stream. 

Zech. viii. 16. Execute the judgment 
of peace and truth in your gates. Ch. 
vii. p. Exod. xviii. 16. — xxiii. 6, 7, 8. 


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Deut x\"i. 19. See Lev. xix. 15. Amos 
V. 15. 

XCVIII. Qualifications of the civil 
magistrate. Exod. xviii. 21. Thou shalt 
provide out of all the people able men, 
such as fear God, men of truth, hating- co- 
vetousness ; and place such to be rulers. 

Deut. i. 13. Take you wise men, and 
understanding, and known among- your 
tribes, and I will make them rulers over 
you. Ver, 15. 

xvii. IS, 19. The king shall write him 
a copy of this law in a book. He shall 
read therein all the days of his life, that 
he may learn to fear the Lord his God, 
and to keep all the words of this law, 
and these statutes, to do them. Ver. 
15, 16, 17. 20. Josh, i 8. 

2 Sam. xxiii. 3. He that ruleth over 
men must be just, ruling in the fear of 
God. 2 Chron. xix. 6, 7. 9. 

Neh. v. 9. Ought ye not to walk in the 
fear of God? 

Ps. ii. 10, 11. Be wise, ye kings : be 
instructed, ye judges of the earth. Serve 
the Lord with fear. 

Prov. xxix. 2. When the righteous 
are in authority the people rejoice. 

Examples. Jehoshaphat, 2 Chron. xx. 
3. Nehemiah, Neh. v. 15. 

XCIX. The magistrate'' s concern with 
religion. Numb. xiv. 17. Moses the 
chief magistrate prayeth for the people. 
Deut. ix. 26. He inquireth of God for 
the people. Exod. xviiil 15. 

Josh. vii. 6. Joshua prayeth for the 
people. 'Ver. 7. 

xxiv. 1 to 28. His religious exhorta- 
tion to the people. 

2 Sam. vi. 2. David's care of the ark 
of God. 1 Chron. xxiii. 6. He divides 
the priests into courses. 

vii. 2. He resolves to build an house 
for the worship of God. Ver. 7, 8. 1 
Kings viii. 18. 

1 Chron. xxii. 3. He prepares mate- 
rials for building the temple. 

2 Sam. vi. 18, He blesses the people 
in the name of the Lord. 

xxiv. 17. He prayeth for the people. 
Ver. 25. 

1 Chron. xxix. 19. He prayeth for 
Solomon, 

2 Sam. iii. 1. David waxed stronger 
and stronger. Ch. v, 10. He grew great, 
and the Lord established him, Ver. 12. 

viii, 14. The Lord preserved him 
whithersoever he went. 


1 Kings iii. 3. Solomon loved the 
Lord. — Ver. 9. He prayed to God for 
qualifications to govern the people, — 
Ver. 11. His prayer was answered. 
Ch. iv. 29. 

vi, 14, He built the house of God. 

viii. 23. His prayer and exhortation 
at the dedication of the temple. 2 
Chron, viii, 14. He appoints the courses 
of the priests. 

1 Chron. xxix. 25. The Lord magni- 
fied Solomon exceedingly. 

2 Kings xiii. 4, 5. Jehoahaz besought 
the Lord, and the Lord hearkened un- 
to him, and gave Israel a saviour, 

2 Chron. xiv. 2, 4, Asa reforms abuses 
in religion, — Ver, 11. He prayeth against 
the Ethiopian army, — Ver, 12, The Lord 
smote the Ethiopians before Asa. 

XV, 8. He farther reforms the nation, 
and takes an oath of the people to re- 
form, and to seek the Lord. Ver. 12, 
13, 14. 

xvii. 7, 8, 9. Jehoshaphat enjoins the 
princes and the Levites to teach the 
law of the Lord, 

xix, 4, He reforms abuses and gives 
a religious charge to the judges. See to 
ver. 11. 

XX. 6. He appoints a fast, prays 
against the enemies of the nation, and is 
heard. See to ver. 24. 

XXX. 2. Hezekiah took counsel with 
the princes to celebrate the passover, 
which had been long neglected. 

Ver, 5, 6, 7. He writes letters, and 
makes proclamation to assemble the 
people, — Ver. 18. He prays for the peo- 
ple. 

xxxi, 2. He appoints the courses of 
the priests, 

xxxii. 20, 21, He prayed to God 
against the Assyrian army; and the 
Lord sent an angel which cut of all the 
mighty men of valour, and the leaders 
and captains in the camp of the king of 
Assyria, 2 Kings xix. 15. 20. Isa. 
xxxvi. 1. 

Ver. 22, 23. God saved Hezekiah; 
and he was magnified in the sight of all 
nations. 

2 Kings xxii. 3. Josiah's care for the 
house of God, — Ver. 13. He sends to 
inquire of the Lord, 

xxiii, 2, 3, He reads the law to the 
people, and takes an oath of the people 
to keep it; and reforms abuses in reli- 
gion. Jer. xxii, 15, God was with him. 
Ezra ix, 6. Ezra prays and reforms 
abuses in religion. Ch. viii. 21. 


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Chap. XVII. 


Ezra X. 1. 5. He takes an oath of the 
people to reform. 

Neh. i. 4 to 11. Nehemiah's prayer 
and confession ; on which dehvcrance 
is obtained. See chapters 2d, 3rd, 4th. 

V. 6 to 9. He reforms abuses in reli- 
gion. Ch. xiii. 10 to 31. 

viii. 9. He teachcth the people. 

ix. 1, &c. A remarkable fast is kept, 
with acknowlcdg-ment of mercies, hu- 
miliation and confession of sins. 

X. 29. The people enter into a curse 
and into an oath, to walk in God's 
law. 

Jonah iii. 7. The king of Nineveh ap- 
points a fast. — Ver. 9, 10. God approves 
thereof, and is entreated, and averts 
the evil which he had threatened against 
Nineveh. 

C. Good magistrates, a blessing pro- 
mised to God^s people. Isa. i. 26, 27. I 
will restore thy judges as at the first, 
and thy counsellors as at the beginning. 
Zion shall be redeemed with judgment, 
and her converts with righteousness. 

xxviii. 6. The Lord shall be for a 
spirit of judgment to them that sit in 
judgment. 

xxxii. 16. Judgment shall dwell in 
the wilderness, and righteousness in the 
fruitful field. 

xxxiii. 5. The Lord hath filled Zion 
with judgment and with righteousness. 

xlix. 23. Kings shall be thy nursing 
fathers, and queens thy nursing mothers. 

xl. 16, 17. Thou shalt suck the breasts 
of kings. I will make thine officers peace, 
and thine exacters righteousness. 

Jer. XXX. 20, 21. I will punish all that 
oppress my people. Their nobles shall 
be of themselves, and their governor 
shall proceed from the midst of them ; 
and I will cause him to draw near, and 
he shall approach unto me : for who 
is this that engagcth his heart to ap- 
proach unto me ? saitli the Lord. 

Ezck. xlv. 8. Princes shall no more 
oppress my people. 

Zcch. ix 8. No oppressor shall pass 
through them any more. 

CL Magistracy is of divine appoint- 
ment. Dcut. xvi. 18. Judges and offi- 
cers shalt thou make in all thy gates, 
and they shall judge the people. Ch. 
xvii. 5. Numb. xi. 16, 17. 

Prov. viii. 15. By me kings reign 
and princes decree justice. 


Rom. xiii. 1. There is no power but 
of God; the powers that be are ordained 
of God. — Ver. 2. The ordinance of 
God. — Ver. 4. The magistrate is the 
minister of God. 

CH. Sins of Magistrates. Perverting 
of judgment., respect ofjyersons, partiality, 
&c. Exod, xxiii. 6. Thou shalt not wrest 
the judgment of the poor in his cause. 
Ver. 2. 

Ver. 7. The innocent and righteous slay 
thou not ; for I will not justify the wicked. 

Lev. xix. 15. Thou shalt do no un- 
rghteousness in judgment, thou shalt not 
respect the person of the poor, nor honour 
the person of the miglity. Prov. xxiv. 23. 

Deut. i. 17. Ye shall not respect per- 
sons in judgment ;. ye shall not be afraid 
of the face of man ; for the judgment is 
God's. 2 Chron. xix. 6. The Lord is 
with you in judgment. Ver. 7. Rom. 
ii. 11. There is no respect of persons 
with God. Eph. vi. 9. Col. xiii. 25. 

Prov. xvi. 12. It is an abomination to 
kings to commit wickedness. 

Zech. vii. 10. Oppress not the widow 
nor the fatherless, the stranger nor the 
poor. Job xxxi. 21. 

Isa. X. 1, 2. Woe unto them that de- 
cree unrighteous decrees, and that write 
gricvousness which they have prescrib- 
ed ; to turn aside the needy from judg- 
ment, and to take away the right from 
the poor of my people, that widows 
may be their prey, and that they may rob 
the fatherless. Jer. xxii. 3. 5. 

Ver. 3. What will ye do in the day 
of visitation ? See Dcut. xix. ]^. Job 
xxxii. 21. Ps. xciv. 20. Eccl. v. 8. Isa. 
i, 10.— iii. 12 to 15.— xxviii. 14 to 18. 
Mic. iii. 1 to 4. Acts xxiii. 3. 

cm. Perverting of judgment through 
covetousness, taking gifts, Sfc. 

Exod. xxiii. 8. Thou shalt not take 
a gift; for a gift blindeth the eyes of 
the wise and perverteth the words of 
the righteous. Deut. xvi. 9. 

Prov. xxix. 4. He that recciveth gifts, 
overthroweth the land. 

xxiii. 23. A wicked man taketh a 
gift out of the bosom, to pervert the 
ways of judgment. See persons threat- 
ened for this sin : 1 Sam. viii. 3. Isa. i. 
23, 24.— V. 22, 23. Jer. xxii. 17, 18, 19. 
Ezek. xxii. 27. 31. Hos. iv. 18. Amos 
V. 12. Mic. iii. 11, 12.— vii. 3, 4. See 
persons free from it : 1 Sam. xii. 3. 


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Neh. V. 14, 15. Promises to such, Isa. 
xxxiii. 15. Ezek. xviii. 17. 

CIV. Perverting of judgment througli 
drunkenness. Prov. xxxi. 4. It is not for 
kings to drink wine, nor for princes 
strong drink ; lest they drink and forget 
the law, and pervert the judgment of 
any of the afflicted. 

Isa. xxviii. 1. .3. Woe to the drunkards 
of Ephraim. They shall be trodden 
under foot. — Ver. 7. They have erred 
through wine, and through strong drink 
are they out of the way. Ver. 8. — Ch. v. 
22. Woe to them that are mighty to 
drink wine, and men of strength to mingle 
strong drink. See Eccl. x. 16, 17. 

CV. The misery of being governed by 
weak or wicked rulers. Ps. xii. 8. The 
wicked walk on every side when the 
vilest men are exalted. Eccl. x. 5, 6. 

xciv. 20. Shall the throne of iniquity 
have fellowship with thee, which frameth 
mischief by a law. 

Prov. xxviii. 15. As a roaring lion, and 
a raging bear, so is a v/icked ruler over 
poor people. — Ver. 16. The prince that 
wanteth understandingis a great oppressor. 

xxix. 2. When the wicked beareth 
rule, the people mourn. 

Eccl. iii. 12. If a ruler hearken to lies, 
all his servants are wicked. — Ver. 16. 
I saw the place of judgment, that wick- 
edness was there ; and the place of 
righteousness that iniquity was there. 
Mic. vii. 3, 4. 

x. 16. Woe unto thee, O land, when 
thy king is a child. 

iv. 13. Better is a poor and wise child, 
than an old and foolish king, that will 
no more be admonished. 

Isa. lix. 14. Judgment is turned away 
backward, and justice standeth afar off; 
truth is fallen in the street, and equity 
cannot enter. 

Atnos vi. 12. Ye have turned judg- 
ment into gall and the fruit of right- 
eousness into hemlock, Hos. x. 4. 

CVI. Such set over a people., as a pu- 
nishment for sin. Neh. ix. 37. The kings 
whom thou hast set over us, for our sins, 
have dominion over our bodies. 

Ps. cvi. 4. They that hated them, 
ruled over them. 

Prov. xxviii. 2. For the transgressions 
of aland many are the princes thereof. 

Isa. iii. 4, 5. I will give children to be 
their princes, and babes shall rule over 
24* 


them. The child shall behave himself 
proudly against the ancients, &c. — Ver. 
12. Children are their oppressors, wo- 
men rule over them. Ver. 13, 14. 

Jer. li. 47. There shall come ruler 
against ruler. 

Lam. V. 8. Servants have ruled over 
us, Neh. V. 15. 

Hos. xiii. 11. I gave thee a king in mine 
anger, and took him away in my wrath. 

Joel. ii. 7. Give not thy heritage to the 
heathen, that they should rule over them. 

Ezra ix. 7. For our iniquities have we, 
our kings and our priests, been deliver- 
ed unto the hand of the" kings of the land, 
to the sword, captivity, spoil and confu- 
sion of face. Neh. ix. 24. See 1 Sam. 
viii. 11 to 19. 

CVII. Wicked rulers enemies to reli- 
gion. Ps. ii. 2. The kings of the earth 
set. themselves, and the rulers took counsel 
against the Lord, and against his Anoint- 
ed. Ver. 9. Acts iv. 26. 

Luke xxiii. 35. They derided Christ. 
John vii. 48. Acts i. 26. — xiiL 27. See 
also Ezra ix. 2. Neh. v. 7. — xiii. 11. 
Rev. xvi. 14. 

CVIII. Goer's providence over kings 
and rulers, exalting or abasing them. Job 
xii. 17, 18. He leadeth counsellors away 
spoiled, and maketh the judges fools. 
(Isa. xliv. 25.) He looseth the bond of 
kings, and girdeth their loins with a gir- 
dle. — Ver. 21. He poureth contempt 
upon princes. Ps. cvii. 40. 

xxxiv. 19. He accepteth not the per^ 
sons of princes, nor regardeth the rich 
more than the poor. 

Ver. 24. He shall break in pieces 
mighty men without number, and set 
others in their stead. 

Ps. Ixxv. 7. He putteth doAvn one and 
setteth up another. Ps.lxxviii. 6. Dan, ii. 21. 

Ixxvi. 12. He shall cut off the spirit of 
princes, he shall be terrible to the kings 
of the earth. 

Ixxxii. 1 . God standeth in the congrcr 
gation of the mighty, he judgeth among 
the gods. 

cxxxv. 10. Who smote great nations, 
who slew great kings. 

Isa. xl, 22, 23. He bringeth the princes 
to nothing. 

CIX. Particular instances of God^s 
providence in exalting or debasing rulers. 
Acts xiii. 20 — 22. G^d gave them judges 
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he gave them Saul. When he liad re- 
moved him, he raised up unto them Da- 
vid. 1 Sam. XX. 30. Ps. Ixxviii. 70. — 
Ixxxix. 19, 

1 Chvon. xxix. 1. Solomon whom alone 
thou hast chosen. 

Isa. xix. 18. The princes of Zoan are 
become fools. (Ver. 14.) The Lord hath 
mingled a perverse spirit in the midst of 

Egypt- 

xxii. 3. 5. All thy rulers are fled to- 
gether : for it is a day of trouble and of 
treading down, and of perplexity from 
the Lord. 

xxix. 10. The Lord hath poured upon 
you the spirit of deep sleep, and hath 
closed your eyes; your rulers hath he 
covered. — Ver. 14. The wisdom of their 
wise men shall perish, and the understand- 
ing of their prudent men shall be hid. 

xliv. 1. Thus saith the Lord to his 
anointed, to Cyrus, whose right hand I 
have holden, to subdue nations before 
him. Ch. xliv. 28. 2 Chron. xxxvi. 2. 
Ezra i. 1 to 7. 

Jer. xxi. 4. Thus saith the Lord, I 
will turn back the weapons of war in 
your hands. — Ver. 7. I will deliver Zcde- 
kiah king of Judah, and the people, into 
the hand of Nebuchadnezzar. Ver. 5, 6. 

xxvii. 6, 7. I have given all these lands 
into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar, the 
king of Babylon, my servant. All na- 
tions shall serve him, and his son, and 
his son's son. Jer. xxviii. 14. See further 
concerning Nebuchadnezzar, Dan. ii. 
37.^iv. 17. 30 to 33.— V. 18, 19. 23. 28. 
Isa. xiv. 12. 

Ezek. xxviii. 2. 7, 8. Say unto the 
prince of Tyrus, Thus saith the Lord 
God, because thine heart is lifted up, and 
thou hast said, I am a god : I will bring 
strangers upon thee, and they shall bring 
thee down to the pit. 

ex. Duties toward governors. Praying 
for them. Ps. xxii. 15. Prayer shall be 
made for him continually. 

1 Tim. ii. 1, 2, I exhort, that suppli- 
cations, prayers, intercessions, and giving 
of thanks be made for all men ; for kings, 
and for all that are in authority, &c. — 
Ver. 3. TJiis is good and acceptable in 
the sight of God. 

CXL Honour and respect to he shewn 
to their persons, in vwrds and actions. 
Exod. xxii. 28. Thou slialtnot revile the 
gods, nor curse the ruler of thy people. 
Acts xxiii- 5. 


1 Sajn. xxvi. 9. David said, Destroy 
not Saul, the Lord's anointed. Ver. 11. 
Ch. xxiv. 6, 7, 8, 

Prov^ XX. 2. The fear of a king is as 
the roaring of a lion. 

xxiv. 21. Fear thou the Lord and the 
king ; and meddle not with them that are 
given to change. 

Eccl. X. 20. Curse not the king, no 
not in thy thought. 

1 Pet. ii. 17. Fear God ; honour the 
king. 

2 Pet. ii. 9, 10. The Lord knoweth 
how to reserve the unjust to the day of 
judgment to be punished. But chiefly 
them that despise government, and are 
not afraid to speak evil of dignities. 

Jude 8. These filthy dreamers despise 
dominion, and speak evil of dignities. Ver. 
11. See Prov. xxv. 6, 7. 15. Eccl. viii. 4. 

See the respectful behaviour of Nathan 
to David, 1 Kings i. 23, 24.— Of Daniel 
to Darius, Dan. vi. 21. — And of Paul to 
Agrippa, Acts xxvi. 1, 2, 3. — Miriam and 
Aaron their disrespectful language to 
Moses, Numb. xii. 1, 2 ; and their punish- 
ment, ver. 9, 10, 11. 

CXII. Obedience to magistrates. 'Eccl. 
viii. 2. Keep the king's commandment, 
and that in regard of the oath of God. 
(See Ezek. xvii. 12 to 20.) Ver. 5. He 
who keepeth the commandments shall 
feel no evil thing. 

Matt. xvii. 26, 27. Jesus said, Then 
are the children free. Notwithstanding 
lest we offend, take and give [the piece of 
money] for me and thee. 

xxii. 21. Render unto Ceesar the things 
which are Caesar's. 

Rom. xiii. 1. Let every soul be sub- 
ject to the higher powers. — Ver. 5. Be 
subject not only for wrath, but also for 
conscience' sake. — Ver. 7. Render to all 
their dues ; tribute to whom tribute is 
due, &.C. 

Tit. iii. 1. Put them in mind to be 
subject to principalities and powers, to 
obey magistrates. 

1 Pet. ii. 13. Submit yourselves to 
every ordinance of man for tlic Lord's 
sake ; whether it be to the king as su- 
preme, or unto governors that are sent 
by him, for the punishment of evil-doers, 
and for the praise of them that do well. 
See Deut. xvii. 11. Matt xxiii. 2,3. Prov. 
xxv. 15. Eccl. x. 4. 

CXin. Rebellion against magistrates 
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ment thereof. Deut. xvii. 12. The man 
that will not hearken unto the priest, or 
unto the judge, shall die. 

Josh. i. 18. Whosoever will not hear- 
ken unto thy words, he shall be put to 
death. 

Judg. ii. 17. They would not hearken 
to their judges. 

Ezra vii. 26. Whosoever will not do 
tlie laAv of God and of the king, let judg- 
ment be executed speedily upon him, 
whether it be unto death or to banish- 
ment, or to confiscation of goods, or to 
imprisonment. Ch. x. 6, 7, 8. 

Rom. xiii. 2. Whosoever resisteth, re- 
sisteth the ordinance of God ; and they 
that resist shall receive to themselves 
damnation. 

See the rebellion of Korah and his com- 
pany, Numb. xvi. 1, &c. — Of the Jews, 
Ezek. xvii. 12 to 20. See also Prov. xvi. 
14, 15.— xix. 12.— XX. 2. 

CXIV. Disobedience to magistrates a 
duty, when they abuse their power, by 
commanding things contrary to God^s law. 
Instances. Exod. i. 15 to 20. The mid- 
wives in Egypt. 

1 Sam. xiv. 45. Saul's army. Ch. xxii. 
17. Saul's footman. 

2 Chron. xi. 16. Those which refused 
to worship Jeroboam's calves. 

Esther iii. 1, 2, 3.— Ch. v. 9. Mordecai. 

Dan, iii. 15 to 18. Shadrach, Meshach 
and Abednego. 

vi. 7 to 10. The prophet Daniel. 

Acts iv. 18, 19, 20.— Ch. v. 27, 28, 29. 
The apostles. 

Heb. xi. 27. Moses. — Obeying in such 
cases a sin : See 2 Sam. xxii. 18. 2 Kings 
xvii. 7, 8. 19. 1 Kings xii. 28. 


MINISTERS OF CHRIST. 

CXV. Ministers of Christ, their du- 
ties. The commission given to the apostles. 
Matt. v.l. Jesus's disciples came unto him. 
— Ver. 18. He said. Ye are the salt of the 
eai'th, the light of the world. Ver. 14. 

ix. 38. Pray the Lord of the harvest 
that he will send forth labourers. 

X. 5. 7, 8. These twelve Jesus sent 
forth; and commanded them saying. 
Go preach ; heal the sick, cleanse the 
lepers, raise the dead, cast out devils. 
— Ver. 14, 15. Whosoever shall not re- 
ceive you, nor hear your words, when 
ye depart out of that house or city, 
shake off the dust of your feet, Verily 


I say unto you, it shall be more tolerable 
for the land of Sodom and Gomorrah in 
the day of judgment, than for that city. 
Ver. 40. 

xxviii. 18 — 20. Jesus said. All power 
is given unto me in heaven and in earth. 
Go ye, therefore, and teach all nations, 
baptizing them in the name of the Father, 
and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost ; 
teaching them to observe all things what- 
soever I have commanded you : and, lo, I 
am with you alway, even unto the end of 
the world. Amen. 

Mark iii. 14, 15. Jesus ordained 
twelve apostles, that they should be with 
him. And that he might send them forth 
to preach, and to have power to heal 
sickness, and to cast out devils. Ch. vi. 
8. See Luke vi. 13.— ix. 1. 6.— x. 1. 16. 
— xxi. 15. 

John xiii. 20. He that receiveth whom- 
soever I send, receiveth me. 

xvii. 18. As thou hast sent me into 
the world, even so have I also sent 
them into the world. Ver. 6, 7, 8. 
14. 26. 

XX. 21. As my Father hath sent me, so 
send I you. 

Acts i. 24. For filling Judas's place, 
the apostles prayed, and said, Thou, Lord, 
which knowest the hearts of all men, 
shew whether of these two thou hast 
chosen, that he may take part of this 
ministry, &c. Ver. 25. 

ix. 15. The Lord said of Paul, He is 
a chosen vessel unto me, to bear my name 
before the Gentiles, and kings, and the 
children of Israel. Ver. 17. 

xiii. 2. The Holy Ghost said. Separate 
me Barnabas and Saul, for the work 
whereunto I have called them. 

xxii. 21. Paul said, Jesus said unto 
me, I will send thee far hence, unto the 
Gentiles. 

xxvi. 16 — 18. Jesus said to Paul, I 
have appeared unto thee for this purpose, 
to make thee a minister and a witness, 
both of these things which thou hast 
seen, and of those things in the which I 
will appear unto thee, delivering thee 
from the people, and from the Gentiles ; 
to whom I now send thee, to open their 
eyes, and to turn them from darkness 
unto light, and from the power of Satan 
unto God. 

Rom. i. 1. Paul, called to be an apostle, 
separated unto the gospel of God. 

X. 14, 15. How shall they hear without 
a preacher ? and how shall they preach 
except they be sejit ? 


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Rom. XV. 15, 16. I have written the 
more boldly unto j'on, putting- you in 
mind, because of the grace that is given 
to me of God, that I should be the minis- 
ter of Jesus Christ to the Gentiles, minis- 
tering the gospel of God, &.c. 2 Tim. i. 
11.— ii. 7. 

1 Cor. i. 17. Paul said, Christ sent me 
to preach the gospel. Ver. 27. 

iv. 1, 2. Let a man so account of us, 
as of the ministers of Christ, and stew- 
ards of the mysteries of God. Moreover 
it is required in stewards, that a man be 
found faitliful. 

Lx. 17. A dispensation of the gospel is 
committed unto me. 

xi. 23. Paul said, I have received of 
the Lord that which I delivered unto 
you. 

XV. 3. I dehvered unto you, that which 
I received, liow that Christ died for our 
sins, according to the Scriptures. 

2 Cor. iii. 5, 6. Our sufficiency is of 
God ; (1 Tim. i. 12.) who hath made us 
able ministers of the New Testament. 

iv. 7. We have this treasure in earthen 
vessels, that the excellency of the power 
may be of God and not of us. Ver. 1. 

V. 18. God hath given to us the mi- 
nistry of reconciliation. — Ver. 20. We 
are ambassadors for Christ, as though 
God did beseech you by us : we pray 
you in Christ's stead, be ye reconciled to 
God. 

xii. 1. I will come to visions and reve- 
lations of the Lord. 

Gal. i. 1. Paul, an apostle, (not of men, 
neither by man, but by Jesus Christ, and 
God the Father.) 1 Tim. i. 1. 

Ver. 15, 16. It pleased God, who sepa- 
rated me from my mother's womb, and 
called me by his grace, to reveal his Son 
in me, that I might preach him among 
the heathen. 

Eph. iii. 7. I was made a minister of 
the gospel, according to the gift of the 
grace of God given unto me, by the ef- 
fectual working of his power. (Col. i. 23. 
25.) Gal. i. 11, 12. Neither was I taught 
the gospel but by the revelation of Jesus 
Christ. 

iv. 11, 12. He gave some apostles, and 
some prophets, and some evangelists, and 
some pastors and teachers ; for the per- 
fecting of the saints, for the work of the 
ministry, for the edifying of the body of 
Christ. 1 Cor. xii. 28. 

Heb. xiii. 7. Remember them which 
have the rule over you, who li<ive spoken 
unto you the word of God. Phil. ii. 12. 


Rev. i. 11. What thou seest write 
in a book, and send it to the seven 
churches. See The SpiriVs influence 
upon the apostles. 

CXVL Power committed to the apos- 
tles^. Matt, xviii. 18. Whatsoever ye 
shall bind on earth, shall be bound in hea- 
ven ; and whatsoever ye shall loose on 
earth, shall be loosed in heaven. Ch. 
XAd. 19. 

John XX. 23. Whose soever sins ye re- 
mit, they are remitted ; and whose soever 
sins yc retain, they are retained. 

1 Cor. ix. 18. I abuse not my power 
in the gospel. 

2 Cor. i. 24. Not that we have domi- 
nion over your faith, but are helpers of 
your joy. 

X. 8. Our authority the Lord hath 
given us for edification, and not for de- 
struction. 

1 Pet. V. 3. Neither as being lords 
over God's heritage; but being ensam- 
ples to the flock. 

CXVIL Excmnmunication. Matt, xviii. 
15 — 17. If thy brother trespass against 
thee, go tell him his fault between thee 
and him alone : If he shall hear thee, 
thou hast gained thy brother. If he 
will not hear thee, then take with thee 
one or two more : and if he neglect 
to hear them, tell it unto the church; 
but if he neglect to hear the chureli, let 
him be unto thee as an heathen man and a 
publican. 

Rom. xvi. 17. Mark them which cause 
divisions, contrary to the doctrine which 
ye have learned, and avoid them. 

1 Cor. V. 1 — 5. It is reported that 
there is fornication among you, and such 
fornication as is not so much as named 
among the Gentiles, &c. I have judged 
concerning him that hath done this deed. 
In the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, 
when ye are gathered together, and 
my spirit, with the power of our Lord 
Jesus Clirist, to deliver such an one unto 
Satan, for the destruction of the flesh, 
that tlie spirit may be saved in the day of 
the Lord, 

Ver. 11. 13. I have written to you not 
to keep company, if any man that is called 
a brotlicr, be a fornicator, or covetous, or 
an idolater, or a railcr, or a drunkard, or 
an extortioner, with such an one no not 
to eat. Therefore put away froiri among 
yourselves that wicked person. 

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is the punishment inflicted of many. 
Jude 22. 

2 Thess. iii. 6. Withdraw yourselves 
from every brother that walketh disorderly. 

Ver. 14. If any man obey not our 
word by this epistle, note that man, and 
have no company with him, that he may 
be ashamed. 

2 John 10. If there come any unto 
you, and bring not this doctrine [of 
Christ] receive him not into your house, 
neither bid him God speed. See Lev. 
X. 10. Put a difference between the holy 
and profane. See Deut. xvii. 12. Ezek. 
xxii. 26. — xliv. 23. 

For persons unjustly excommunicated 
and hated, see Suffering for religion, and 
Su2}j}orts of ministers, and others, under 
sufferings for religion. 

CXVIII. None may intrude into the 
ministerial office. Numb, xviii. 7. The 
Lord said, I have given your priest's of- 
fice unto you, as a service of gift. — Ver. 
32. Neither must the children of Israel 
henceforth come nigh the tabernacle of 
tlie congregation, lest they bear sin and 
die. 

Deut x. 8. The Lord separated the 
ti-ibe of Levi to bear the ark of the co- 
venant of the Lord, and to stand before 
tlie Lord, and to minister unto him, and 
to bless in his name. Ch. xxi. 5. 

Jer. xxiii. 21. I have not sent these 
prophets, yet they ran. — Ver. 30. I am 
against the prophets, saith the Lord. 

xxix. 31, 32. I sent him not, and he 
caused you to trust in a lie ; therefore I 
will punish, &c. 

John x^ 1. He that cometh not in by 
tlie door is a thief and a robber. 

Rom. X. 15. How shall they preach 
except they be sent ? 

Phil, i. 15. Some preach Christ even 
of envy. 

Heb. V. 4. No man taketh this honour 
to himself, but he that is called of God 
as was Aaron. See the punishment of 
intrusion into the priest's office upon 
Korah and his company. Numb. xvi. 1 
to 36. — Upon king Saul, 1 Sam. xiii. 13 
to 16. — Upon Uzziah, 2 Chron. xxvi. 16 
to 22. 

CXIX. Teaching truth, the duty of 
ministers. Exod. xviii. 20. Thou shalt 
teach them ordinances and laws, and 
shalt shew them the way wherein they 
must walk, and the work they must do. 

xxiv. 12. The Lord said unto Moses, 


I will give thee a law and command- 
ments, which I have written, that thou 
mayest teach them. 

Lev. X. 10, 11. Take heed that ye put 
a difference between the holy and unholy, 
and between the clean and the unclaan. 
(Ezek. xliv. 23.) And teach the children 
of Israel the statutes winch the Lord hath 
spoken unto them. Deut. iv. 14. — v. 31. 
— vi. l.-^xxxi. 19. 

Deut.* xxxiii. 10. The children of Levi 
shall teach Jacob thy judgments, and Is- 
rael thy law. 2 Kings xvii. 28. 2 Chron. 
XXX. 22. — xvii. 9. Ezra vii. 10. 

1 Sam. xii. 23. Samuel said, I will 
teach you the good and the right way. 
• Neh. viii. 8. The Levites read in the 
book of the law of God distinctly, and 
gave the sense, and caused them to under- 
stand the reading. See ver. 5. 6. 

Isa. viii. 20. To the law and to the 
testimony, &c. 

xxviii. 10. Precept must be upon pre- 
cept, line upon line, here a little and 
there a little. 

1. 4. The Lord God hath given me 
the tongue of the learned, that I should 
know how to speak a word to him- that 
is weary. 

li. 16. I have put my words in thy 
mouth, and have concealed thee in the 
hollow of mine hand, that I may plant 
the heavens and lay the foundations of 
the earth, and say unto Zion, Thou art 
my people. Jer. i. 9. 

Iviii. 1. Cry aloud, spare not : lift up 
thy voice like a trumpet, shew my peo- 
ple their transgressions, and the house 
of Jacob their sins. Ezek. xvi. 2. Cause 
Jerusalem to know her abominations. 
Ch. XX. 4. Cause them to know the 
abominations of their fathers. 

Jer. iii. 15. I will give you pastors 
according to mine own heart, that shall 
feed you with knowledge and under- 
standing. 

xxiii. 28, 29. The prophet that hath a 
dream, let him tell a dream ; and he that 
hath my word, let him speak my word 
faithfully : what is the chaff to the wheat, 
saith the Lord? Is not my word like 
as a fire, saith the Lord, and like a ham- 
mer that breaketh the rock in pieces ? 
Ch. XX. 9. 

Ezek. ii. 7. Then thou shalt speak my 
words unto them, whether they will hear 
or whether they will forbear. 

iii. 17 — 19. I have made thee a 
watchman unto the house of Israel ; 
therefore hear the word at my mouth, 


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and give them warning. When I say 
unto the wicked, Thou .shalt surely die, 
and thou givest him not warning, nor 
speakest to warn tlic wicked from his 
wicked way, to save his Ufe, he shall die 
in his iniquity, hut his Wood will I re- 
quire at thy hand. If thou warn the 
wicked, and he turn not from his wicked- 
ness, he shall die in his iniquity, but thou 
hast delivered thy soul. Hab. ii. 1. 

Ezek. xvi, 2. Cause Jerusalem to know 
her abominations. 

Hos. viii. 1. Set the trumpet to thy 
mouth. 

Mic. iii. 8. I am full of power by the 
Spirit of the Lord, and of judgment, and 
of might, to declare unto Jacob his trans- 
gression, and to Israel his sin. 

Mai. ii. 7. The priest's lips should pre- 
serve knowledge, and the people sliould 
ask the law at his mouth ; for he is the 
messenger of the Lord of hosts. 

Matt. xiii. 52. Every scribe instructed 
into the kingdom of heaven, is like an 
householder, that bringeth forth out of 
his treasure things new and old. 

xxviii. 19, 20. Go ye, and teach all 
nations ; teaching them to observe all 
things whatsoever I have commanded 
you ; and, lo, I am with you always even 
unto the end of the world. 

John xxi. 15. Jesus said to Peter, 
Feed my lambs. Feed my sheep. 

Acts V. 42. Daily in the temple, and 
in every house, the apostles ceased not 
to teach and to preach Jesus Christ. 

vi. 4. The apostles said. We will give 
ourselves continually to prayer, and to 
tlie ministry of the word. 

xiv. 21, 22. When they had preached 
the gospel, and taught many, they re- 
turned again, confirming the souls of the 
disciples, and exhorting them to contirmc 
in the faith. 

xvi. 40. Paul and Silas comforted the 
brethren and departed. 

xviii. 6. Paul said, I am free from the 
blood of all men. 

XX. 17 — 20. Paul called the elders of 
the church of Epliesus, and said, Ye 
know after what manner I have been 
with you at all seasons ; serving the 
Lord with all humility. I kept back 
nothing th.-it was profitable unto you. — 
Ver. 24. I have testified the gospel of the 
grace of Cod. — Ver. 26, 27. I take you 
to record that I am pure from tlie blood ! 
of all men. (Ch. xviii. 0. E/.ek. iii. 17.) I 
have not shunned to declare unto you all j 
the counsel of God. I 


Ver. 28. Take heed, therefore, unto 
yourselves, and to all the flock, over the 
which the Holy Ghost hath made you 
overseers, to feed the church of God. — 
Ver. 31. Watch, and remember that I 
ceased not to warn every man, night and 
day, with tears. 

xxviii. 31. Paul continued preaching 
the kingdom of God, and teaching those 
things that concern the Lord Jesus, with 
all confidence. 

Rom. xii. 7. Let us wait on minister- 
ing, on teaching, on exhortation. 

XV. 16. Ministering the gospel of the 
grace of God. 

xvi. 12. Tryphena, and Tryphosa, and 
Persis, laboured much in the Lord. 

1 Cor. iii. 9 — 11. We are labourers 
together with God. According to the 
grace of God, given unto me, as a wise 
master-builder I have laid the foundation. 
Other foundation can no man lay than 
that is laid, which is Jesus Christ. See 
to ver. 15. 

iv. 1, 2. Let a man so account of us 
as of the ministers of Christ, and stew- 
ards of the mysteries of God. More- 
over, it is required in stewards, that a 
man be found faithful. Ver. 4. 1 Pet. 
iv. 10. 

Ver. 14. As my beloved sons I warn 
you. 

ix. 16. Though I preach the gospel, 
I have nothing to glory of, for necessity 
is laid upon me ; yea, woe is unto me, if 
I preach not the gospel. 

xiv. 3. He that prophesieth, (i. e. 
preacheth,) speaketh unto men to edifica- 
tion, and exhortation, and comfort. 

XV. 10. I laboured more abundantly 
than they all ; yet not I, but the grace of 
God which was with mc. 

xvi, 10. Timotheus worketh the work 
of the Lord, as I also do. 2 Cor. vi. 1. 
We then as workers together with God, 
beseech you, that ye receive not the grace 
of God in vain. 

2 Cor. ii. 17. We are not as many 
which corrupt the word of God, but as 
of sincerity, but as of God, in the sight of 
God speak we in Christ. 

iv. 2. We have renounced the hid- 
den things of dishonesty, not walking 
in craftiness, nor handling the word of 
God deceitfully ; but by manifestation 
of the truth commending ourselves to 
every man's conscience in the sight of 
Ciod. 

v. 19, 20. God hath committed to us 
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we are ambassadors for Christ ; as though 
God did beseech you by us, we pray you 
in Christ's stead, be ye reconciled to 
God. 

Eph. vi. 21. Tychicus a beloved 
brother, and faithful minister in the 
Lord. Col. iv. 7. 

Phil. ii. 16. Holding forth the word of 
life, &c. 

Col. i. 28. Christ whom we preach, 
warning every man, and teaching every 
man in all wisdom, that we may present 
every man perfect in Christ Jesus. 

iv. 17. Take heed to the ministry 
which thou hast received in the Lord, 
that thou fulfil it. 

1 Thess. ii. 3. Our exhortation was 
not of deceit, nor of unrighteousness, nor 
in guile. 

Ver. 9. Labouring night and day, be- 
cause we would not be chargeable unto 
you, we preached the gospel of God. 

Ver. 11. Ye know how we exhorted, 
and comforted, and charged every one of 
you (as a father doth his children.) 

iv. 1. We beseech and exhort you by 
the Lord Jesus, that as ye have received 
of us how ye ought to walk, and please 
God, so ye would abound more and more. 

2 Thess. iii. 12. We command and 
exhort by our Lord Jesus Christ, that 
with quietness they work, and eat their 
own bread. 

1 Tim. i. 3, 4. Charge some that they 
teach none other doctrine. Neither give 
heed to fables, and endless genealogies, 
which minister questions rather than 
godly edifying, which is in faith. Ch. 
vi. 4, 5. 2 Tim. ii. 14. 16. Ch. iv. 4. 
Tit. i. 14.— iii. 9. 

ii. 7. I am ordained a preacher, and 
an apostle ; a teacher of the Gentiles in 
faith and verity. 2 Tim. i. 11. 

iv. 6. If thou put the brethren in re- 
membrance of these things, thou shalt 
be a good minister of Jesus Christ, 
nourished up in the words of faith and 
of good doctrine. — Ver. 11. These things 
command and teach. — Ver. 16. Take 
heed unto thyself and to thy doctrine. 
Ver. 13. 

V. 17. Labour in tJie word and doc- 
trine. 

Ver. 20—22. Them that sin, rebuke 
before all, that others may fear. Observe 
these things without preferring one be- 
fore another, doing nothing by partiality. 
Lay hands suddenly on no man. Ch. iii. 
2 to 10. Tit. i. 6. to 10. 

vi. 2. These things teach and exhort. 


Ver. 3, 4. If any man teach other- 
wise, and consent not to wholesome 
words, even the words of our Lord Jesus 
Christ, and to the doctrine which is ac- 
cording to godliness, he is proud, know- 
ing nothing, but doting about questions, 
&c. 

2 Tim. ii. 2. The things which thou 
hast heard of me among many wit- 
nesses, the same commit thou to faithful 
men, who shall be able to teach others 
also. 

Ver. 15. Study to shew thyself ap- 
proved unto God, a workman that needeth 
not to be ashamed, rightly dividing 
the word of truth. — Ver. 25. In meek- 
ness instructing those that oppose them- 
selves. 

iv. 2. Preacli the word, be instant in 
season, and out of season, reprove, re- 
buke, exhort with all long suffering and 
doctrine. Tit. i. 13. 

Ver. 5. Watch in all things, endure 
afflictions, do the work of an evangelist, 
make full proof of thy ministry. 

Tit. i. 9. By sound doctrine convince 
gainsayers. 

ii. 1. Speak the things that become 
sound doctrine. 

Ver. 7, 8. In doctrine shewing uncor- 
ruptness, gravity, sincerity, sound speech 
that cannot be condemned. — Ver. 15. 
These things speak and exhort, and re- 
buke with all authority. 

Heb. x. 11. Every priest standeth 
daily ministering. 

xiii. 17. Ministers watch for souls, as 
they that must give an account. 

1 Pet. v. 1. Feed the flock of God ; 
taking the oversight thereof, not by con- 
straint but willingly ; not for filthy lucre, 
but of a ready mind. 

iv. 11. If any man speak let him 
speak as the oracles of God ; if any man. 
minister let him do it as of the ability 
which God giveth ; that God in all 
things may be glorified through Jesus 
Christ. 

2 Pet. i. 12. I will _not be negligent 
to put you always in remembrance of 
these things, though ye know them, 
and be established in the present truth. 
— Ver, 13. I think it my duty to stir 
up your pure minds by way of remem- 
brance. (Ch. iii. 1.) Ver. 15. I will 
endeavour, that after my decease, ye 
may have these things always in remein- 
brance. Phil. iii. 1. 

1 John i. 3. That which we have seen 
and heard declare we unto you. 


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Jude 3. It was needful that I should 
write to you and exhort you. 

CXX. The good effects of preaching. 
Matt. xii.41. The men of Nineveh repented 
at the preaching of Jonas. Jonah, iii. 2, 5. 

Acts ii. 41. At Peter's sermon there 
were added to the church about three 
tliousand souls. 

xxi. 19, 20. Paul declared what things 
God had wrought by his ministry among 
the Gentiles. And the brethren glorified 
God. 

1 Cor. i. 21. It pleased God by the 
foolishness of preaching to save them 
that believe. 

iii. 5. Wlio is Paul, or who is Apollos, 
but ministers by whom ye believed, even 
as the Lord gave to every man ? 

CXXI. A good ministry promised. 1 
Sam. ii. 35. I will raise me up a faithful 
priest, that shall do according to that 
which is in mine heart, and in my mind. 

Isa. XXX. 20, 2] . Though the Lord give 
you the bread of adversity, and the water 
of affliction, yet shall not thy teachers be 
removed into a corner any more, but thine 
eyes shall sec thy teachers. And thine 
ears shall hear a word behind thee, say- 
ing. This is the way, walk ye in it. 

Jer. iii. 15. I will give you pastors ac- 
cording to mine own heart, that shall feed 
you Avith knowledge and understanding. 

xxiii. 4. I will set up shepherds over 
them, which shall feed them ; and they 
shall fear no more, nor be dismayed, 
neither shall they be lacldng, saith the 
Lord. Isa. Ixii. 6. 

CXXII. A faithful ministry. Pro- 
mises to them, and prayers for them. Dcut. 
xxxiii. 8. Let thy Urim and thy Tlmm- 
mim be with thy holy ones. 

Ver. 11. Of Levi — Bless, liord, his 
substance, and accept the work of his 
hands : smite through the loins of them 
that rise up against him. 

Ps. cxv. 12. Tlic Lord hath been 
mindful of us ; he will bless the house of 
Israel, he will bless tlie house of Aaron. 
Ps. cxxxv. 19. 

cxxxii, 13. IG. The Lord hath chosen 
Zion. I will clothe her priests with sal- 
vation, &c. 

Isa. xlix. 4. I said I have laboured in 
vain, I liavc spent my strength for nought, 
and in vain ; yet surely my judgment is 
with the Lord, and my work with my 
God. 


Jer. XV. 19. Thus saith the Lord, If 
thou take forth the precious from the vile, 
thou shalt be as my mouth : let them re- 
turn unto thee, but return not thou unto 
them. 

xxxi. 14. I will satiate the soul of the 
priests with fatness, and my people shall 
be satisfied with my goodness, saith the 
Lord. 

xxxiii. 20, 21. If you can break my co- 
venant of the day and of the night, then 
may also my covenant be broken with 
tlie Lcvites, the priests, my ministers. 

Ezek. xliv. 15. The priests that kept 
my charge when the children of Israel 
went astray from me, they shall come 
unto me, and minister unto me. 

Dan. xii. 3. They that be wise shall 
shine as the briglitness of the firmament, 
and they that turn many to rigliteousness 
as the stars for ever and ever. Prov. xi. 
30. James v. 20. 

]\Iatt. V. 19. Whosoever shall do and 
teach these commandments, the same sliall 
be called great in the kingdom of heaven. 

Luke xii. 42, 43. Who then is that 
faithful and wise steward, whom his Lord 
shall make ruler over his household, to 
give them their portion of meat in due 
season ? Blessed is that servant whom 
his Lord, when he cometh, shall find so 
doing. 

xxii. 29, Jesus said, I appoint unto 
you a kingdom. Matt. xix. 28. 

John iv. 36. He that reapeth receiveth 
wages, and gathereth fruit unto life eter- 
nal. See 2 Tim. iv. 7, 8. Rev. ii. 10. 

CXXIII. Holy and unblamable in life 
and conversation. L0v. xxi. 16. The 
priests shall be holy unto their God. Ezek. 
xliv. 24. 

Lam. iv. 7. Her Nazaritcs were purer 
than snow, &c. 

Isa. Iii. 11. Be ye clean that bear the 
vessels of the Lord. 

Matt. V. 13. Ye are the salt of the 
earth. — Ver. 14. The light of the world. 
— Ver. 16. Let your liglit so shine be- 
fore men, that they may see your good 
works, and glorify your Father which is 
in heaven. 

X. 16. Be wise as serpents, and liarra- 
less as doves. 

Acts XX. 28. Take heed unto your- 
selves. 

Rom. ii. 21. Thou that teacliest an- 
other, tcachest thou not thyself 

1 Gor. ix. 27. Paul said, I keep under 
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lest by any means when I have preached 
to others, I myself should be a cast away. 
Matt. vii. 22. . 

2 Cor. vi. 3. Giving none offence, that 
the ministry be not blamed. 

Ver. 4. In all things approving our- 
selves as the ministers of God, in much 
patience, &c. — Ver. 6, 7. By pureness, 
by knowledge, by long-suffering, by the 
Holy Ghost, by love unfeigned, by the 
word of truth, by the power of God, by 
the armour of righteousness on the right 
hand and on the left. 

viii. 20. Avoiding this, that no man 
should blame us. 

xi. 12. I cut off occasion from them 
that seek occasion. 

Phil. iii. 17. Ye have us for an example. 

iv. 9. These things which thou hast 
heard and seen in me, do, &c. 

1 Thess. ii. 10. Ye are witnesses, and 
God also, how holily and justly, and un- 
blamably we behaved ourselves among 
you. 

2 Thess. iii. 7. We behaved not our- 
selves disorderly among you. — Ver. 9. 
To make ourselves an ensample to you 
i;o follow us. 

1 Tim. iii. 1 — 6. If a man desire the 
office of a bishop he desireth a good 
work. A bishop must be blameless, vi- 
gilant, sober, of good behaviour, given 
to hospitality. Not given to wine, no 
striker, not greedy of filthy lucre, but 
patient, not a brawler, not covetous : 
one that ruleth well his own house. 
Not a novice, lest being lifted up with 
pride he fall into the condemnation of 
the devil. 

Ver. 7. He must have a good report of 
them that are without, lest he fall into 
reproach. Tit. i. 7, 8, 9. A bishop 
must be blameless as the steward of 
God, not self-willed, not soon angry, 
not given to wine, no striker, not given 
to filthy lucre; but a lover of hospi- 
tality, a lover of good men, sober, just, 
holy, temperate; holding fast the faith- 
ful word, that he may be able, by sound 
doctrine, both to exhort and convince 
gainsayers. 

Ver. 8. Likewise must the deacons be 
grave, «&c. See to ver. 14. 

iv. 12 — 16. Let no man despise thy 
youth, but be thou an example of the 
believers, in word, in conversation, in 
charity, in spirit, in faith, in purity. 
(Tit. ii. 15.) Give attendance to read- 
ing, &c. Neglect not the gift that is in 
thee. Meditate on these things, give 
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thyself wholly to them. Take heed 
unto thyself and to thy doctrine, con- 
tinue in them ; for in doing this thou 
shalt both save thyself, and them that 
hear thee. 

V. 22. Keep thyself pure. 

vi. 11. Thou, O man of God, follow 
after righteousness, godliness, faith, love, 
patience, meekness. — Ver. 12. Fight the 
good fight of faith. — Ver. 14. Keep this 
commandment without spot, unrebukable. 
— Ver. 20. Keep that which is commit- 
ted to thy trust. 2 Tim. i. 14. 

2 Tim. i. 13. Hold fast the form of 
sound words, in faith and love which is 
in Christ Jesus. 

ii. 22. Flee youthful lusts ; but follow 
righteousness, faith, charity, peace, with 
them that call on the Lord out of a pure 
heart. 

Ver. 24, 25. The servant of the Lord 
must not strive, but be gentle unto all 
men, apt to teach, patient ; in meekness 
instructing those that oppose them- 
selves. 

iii. 10. Thou hast fully known my 
doctrine, manner of life, purpose, faith, 
long-suffering, patience. — Ver. 14. Con- 
tinue in the things which thou hast learn- 
ed, and hast been assured of 

Tit. ii. 7. In all things shewing thy- 
self a pattern of good works. 

1 Pet. V. 3. Being ensamples to the 
flock. See instances : Acts vi. 3. The 
seven deacons. — Ch. xvi. 2. Timotheus. 
— Ch. xxii. 12. Ananias. — Heb. xi. 2. 
The elders. — 3 John 12. Demetrius. 

CXXIV. Their humility, self-denial, 
and condescension for the good of man- 
kind, in their office. Rom. i. 11. I long 
for you, that I may impart some spiritual 
gift unto you. 

xi. 13. I magnify mine office. 

1 Cor. ix. 12. We suffer all things, 
lest we should hinder the gospel. 

Ver. 19, I made myself servant of all, 
that I might gain the more. — Ver. 22, 23. 
I am made all things to all men, that I 
might by all means save some. This I 
do for the gospel's sake, 

X. 33. I please all men in all things, 
not seeking mine own profit, but the 
profit of many, that they might be 
saved. 

2 Cor. i. 24. We are helpers of your 
joy. Acts xvi. 40. 

ii. 4. The love I have for you all. 
V. 20. We pray you, be ye reconciled 
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2 Cor. vi. 1. We beseech you, that ye 
receive not the grace of God in vain. — 
Ver. 13. I speak as to my children. 

vii. 4. Great is my glorying in you ; I 
am comforted. (Acts xi. 23.) Ver. 13. We j 
were comforted in your comfort. I 

xi. 2, 3. I am jealous over you with a 
godly jealousy. I fear lest your minds 
should be corrupted from tlie simplicity 
that is in Christ. (See ver. 23 to 29.) 
Ver. 11. Wherefore? because I love you 
not ? God knoweth. 

xii. 15. I will very gladly spend and 
be spent for you, though the more I love 
you the less I be loved. — Ver. 19. We 
do all things, dearly beloved, for your 
edifying. — Ver. 29. Who is weak and 
I am not weak ? who is offended and I 
burn not ? 

Gal. iv. 11. I am afraid lest I have be- 
stowed labour on you in vain. — Ver. 19. 
My little children, of whom I travail in 
birth till Clirist be formed in you. 

Phil. i. 8. God is my record, how 
greatly I long after you in the bowels of 
Jesus Christ. 

ii. 17. If I am ofiered upon the sacri- 
fice and service of your faith, I joy and 
rejoice with you all. 

Ver. 20. Timotheus will naturally care 
for your state. 

iv. 1. Dearly beloved and longed for, 
my joy and crown; stand fast in the Lord, 
my dearly beloved. 

Col. i. 24. I rejoice in my sufferings 
for you, and fill up that which is behind 
of the afflictions of Christ in my flesh, for 
his body's sake, which is the church. 

ii. 1, 2. I would that ye loiew what 
great conflict I have for you, and for them 
of Laodicea, and for as many as have not 
seen my face in the flesh; that their 
hearts might be knit together in love, and 
unto all riches of the full assurance of 
understanding, &lc. — Ver. 5. Though I 
be absent in Sic flesh, yet I am with you 
in the spirit, joying and beholding your 
order, and the steadfastness of your faith 
in Christ. 

iv. 8. I sent Timotheus to comfort your 
hearts. 1 Cor. iv. 7. 1 Thess. iii. 2. 

1 Thess. ii. 7, 8. We were gentle 
among you, even as a nurse cherisheth 
her children. Being affectionately desi- 
rous of you, we were wiUing to have im- 
parted to you, not the gospel of God only, 
but also our own souls, because ye were 
dear unto us. 

Ver. 9. Labouring night end day we 
preached the gospel unto you. — Ver. 11. 


We exhorted and comforted, and cher- 
ished every one of you as a father doth 
his children. — Ver. 19. For what is our 
hope, or joy, or crown of rejoicing ? are 
not even ye in the presence of our Lord 
Jesus Christ ? 

iii. 7, 8. Brethren, we were comforted 
over you in all our affliction and distress, 
by your faith. For now we live, if ye 
stand fast in the Lord. 

Ver. 9. What thanks can we render 
to God for you, for all the joy wherewith 
we joy for your sakes before our God ? — 
Ver. 10, 11. 

2 Tim. ii. 10. I endure all things for 
tlie elect's sake, that they may obtain the 
salvation which is in Christ Jesus, with 
eternal glory. 

3 John 4. I have no greater joy than 
to hear that my children walk in the 
truth. 2 John 4. 

CXXV. They seek not applause from 
men ; they flatter not men in their vices 
and prejudices. 1 Thess. ii. 4 — 6. We 
speak not as pleasing men, but God, 
which trieth our hearts. — Neither used 
we flattering words. — Neither of men 
sought we glory. 

Gal. i. 10. If I yet pleased men I 
should not be the servant of Christ. 

CXXVI. They seek not riches of men; 
neither are covetous. 2 Cor. xii. 14. Paul 
said, I seek not yours, but you. 

1 Tim. iii. 3. A bishop must not be 
greedy of filthy lucre. Ver. 8. Tit. i. 7. 

1 Pet. V. 2. Feed the flock of God, taking 
the oversight, not for filthy lucre's sake. 
See Luke ix. 62. 2 Tim. ii, 4. See instan- 
ces: Samuel, 1 Sam. xii. 1, 2, 3. — Paul, 1 
Cor, ix, 14. 2 Cor. vii. 2.— ix, 11.— xii. 13. 
17, 18. 1 Thess. ii. 5. Phil, iv. 11, 12. 

CXXVII. Their duty and encourage- 
ment to speak boldly the truths of religion 
ivithout fear. Isa. 1. 4. The Lord God 
hath given me the tongue of the learned, 
that I should know how to speak a word 
in season to him that is weary. 

Jer. i. 7, 8. The Lord said to me, Say 
not I am a cliild : for thou slialt go to all 
that I send thee, and whatsoever I shall 
command thee, that thou shalt speak. Be 
not afraid of their faces, for I am with 
thee to deliver thee, saith the Lord. 
(Ver. 5. 9.) Ver. 17. Be not afraid of 
their faces, lest I confound thee before 
them. Ch. vi. 27.— xv. 20, 21.— xx. 11. 
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Ezek. iii. 8. I have made thy face 
strong against their faces. , Ver. 9. 

Matt. X. 28. Fear not them which kill 
theTDody. Ver. 26. 31. 

Acts iv. 22. Lord, grant unto thy ser- 
vants, that with all boldness they may 
speak thy word. 

xviii. 9, 10. Then spake the Lord to 
Paul in the night by a vision, Be not 
afraid, but speak and hold not thy peace. 
For I am with thee, and no man shall set 
on thee to hurt thee ; for I have much 
people in this city. Ver. 11. 

xxviii. 31. Paul taught those things 
that concern the Lord Jesus, with all 
confidence. 

Eph. vi. 19, 20. Paul said. Pray for 
me, that utterance may be given me, 
that I may open my mouth boldly, to 
make known the mystery of the gospel ; 
that I may speak boldly as I ought to 
speak. Prov. xx. 25. The fear of man 
bringeth a snare. 

Rev. xxi. 8. The fearful and unbe- 
lieving shall have their portion in the 
lake that burneth with fire and brim- 
stone, which is the second death. See 
Moses' excuse, and God's reply to him, 
Exod. iv. 10 to 13. 

CXXVIII. Instances of becoming bold- 
ness in reproving sinners, and declaring 
the truths of religion. 1 Sam. xiii. 13. 
Samuel said to Saul, Thou hast done 
foolishly, thou hast not kept the com- 
mandment of the Lord thy God. 2 
Chron. xvi, 7. 9. 

2 Sam. xii. 7. Nathan said to David, 
Thou art the man [that hast done wick- 
edly]. — Ver. 9. Wherefore hast thou de- 
spised tlie Lord, to do evil in his sight ? 

1 Kings xxi. 20. Elijah said to Ahab, 
Thou hast sold thy life to work evil in 
the sight of the Lord. See more in- 
stances : In a prophet, 2 Chron. xxv. 16. 
—Daniel, Dan. iv. 27.— v. 22, 23.— John 
Baptist, Matt. xiv. 4. — Peter and John, 
Acts xiv. 13. 18, 19, 20.— Paul, Acts 
ix-. 29.— xix. 8. 2 Cor. x. 1, 2.— xi. 21. 
Rom. XV. 15. 1 Thess. ii. 2. — Barnabas 
and Paul, Acts xiii. 46. — xiv. 3. — Apol- 
los,- Acts xviii. 25, 26. — Many brethren, 
Phil. i. 14. 

CXXIX. The sufferings of the apostles, 
SfC.for religion. Acts v. 41. The apos- 
tles departed from the presence of the 
council, rejoicing that they were counted 
worthy to suffer shame for the name of 
Christ. 


ix. 16. The Lord said of Paul, I will 
shew him how great things he must 
suffer for my name's sake. 

XX. 23, 24. Paul said. The Holy Ghost 
witnesseth in every city, saying. That 
bonds and afflictions abide me. But 
none of these things move me ; neither 
count I my life dear unto myself, so that 
I might finish my course with joy, and 
the ministry which I have received of 
the Lord Jesus, to testify the gospel of 
the grace of God. 

1 Cor. ii. 3. I was with you in weak- 
ness and in fear, &c. 

iv. 9, 10. God hath set forth us the 
apostles last, as it were appointed to 
death ; for we are made a spectacle unto 
the world, to angels and to men. We 
are fools, we are weak, we are disho- 
nourable, we are despised. Ch. xii. 28. 

Ver. 11 — 13. We hunger and thirst, 
are naked, buffeted, and have no certain 
dwelling-place : being reviled, we bless ; 
being persecuted, we suffer it; being 
defamed, we entreat : we are made as 
the filth of the world, and are the off- 
scouring of all things unto this day. 

2 Cor. i. 5. The sufferings of Christ 
abound in us. 

Ver. 8, 9. In Asia, we were pressed 
out of measure, above strength, insomuch 
that we despaired even of life. We had 
the sentence of death within ourselves. — 
Ver. 10. God delivered us. 

vi. 4, 5. In all things approving our- 
selves as the ministers of God, in much 
patience, in afflictions, in necessities, in 
distress, in stripes, in imprisonments, in 
tumults, in labours, in watchings, in 
fastings. — Ver. 8 — 10. By honour and 
dishonour ; by evil report, and good re- 
port ; as deceivers, and yet true : as un- 
known, and yet well known ; as dying, 
and behold we live;~ as chastened, and 
not killed : as sorrowful, yet always re- 
joicing ; as poor, yet making many 
rich ; as having nothing, yet possessing 
all things. 

xi. 23. In labours abundant, in stripes 
above measure, in prisons firequent, in 
deaths oft. Ver. 25, 26. 

Ver. 27. In weariness and painfulness, 
in watchings often, in hunger and thirst, 
in fastings often, in cold and nakedness. 

Eph. vi. 20. For the gospel I am an 
ambassador in bonds. 

1 Tim. iv. 10. We labour and suffer 
reproach. 

2 Tim. ii. 3. Endure hardness as a 
good soldier of Jesus Christ. Ch. iv. 5. 


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2 Tim. iii. 11, 12. Thou Imst known 
what persecutions I endured. All that 
will live godly in Christ Jesus shall suf- 
fer persecution. Acts xiv. 22. 

Heb. xi. 25. Moses chose rather to 
suffer affliction with the people of God, 
than to enjoy the pleasures of sin for a 
season. Ver. 26. CJi. xiii. 13. 

Ver. 36, 37. Others had trial of cruel 
mockings, and scourgings. They were 
stoned, they were sawn asunder, &c. 
Ver. 38. 

Rev. xvi. 6. They shed the blood of 
saints and prophets, and thou hast given 
them blood to drink, for they are worthy. 

xi. 7. The beast that ascendeth out 
of the bottomless pit, shall make war 
against the witnesses, and shall over- 
come them, and shall kill them. Ch. 
xvii. 6. I saw the woman [Babylon, the 
mother of harlots,] drunken with the 
blood of the saints, and with the blood of 
tJie martyrs of Jesus. 

xii. 6. The woman [the church] fled 
into the wilderness. Ver. 14. 

CXXX. Their temperance. Lev. x. 
8, 9. The Lord spake unto Aaron, say- 
ing. Do not drink wine, nor strong 
drink, thou nor thy sons with thee, 
when ye go into the tabernacle of the con- 
gregation, lest ye die. Ezek. xliv. 21. 
Luke i. 15. 

Luke xxi. 34. Jesus said unto his dis- 
ciples. Take heed to yourselves, lest at 
any time your hearts be overcharged with 
surfeiting and drunkenness, and the cares 
of this life. 

1 Cor. ix. 27. Paul said, I keep my 
body under. Jer. xx:xv. 6. 

1 Tim. iii. 3. A bishop must not be 
given to wine. Tit. i. 7. See wine for- 
bidden to Nazarites, Numb. vi. 3. Amos 
ii. 12. 

CXXXI. They pray for the people. 
Numb. vi. 23 — 26. On tliis wise yc shall 
bless the children of Israel, saying unto 
them, the Lord bless thee, and keep tliee : 
the Lord make his face shine upon thee, 
and be gracious unto thee : the Lord lift 
up his countenance upon thee, and give 
thee peace. 

Joel ii. 17. Let the priests, the minis- 
ters of the Lord, weep between the 
porch and the altar, and let them say. 
Spare thy people, O Lord, and give not 
thy heritage to reproach. 

Rom. i. 9. Without ceasing, I make 
mention of you always in my prayers. 


X. 1. My heart's desire and prayer to 
God for Israel is, that they may be 
saved. 

XV. 13. Now the God of hope fill you 
with all joy and peace in believing ; that 
ye may abound in hope, through the 
power of the Holy Ghost. 

1 Cor. i. 4. I thank my God always on 
your behalf, for the grace of God which 
is given you by Jesus Christ. 

2 Cor. xiii. 7. I pray to God that yc 
do no evil. 

Eph. i. 16, 17. I cease not to give 
thanks for you, making mention of you 
in my prayers ; that the God of our 
Lord Jesus Clirist, the Father of glory, 
may give unto you the Spirit of wisdom 
and revelation in the knowledge of him, 
&c. Ver. 18, 19. 

Phil. i. 3 — 5. I thank my God on 
every remembrance of you, always in 
every prayer of mine, for you all, making 
request, that he that hath begun a good 
work in you, will perform it until the day 
of Christ. 

Ver. 9 — 11. Tills I pray, that your 
love may abound yet more and more ; 
in knowledge, and in all judgment ; 
that yc may approve the things that arc 
excellent; and that ye may be sincere 
and without offence until the day of 
Christ ; being filled with the fruits of 
righteousness, which are by Jesus Christ 
unto the glory and praise of God. 

Col. i. 9 — 11. We cease not to pray 
for you, and to desire that ye might be 
filled with the knowledge of his will, in 
all wisdom and spiritual understanding ; 
that ye might walk worthy of the Lord 
unto all pleasing, being fruitful in every 
good work, increasing in the knowledge 
of God ; strengthened with all might, 
according to his glorious power, unto 
all patience and long-suffering with joy- 
fulness. 

iv. 12. Labouring fervently for you in 
])rayers, that ye may stand perfect and 
complete in all the will of God. 

1 Thess. iii. 12, 13. The Lord make 
you to increase and abound in love, one 
towards another, and towards all men: 
To the end that he may establish your 
hearts unblamable in holiness before 
God, even our Father, at the coming of 
our Lord Jesus Christ with all his saints. 

v. 23 The very God of peace sanctify 
you wholly ; and I pray God your whole 
spirit, and soul, and body, be preserved 
blameless unto the coming of our Lord 
Jesus Christ. 


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2 Thess. i. 11, 12. We pray always 
for you, that our God would count you 
worthy of this calling, and fulfil all the 
good pleasure of his goodness, and the 
work of faith with power ; that the name 
of our Lord Jesus Christ may be glorified 
in you, and ye in him, according to the 
grace of our God and the Lord Jesus 
Christ. 

ii. 16, 17. Now the Lord Jesus Christ 
himself, and God even our Father, which 
hath loved us, and given us everlasting 
consolation, and good hope through grace, 
comfort your hearts, and stablish you in 
every good word and work. 

James v. 14. Is any sick among you ? 
let him call for the elders of the church, 
and let them pray over him. Ver. 15. 

See more instances of such prayers: 
Exod. xxxii. 11. Moses for the Israelites, 
when they offended in making the golden 
calf. Deut. ix. 20, 

Numb. xi. 2. For the people, when a 
fire from the Lord consumed many of 
them. 

xiv. 13. 20. For the people, when they 
murmured. 

xxi. 6, 7, 8. For the people, when 
bitten with fiery serpents. 

1 Sam. xii. 19. 23. Samuel for the 
people, offending by asking a king. 

Neh. ix. 6. The priests for the people, 
to ver. 37. Ch. x. 28 to 39. On which a 
reformation ensues. Ch. xii. 43. 

Dan. ix. 4 to 20. Daniel for the people. 

Amos vii. 2 to 7. Amos for the people. 

Hab. i. 3 to 17. Habakkuk for the 
people. Ver. 17, 18, 19.— Christ for the 
disciples, John xiv. 16. — xvi. 26. — xvii. 9. 
15. 20. For Peter, Luke xxii. 32. For 
children, Matt. xix. 13. 

CXXXII. The supports of Christians 
in general^ and of the Lord^s ministers in 
particular, under sufferings for religion. 
Isa. Ixvi. 5. Hear the word of the Lord, 
ye that tremble at his word, Your bre- 
thren that hated you, that cast you out for 
my name's sake, said, Let the Lord be 
glorified : but he shall appear to your joy, 
and they shall be ashamed. Luke vi. 
22, 23. 

Matt. V. 10. Blessed are they which 
are persecuted for righteousness' sake, 
for their's is the kingdom of heaven. 
Ver. 11. 

X. 39. He that loseth his life for my 
sake shall find it. 

xix. 29. Every one that hath forsaken 
houses, or brethren, or sisters, or father, 
25* 


or mother, or wife, or children, or lands, 
for my name's sake, shall receive an hun- 
dred fold, and shall inherit everlasting 
life. 

Rom. v. 3 — 5. We glory in tribula- 
tions : knowing that tribulation worketh 
patience ; and patience, experience ; and 
experience, hope : and hope maketh not 
ashamed. James i. 2. 

viii. 17, 18. If so be that we sufierfor 
Christ, that we may be also glorified to- 
gether. The sufferings of this present 
time are not worthy to be compared 
with the glory that shall be revealed in 
us. 

Ver. 35 — 37. Who shall separate us 
from the love of Christ ? shall tribulation, 
or distress, or persecution, or famine, or 
nakedness, or peril, or the sword? (As 
it is written. For thy sake we are killed 
all the day long ; we are counted as sheep 
for the slaughter.) In all these things we 
are more than conquerors, through him 
that loved us. 

2 Cor. iv. 9. We are persecuted but 
not forsaken, Ch. vi. 8, 9, 10. 

xii. 10. I take pleasure in infirmities, 
in reproaches, in necessities, in perse- 
cutions, in distresses for Christ's sake: 
for when I am weak, then am I strong. 
— Ver. 9, He said unto me. My grace is 
sufl[icient for thee ; for my strength is 
made perfect in weakness. Most gladly 
therefore will I rather glory in mine in- 
firmities, that the power of Christ may 
rest upon me. 

1 Tim. iv. 10. We labour, and suffer 
reproach, because we trust in the living 
God. 

Heb. X. 34. Ye took joyfully the 
spoiling of your goods, knowing that in 
heaven ye have a better and a more en- 
during substance. 

xi. 26, 27. Moses had respect to the 
recompense of reward. He endured as 
seeing him who is invisible. 

Ver. 35. Others were tortured, not 
accepting deliverance, that they might 
obtain a better resurrection. 

xii. 1, 2. Seeing we are compassed 
about with so great a cloud of witnesses, 
let us run with patience the race set 
before us : Looking unto Jesus, the 
author and finisher of our faith ; who 
for the joy that was set before him en, 
dured the cross, despising the shame, 
and is set down on the right hand of the 
throne of God. Ch. ii. 9.-^xiii. 13. Matt 
X. 24. James v. 10. 1 Pet. ii. 21,— iv. 1, 
13,14.16.19. Rev, ii, 10, 


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Chap. XVII. 


WICKED MINISTERS. 

CXXXIII. Wicked jninisters, their sin 
and punishment. Lev. x. 1, 2. Nadab 
and Abihu offered strange fire before the 
Lord, which he commanded them not. 
And there went out a fire from the Lord 
and devoured them. 

1 Sam. ii. 12. The sons of Eh were 
sons of Belial ; they knew not the Lord : 
see to ver. 17. Their covetousness, ver. 
22. Their uncleanness, and the punish- 
ment of Eli's house, ver. 27. to the end. 

Isa, xliii. 27, 28. Thy teachers have 
transgressed against me. Therefore I 
have profaned the princes of the sanc- 
tuary ; I have given Jacob to the curse, 
and Israel to reproaches. 

Jer. ii. 8, 9. The priests said not. 
Where is the Lord ? and they that handle 
the law knew me not : the pastors also 
transgressed against me, «fcc. Wherefore 
I will yet plead with you, saith the Lord, 
and with your children's children. 

X. 21. The pastors are become brutish, 
and have not sought the Lord ; therefore 
they shall not prosper, and all their flocks 
shall be scattered. 

xxiii. 11, 12. Botii prophet and priest 
are profane, &c. Wherefore I will bring 
evil upon them, even the year of tlieir 
visitation, saith the Lord. 

Ver. 14, 15. They commit adultery, 
and walk in lies ; they strengthen the 
hands of evil-doers, that none doth return 
from his wickedness ; they are all of them 
to me as Sodom. Thus saith the Lord, I 
will feed them with wormwood, and make 
them drink the water of gall ; for from 
the priests is profaneness gone forth to 
all the land. 

Ver. 22. If they had stood in my coun- 
sel, and had caused my people to hear my 
words, then they should have turned them 
from the evil of their doings. — Ver. 27. 
They cause my people to forget my name 
by their dreams. — Ver. 30. Therefore I 
am against the prophets, saith the Lord. 

Ezek. xxii. 26. Her priests have vio- 
lated my law, and have profaned my holy 
things. — Ver. 31. Therefore I poured 
out mine indignation upon them, their 
own way have I recompensed upon their 
heads. 

Zeph. iii. 4, 5. Her prophets are light 
and treacherous j>er6on9, lier priests have 
polluted the sanctuary, they liave done 
violence to the law. The just Lord is in 
tJie midst thereof, &c. 


Mai. i. 6 — 9. O ye priests that despise 
my name ; ye offer polluted bread upon 
mine altar. If ye offer the blind, and 
the lame, and the sick, is it not evil? 
Will he regard your persons, saith the 
Lord? 

ii. 8, 9. O ye priests, ye have de- 
parted out of the way, ye have caused 
many to stumble at the law. Therefore 
have I made you contemptible before all 
the people, according as ye have not kept 
my ways. 

Matt. vii. 22, 23. Many will say to me 
in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not 
prophesied in thy name, and in thy name 
cast out devils, and in thy name done 
many wonderful works. Then will I 
profess unto them I never knew you; de- 
part from me ye that work iniquity. Ch. 
XXV. 44, 45. 

2 Tim. iii. 5. Having a form of god- 
liness, but denying the power thereof; 
from such turn away. Ver. 13. 

CXXXIV. Their covetousness. Isa. Ivi. 
11. Her watchmen are all greedy dogs, 
which can never have enough ; they all 
look to their own way, every one for his 
gain from his quarter. See the covetous- 
ness of Eli's sons, 1 Sam. ii. 12 to 17. 

Jer. viii. 10. Every one, from the least 
even to the greatest, is given to covetous- 
ness. Ch. vi. 13. 

Ezek. xiii. 19. AVill ye pollute my 
name for handfuls of barley, and pieces 
of bread. 

Hos. vi. 9. As troops of robbers the 
priests murder in the way, they commit 
lewdness. 

Mai. i. 10. Who is there among you 
that would shut the doors for nought ? 
neither do they kindle fire on mine altar 
for nought. I have no pleasure in you, 
neither will I accept an offering at your 
hands, saith the Lord of hosts. 

iii. 11, 12. The priests teach for hire, 
and the prophets divine for money. There- 
fore shall Zion for your sakes be ploughed 
as a field. 

John X. 12, 13. He that is an hireling, 
whose own the sheep are not, seeth the 
wolf coming, and leaveth the sheep and 
flceth. The hireling fleeth, because he 
is an hireling, and careth not for the 
sheep. 

Acts XX. 29. After my departure shall 
grievous wolves enter in among you, not 
sparing the flock. 

1 Tim. vi. 5. Men of corrupt minds, 
supposing that gain is godliness. 


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2 Tim. iv. 10. Demas hath forsaken 
us, having loved this present world. 

Tit. i. 11 » Teaching things which they 
ought not, for filthy lucre's sake. 

2 Pet. ii. 3. Through covetousness 
shall they make merchandise of you. 

Jude 11. They ran greedily after the 
error of Balaam for reward. 2 Pet. ii. 
14, 15. 

CXXXV. Their intemperance. Isa. 
xxviii. 7. The priest and the prophet 
have erred through wine, and through 
strong drink they are out of the way. — 
Ver. 8. 17. Ch. Ivi. ]2. 

Luke xii. 45, 46. If that servant shall 
begin to eat and to drink and to be 
drunken, the Lord of that servant will 
cut him in sunder, and appoint him his 
portion with unbelievers. 

Rom. xvi. 18. Such serve not our Lord 
Jesus Christ, but their own belly. 

Phil. iii. 19. Whose god is their belly, 
whose glory is their shame, who mind 
earthly things. 

2 Pet. ii. 13. They count it pleasure 
to riot in the day-time. 

Jude 12. 19. Feeding themselves with- 
out fear. Sensual, having not the Spirit. 

CXXXVI. Their slothfulness. Isa. Ivi. 
10. His watchmen are all dumb dogs, 
they cannot bark ; sleeping, lying down, 
loving to slumber. 

Jer. xxiii. 1, 2. Woe be unto the pas- 
tors that destroy and scatter the sheep of 
my pasture, saith the Lord. Ye have scat- 
tered my flock, and driven them away, 
and have not visited them : behold, I will 
visit upon you the evil of your doings, 
saith the Lord. 

Ezek. iii. 18. When I say unto the 
wicked. Thou shalt surely die ; and thou 
givest him not warning, nor speakest to 
warn the wicked from his wicked way, 
to save his life; the same wicked man 
shall die in his iniquity, but his blood 
will I require at thine hand. 

xxxiv. 2. Thus saith the Lord, Woe 
be to the shepherds ; should not the shep- 
herds feed the flock? See to ver. 11. 

xliv. 8. Ye have not kept the charge 
of mine holy things, but ye have set 
keepers of my charge in my sanctuary 
for yourselves. — ^Ver. 12. They shall 
bear their iniquity. 

Hos. iv. 6. My people are destroyed 
for lack of knowledge : because thou 
hast rejected knowledge, I will also re- 
ject thee, that thou shalt be no priest 


to me ; seeing thou hast forgotten the law 
of thy God, I will also forget thy chil- 
dren. — Ver. 9. There shall be, like people 
like priest; and I will punish them for 
their ways, and reward them for their 
doings. 

Luke xi. 52. They have taken away 
the key of knowledge. 

Matt, xxiii. 3, 4. They say and do not ; 
they bind heavy burdens on men's shoul- 
ders, but they themselves will not touch 
them with one of their fingers, 

XXV. 26. Thou wicked and slothful 
servant, &c. 

1 Cor. ix. 16. Woe is unto me if I 
preach not the gospel. 


OF FALSE PROPHETS AND FALSE 
TEACHERS. 

CXXXVII. They deceive the people 
with flatteries and false doctrine. Isa. ix. 
14 — 16. The Lord will cut off" from Israel 
head and tail. The prophet that teacheth 
lies, he is the tail. For the leaders of this 
people cause them to err. Ch. iii. 12. 

Jer. V. 30, 31. A wonderful thing is 
committed in the land ; the prophets pro- 
phesy falsely, and the priests bear rule 
by their means ; and my people love to 
have it so. 

xiv. 14. The prophets prophesy lies in 
my name ; I sent them not, neither have 
I commanded them, neither spake unto 
them : they prophesy unto you a false 
vision and divination, and a thing of 
nought, and the deceit of their heart. (Ch. 
xxvii. 9, 10, &c.) Ch, vi. 14. They have 
healed the hurt of the daughter of my 
people slightly, saying. Peace, peace; 
when there was no peace. Ch. viii. 11. 
Ezek. xiii. 10. 18. Mic. iii. 5. 

xii. 10. Many pastors have devoured 
my vineyard. Ver. 11. 

xxiii. 16. The prophets speak a vision 
of their own heart, and not out of the 
mouth of the Lord. — Ver. 21. I have not 
sent them, yet they ran. — Ver. 25. They 
say, I have dreamed, I have dreamed. — 
Ver. 27, 28. Ch. xxviii. 9. 15.— xxix. 8, 
9. 31, 32.— 1. 6. Zech. x. 2. 

Lam. ii. 14. Thy prophets have seen 
vain and foolish things for thee, and have 
not discovered thine iniquity. 

Ezek. xiii. 10. Ye have seduced my 
people, saying. Peace, peace ; when there 
was no peace : one built the wall, and an. 
other daubed it with untempered mortar. 
(Ch. xxii. 28 to 31.) Ver. 14. Thus saith 


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Df False Prophets and False Teachers. Chap. XVII. 


the Lord, I will break down the wall j 
which ye have daubed with untempered ; 
mortar ; it shall fall, and ye shall be con- 1 
sumed in the midst thereof. Ver. 15. 

Ezek. xiii. 18. Woe unto them that 
sew pillows to all arm-holes. See to ver. 
23. Ch. xxii. 28. 

xxii. 26. They have put no difference 
between the holy and profane, between 
the unclean and the clean. 

xxxiv. 4. The diseased have ye not 
strengthened, neither have ye healed that 
which was sick, neither have ye bound 
up that which was broken, neither have 
ye brought again tliat which was driven 
awa}^ neither have ye sought that which 
was lost : but with force and with cruelty 
have ye ruled them. 

xliv. 10. 12. The Levites that are 
gone away far from me, when Israel 
went astray ; because they ministered 
unto them before their idols, and caused 
the house of Israel to fall into iniquity, 
therefore have I liflcd up mine hand 
against them, saith the Lord God, and j 
they shall bear their iniquity. Ch. xiv. 

Matt. v. 19. Whosoever shall break 
one of these least commandments, and 
shall teach men so, shall be called least 
in the kingdom of heaven. 

XV, 9. In Tain do they worship me, 
teaching for doctrines the command- 
ments of men. 

xxiii. IG. Woe unto you, ye blind 
guides. Ch. xv. 14. 

xxiv. 11. Many false prophets shall 
rise, and shall deceive many. — Ver. 24. 
If it were possible, they shall deceive the 
very elect. j\Iark xiii. 22. 

Luke xi. 52. They have taken away 
the key of knowledge, &c. 

Acts XX. 30. Of your ownselves shall 
men arise, speaking perverse things, to 
draw away disciples after them. Ch. xv. 
1. 24. Gal. i. 7." 

Rom. xvi. 17, 18. Mark tliem which 
cause divisions and offences, contrary 
to the doctrine which yc have learned, 
and avoid them. By good words and 
fair speeches they deceive the hearts of 
the simple. 

2 Cor. xi. 13. Such are false apostles, 
deceitful workers, transforming them- 
selves into the apostles of Christ. Ver. 
14, 15. 20. 

Gal. ii. 4, 5. False brethren came in 
privily to spy out our liberty, that they 
might bring us into bondage ; to whom 
we gave place, by subjection, no not 


for an hour, that the truth of the gospel 
might continue with you. 

Eph. iv. 14. They lie in wait to de- 
ceive. 

v. 6. Let no man deceive you. 1 John 
iii. 7. 

Phil. i. 15. Some preach Christ of 
envy. 

iii. 2. Beware of dogs, beware of evil 
workers. — Ver. 18. They are enemies to 
the cross of Christ. 

Col. ii. 8. Beware lest any man de- 
ceive you, through philosophy and vain 
deceit ; after the tradition of men, after 
the rudiments of the world, and not 
after Christ. — Ver. 18. Let no man be- 
guile you of your reward, in a voluntary 
humility, and worshipping of angels. — 
Ver. 22. After the commandments and 
doctrines of men. 

2 Thess. ii. 3. Let no man deceive 
you by any means. — Ver. 4. The man 
of sin exalteth himself. — Ver. 9, 10. 
Wliose coming is after the working of 
Satan, with all power and signs, and lying 
wonders ; and with all deceivableness of 
unrighteousness. 

1 Tim. iv. 1 — 3. Some shall depart 
from the faith, giving heed to seducing 
spirits, and doctrines of devils ; speak- 
ing lies in hypocrisy, having their con- 
science seared with a hot iron ; forbid- 
ding to marry, and commanding to ab- 
stain from meats. 

vi. 3. They consent not to wholesome 
words, even the words of our Lord Jesus 
Christ. Ver. 4. 

2 Tim. ii. 18. Who concerning the 
truth have erred, and overthrew the faith 
of some. 

iii. 6. They creep into houses, and 
lead captive silly women. — Ver. 8. They 
withstand the truth. 

Ver. 13. Evil men and seducers wax 
worse and worse, deceiving and being 
deceived. 

Tit. i. 10. Unruly and vain talkers 
and deceivers subvert whole houses, teach- 
ing things which they ought not, for 
filthy lucre's sake. 

Hcb. xiii. 9. Be not carried about with 
divers and strange doctrines. 

2 Pet. ii. 1, 2. There was false pro- 
phets among the people, even as there 
shall be false teachers among you, who 
privily shall bring in damnable heresies, 
even denying the Lord th<it bought 
them, and bringing upOn themselves 
swift destruction. Many shall follow 
their pernicious ways, by reason of whom 


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the way of truth shall be evil spoken of. 
Jude 4 to 20. 

1 John ii. 18, 19. Even now are there 
many antichrists. They went out from 
us, but they were not of us. — Ver. 26. 
These things I have written unto you 
concerning them that seduce you. 

iv. ]. Many false prophets have gone 
out into the world. 

2 John 7. Many deceivers are entered 
into the world; look to yom-selves. 3 
John 10. 

Rev. ii. 2. Thou hast tried them which 
say they are apostles, and are not, and 
hast found thera liars. — Ver. 9. I know 
the blasphemy of them which say they 
are Jews, and are not. 

xviii. 23. By thy sorceries were all 
nations deceived. Ch. xix. 20. — xx. 20. 
Gal. vi. 13. 


DUTIES TOWARD THE MINISTRY. 

CXXXVIII. To receive their instruc 
tions. Deut. xvii. 9 — 11. Thou shalt 
come unto the priests the Levites, and in- 
quire ; and thou shalt do according to the 
sentence which they shall shew thee. Ac- 
cording to the sentence of the law which 
they shall teach thee, and according to the 
judginent which they shall tell thee thou 
shalt do : thou shalt not decline from the 
sentence Avhich they shall shew thee, to 
the right hand nor to the left. 1 Sam. ix. 9. 

2 Chron. xx. 20. Believe his prophets, 
so shall ye prosper. Ch. xxx. 22. 

JMal. ii. 7. The priest's lips should keep 
knowledge, and they should seek the law 
at his mouth : for he is the messenger of 
the Lord of hosts. 

John viii. 47. He that is of God hear- 
eth God's words. 

Matt, xxiii. 2, 3. The scribes and Pha- 
risees sit in Moses' seat: all therefore 
v/hatsoever they bid you do, that observe 
and do. 

Luke X. 16. He that heareth you hear- 
eth me. Matt. x. 40. John xiii, 20. 

1 Cor. iv. 6. Be not puffed up for one 
against another. — Ver. 16. Be ye follow- 
ers of me. Phil. iii. 17. 

xi. 1. Be ye followers of me, even as 
I am of Christ. 

xvi. 16. Submit yourselves to such as 
have addicted themselves to the ministry, 
and to every one that helpeth with us, 
and laboureth. 

Heb. xiii. 7. Remember them which 
have the rule over you, who have spoken 


unto you the word of God : whose faith 
follow, considering the end of their con- 
versation. — Ver. 17. Obey them which 
have the rule over you, and submit your- 
selves : for they watch for your souls, as 
they that must give account ; that they 
may do it with joy and not with grief, for 
that is unprofitable for you. 

CXXXIX. To esteem and love them. 
1 Cor. iv. 1. Let a man so account of us 
as of the ministers of Christ, and stew- 
ards of the mysteries of God. 

xvi. 11. Let no man despise him, 
[Timothy,] but conduct him forth in 
peace. 

2 Cor. viii. 7. Ye abound in love to us. 
— Ver. 24. Shew a proof of your love. 

Gal. iv. 14. Ye received me as an angel 
of God. Phil. ii. 2. Fulfil ye my joy. 

1 Thess. V. 12, 13. Know them which 
labour among you, and are over you in 
the Lord, and admonish you. Esteem 
them highly in love for their work's sake. 
Phil. ii. 29. 

V. 17. Let the elders that rule well 
be counted worthy of double honour, 
especially they who labour in the word 
and doctrine. 

Tit. iii. 15. Greet them who love us 
in the faith. 

CXL. To pray for them. Acts xii. 5. 
Prayer was made without ceasing, of the 
church imto God, for Peter in the prison, 
and he was delivered. Ver. 7. 

Matt. ix. 38. Pray ye the Lord of the 
harvest, that he would send forth labour- 
ers into the han-est. 

Rom. XV. 30. I beseech you, brethren, 
for the Lord Jesus Christ's sake, and for 
the love of the Spirit, that ye strive to- 
gether with me in your prayers to God 
for me. Ver. 31, 32. 

2 Cor. i. 10, 11. God delivered us from 
death; you helping togeth^ by prayer 
for us. Phil. i. 19. Philem. 22. 

1 Thess. V. 25. Brethren, pray for us. 
Heb. xiii. 18. 

2 Thess. iii. 1, 2, Brethren, pray for 
us, that the word of the Lord may have 
free course and be glorified ; and that we 
may be delivered from unreasonable and 
wicked men. 

Eph. vi. 19, 20. Pray for me, that ut- 
terance may be given to me, that I may 
open my mouth boldly, to make known 
the mystery of the gospel ; that I may 
speak boldly as I ought to speak. Col. 
iv. 3, 4. 


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CXLI. To give them support. Deut. 
xii. 19. Tike heed that thou forsake not 
the Levite, so long as thou shalt live upon 
the earth. Ch. xiv. 29. — xvi. 17. 

2 Chron. xxxi. 4. Hezckiah com- 
manded the people to give the portion 
of tlie priests and the Levites, that they 
might be encouraged in the law of the 
Lord. See Neh. xiii. 10, 11. Ezek. xliv, 
30. Mai. iii. 10. 

Matt. x. 10. Jesus said, The workman 
is wortliy of his meat. 

1 Cor.' ix. 11. Paul said, If we have 
sown unto you spiritual things, is it a 
great thing if we reap your carnal things? 
— Ver. 13, 14. Do ye not know, that 
tliey which wait at the altar are partakers 
with the altar? Even so hath God or- 
dained, that they which preach the gos- 
pel, should live of the gospel. See ver. 4 
to 9. Deut. XXV. 4. 

Gal. vi. 6. Let him that is taught in 
tlie \yord, communicate to him that teach- 
eth, in all good things. 

Phil. iv. 16, 17. Paul said, Ye sent 
once and again to my necessity. Not 
because I desire a gift, but I desire fruit 
that may abound to your account. Ver. 
IS. Heb. X. 34. 

CXLII. Despising them, and not hear- 
kening to their instructions : Threats. — 
Deut. xvii. 2. The man that will do pre- 
sumptuously, and will not hearken to the 
priest that standeth to minister before the 
Lord, even that man shall die. 

2 Chron. xxxvi. 15, 16, The Lord sent 
by his messengers the prophets ; but they 
mocked the messengers of God, and de- 
spised his words, and misused his pro- 
phets, until the wrath of the Lord rose 
against his people, and there was no re- 
medy. Ch. vii. 25. — XXV. 3, 4. — xxvi. 5. — 
xxix. 19. — XXXV. 5. 

Isa. XXX. 9, 10. This is a rebelHous 
people, wliich will not hear the law of the 
Lord: which 'say to the seers, See not; 
and to the prophets. Prophesy not unto 
us right things; speak unto us smooth 
things. 1 Kings xxii. 8. 2 Chron. xxxvi. 
15,16. Jer. xi. 21. Mic. ii. 6. 

liii. 1. Who hath believed our report? 
Ch. xlix. 4. 

Jcr. ii. 25, Tliou saidst, I have loved 
.strangers, and after them I will go. 

v. 25. Prophets prophesy falsely, and 
the people love to have it so, 

vi. 10. The word of the Lord is unto 
them a reproach, they have no delight 
in it. 


Ver. 17. I set watchmen over them, 
saying. Hearken to the sound of the 
trumpet; but they said. We will not 
hearken. 

xviii. 18. They said, Come, let us 
smite the prophet with the tongue, 
and let us not give heed to any of 
his words. See Ch, xxvi. 9. Lam. iii. 
61, &^. 

Lam. iv. 16. The Lord will no more 
regard them; they respected not the 
person of the priests, they favoured not 
the elders. 

Ezek. iii. 7. The house of Israel will 
not hearken unto thee, for they will not 
hearken unto me, saith the Lord. 

xxxiii. 30. The children of thy people 
are talking against thee by the walls, and 
in the doors of the houses. 

Ver. 31, 32. They come unto thee as 
the people comcth, and they sit before 
thee as my people ; they hear my words, 
but they will not do them. Thou art to 
them as a lovely song of one that hath a 
pleasant voice, and can play well on an 
instrument: for they hear thy words, 
but do them not,— Ver. 33. They shall 
know that a prophet hath been among 
them. 

Dan. ix. 6. We have not hearkened to 
thy servants the prophets, which spake in 
thy name. 

Hos, iv. 4. My people are as they that 
strive with the priest. 

Zcch. vii. 11. They refused to hear- 
ken, and pulled away the shoulder, and 
stopped their ears, that they should 
not hear the words which the Lord 
hath sent in his Spirit by the prophets ; 
therefore came wrath from the Lord of 
hosts. 

Matt, xviii. 17. If one neglect to hear 
the church, let him be unto thee as an 
heathen man and a publican. 

X. 11. 14. Into whatsoever city ye en- 
ter, and they receive you not, shake tlie 
dust off your feet, — Ver. 15. It sliall be 
more tolerable for Sodom and Gomorrah 
in the day of judgment than for that 
city. — Ver, 16. He that despisetli you 
dcspiscth me. 

John i. 11. Christ came to his own, 
and his own received him not. 

iii. 11. Jesus said, Yc receive not our 
witness. 

v. 43. Jesus said, I am come in my 
Fatlicr's name, and yc receive me not ; if 
another come in his own name, him ye 
will receive. 

xii. 48. Jesus said. He that rojectcth 


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me, and receiveth not my words, hath 
one that judgeth him ; the word that I 
have spoken, the same shall judge him at 
the last day. 

Eph. iv. 14. Be no more children, 
tossed to and fro with every wind of 
doctrine. 

1 Thess. iv. 8. He that despiseth, de- 
spiseth not men but God, who hath given 
unto us his Holy Spirit. See Matt, xxiii. 
37. Lukexiii. 34. 

2 Tim. i. 15. Paul said, all that are in 
Asia be turned away from me. 

ivi 3, 4. The time will come when 
they will not endure sound doctrine ; 
but after their own lusts shall they heap 
to themselves teachers, having itching 
ears. And they shall turn away their 
ears from the truth, and shall be turned 
unto fables. 

1 Cor. iii. 4. One saith, I am of Paul ; 
another, I am of Apollos,.&c. Ch, i. 12. 

iv. 6. Puffed up for one against another. 

CXLIII. Not supporting them. Mai. 
iii. 9. Ye are cursed with a curse, for 
ye haj'e gobbed me, even this whole na- 
tion. Ver. 10. Neh. xiii. 10. 12. 


SIXTH COMMANDMENT. 

CXLIV. Of Murder. Exod. xx. 
Thou shalt not kill. Matt. xix. 18. 


9. Death the punishment of mur- 


Tim. i 
derers. 

Gen. ix. 6. Whoso sheddeth man's 
blood, by man shall his blood be shed. 
Ver. 5. 

Exod. xxi. 12. He that smiteth a man 
so that he die, shall surely be put to 
death. Ver. 13, 14. Lev. xxiv. 17. 

Numb. XXXV. 15. The murderer shall 
surely be put to death. Ver. 17,18. 21.30. 

Ver. 31. Ye shall take no satisfaction 
for the life of the murderer; he shall 
surely be put to death. — Ver. 33. Blood 
defileth the land; and the land cannot 
be cleansed of the blood that is shed 
therein, but by the blood of him that shed 
it. 

Deut. xix. 11. 13. If a man hate his 
neighbour, and lie in wait for him, and 
smite him mortally that he die; thine 
eye shall not pity him, but thou shalt 
put away the guilt of innocent blood. 

CXLV. Cases excepted, wherein the 
killing of a man was not to he punished 
with death. Exod. xxi. 20. If a man 


smite his servant with a rod; and he 
die under his hand, he shall be surely 
punished. 

xxii. 2, 3. If a thief be found breaking 
up, and he be smitten that he die, there 
shall no blood be shed for him. But if 
the sun be risen upon him, there shall be 
blood shed for him. 

Deut. xix. 4. 6. Whosoever killeth 
his neighbour ignorantly, whom he 
hated not, he is not worthy of death. 
Numb. XXXV. 15. 20. 

CXLVI. Threatenings against mur- 
derers. Ps. V. 6. The Lord will abhor the 
bloody man. See Ps. li. 14. Jonah i. 14. 
Iv. 23. Bloody men shall not live half 
their days. 

cvi. 38. The land Avas polluted Avith 
blood. — Ver. 40. Therefore the wrath of 
the Lord was kindled. 

cix. 31. The Lord shall stand at the 
right hand of the poor, to save him from 
those that condemn his soul. 

Prov. vi. 17. The Lord doth hate hands 
that shed innocent blood. 

xxviii. 17. A man that doth violence 
to the blood of any person, shall flee to 
the pit, let no man stay him. 

Isa. lix. 3. 10. Your hands are defiled 
with blood. (Ver. 7.) We are as dead men. 
Jer. ii. 34. Also in thy skirts is found 
the blood of the souls of the poor inno- 
cents. 

vii. 9. 15. Will ye steal, murder, 
commit adultery, &c. ? I will cast you 
out of my sight. — Ver. 16. Pray not for 
this people. 

xix. 3, 4. I will bring evil tipon this 
place. They have filled it with the blood 
of innocents. Lam. iv. 14. 16. 

Ezek. xxiv. 6. Woe to the bloody city. 
Ver. 9. Neh. iii. 1. 

XXXV. 6. As I live, saith the Lord 
God, I will prepare thee unto blood, 
and blood shall pursue thee ; sith thou 
hast not hated blood, even blood shall 
pursue thee. 

Hab. ii. 10, 11. Thou hast consulted 
shame to thy house by cutting off many 
people, and hast sinned against thy soul. 
For the stone shall cry out of the wall, 
and the beam out of the timber shall an- 
swer it. 

John viii. 44. The devil was a mur- 
derer from the beginning. 

Gal. V. 21. The works of the flesh 
are, murders, &c. James iv. 1. 

1 John iii. 15. No murderer hath eter- 
nal life abiding in him. 


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Chap XVII. 


Rev. xxi. 8. Murderers shall liave their 
part in the lake tliat burnetii with fire 
and brimstone, which is the second death. 

xxii. 15. Without [the heavenly Jeru- 
salem] are murderers, &,c. See IIos. iv. 
2, 3. Matt, xxiii. .35. 

CXLVII. Instances of the punishment 
of murder. Upon Cain, Gen. iv. 5. 24. — 
Upon Simeon and Levi, Gen. xlix. 5, 6, 7. 
— xxxiv. 25, 2G. — Upon David, 2 Sam. 
11th and 12th chapters. — Upon Ahab, 1 
Kings xxii. 38. — Upon Mimasseh, 2 Kings 
xxiv. 3, 4. 

CXLVIII. Striking, wounding, maim- 
ing ; how to he puMshed. Exod. xxi. 18 
to 25. Lev. xxiv. 19. Deut. xxii. 23, 24. 
— xxvii. 24. 

SEVENTH COMMANDMENT. 

CXLIX. Adultery and fornicaiiGn. 
Exod. XX. 14. Thou shalt not commit 
adultery. IMark x. 19. James ii. 11. 

Deut. xxiii. 17. There shall be no 
whore of the daughters of Israel. Lev. 
xix. 29. 

CL. Threatenings ; or the evil conse- 
quences of adultery, fornication, &c. Gen. 
xii. 17. The Lord plagued Pharaoh and 
his house with great plagues, because of 
Sarai Abram's wife, who was taken into 
Pharaoh's house. Ver. 15. 

XX. 2, 3, Abimelech took Sarah, Abra- 
ham's wife. God said to him. Thou art 
a dead inan, for she is a man's wife. — Ver. 
7. If thou restore her not, thou shalt 
surely die. — Ver 9. Abimelech said to 
Abraham, Thou hast brought on me and 
on my kingdom a great sin. Ch. xxvi. 7. 
10,11. 

XXXV. 22. Reuben lay with Bilhah 
his father's concubine. Ch. xlix. 4. Ja- 
cob said. Thou shalt not excel, because 
thou wcntest up to thy father's bed, and 
didst defile it. 

Exod. xxii. 16, 17. If a man entice a 
maid, that is not betrothed, and lie with 
her, he shall surely endow her to be his 
wife. If her father refuse to give her to 
him, he shall pay money according to the 
dowry of virgins. 

Lev. xviii. 20. Thou shalt not lie car- 
nally with thy ncigjibour's wife, to defile 
thyself with her.— Ver. 28. That the 
land spue you not out. 

XX. 10. The man that committcth adul- 
tery with anollutr man's wife, the adul- 
terer and the adulteress sliall surely be put 
to death. Sec to ver. 22. 


xxi. 7. The priest shall not take a 
wife that is a whore or profane. — Ver. 
9. And the daughter of the priest, if she 
profane herself by playing tlie whore, 
she profaneth her father ; she shall be 
burnt. 

Numb. V. 12, 13. 19. If a man's wife 
go aside, and commit a trespass against 
him, and a man lie with her carnally, 
and it be hid from the eyes of her hus- 
band, and there be no witness against her ; 
the priest shall charge her with an oath of 
cursing. — Ver. 27. And if she be defiled, 
her belly shall swell and her thigh shall 
rot. 

Deut. xxii. 22. If a man be found lying 
with a woman married to an husband, 
they shall both of them die. 

Ver. 23, 24. If a damsel that is a vir- 
gin, be betrothed unto an husband, and 
a man find her in the city and lie with 
her, ye shall stone them both with stones 
that they die ; the damsel because she 
cried not, being in the city ; and the man 
because he hath humbled his neighbour's 
wife. — Ver. 25. But if a man find a be- 
trothed damsel in the field and force her 
and lie with her, then the man only' shall 
die. 

Ver. 28, 29. If a man find a damsel 
that is a virgin, which is not betrothed, 
and lay hold «n her, and lie with her, 
and they be found ; then the man shall 
give unto the damsel's father fifty she- 
kels of silver, and she shall be his wife, 
because he hath humbled her ; he may 
not put her away all her days. 

xxiii. 2 A bastard shall not enter into 
the congregation of the Lord, even to his 
tenth generation. 

Ver. 18. Thou shalt not bring the hire 
of a whore, or the price of a dog into the 
house of the Lord thy God for any vow. 

2 Sam. xii. 4. David's sin with the wife 
of Uriah — Ver. 11. See the punishment 
thereof. 

Job xxvi. 15. The eye of the adulterer 
waiteth for the twilight, saying, No eye 
shall see me. — Ver. 17, 18. The morning 
is to them as the shadow of death. Their 
portion is cursed on the earth. 

xxxi. 9 — 12. If mine heart hath been 
deceived by a woman, or if I have laid 
wait at my neighbour's door ; then let 
my wife grind to another, and let others 
bow down upon lier. For it is an heinous 
crime ; it is an iniquity to be punished by 
the judges. It is a fire that consumeth to 
destruction, and would root out all mine 
increase. 


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Seventh Commandment. 


315 


Prov. V. 3 — 6. The lips of a strang-e 
woman drop as an honey-comb, and her 
mouth is smoother than oil : But her 
end is bitter as wormwood, sharper 
than a two-edged sword. Her feet go 
down to death ; her steps take hold on 
hell. Lest thou shouldst ponder the 
path of life, her ways are movable. — 
Ver. 8 — 11. Remove thy way far from 
her, come not nigh the door of her 
house. Lest thou give thine honour 
to others, and thy years unto the cruel : 
Lest strangers be filled with thy wealth ; 
and thy labours be in the house of a 
stranger; and thou mourn at the last, 
when thy flesh and thy body are con- 
sumed. 

Ver. 20, 21. Why wilt thou be ravished 
with a strange v^^oman, and embrace the 
bosom of a stranger ? For the ways^of 
man are before the eyes of the Lord, and 
he pondereth all his goings. 

vi. 24. Keep thee from the evil woman, 
from the flattery of the tongue of a strange 
woman. 

Ver. 25, 26. Lust not after her beauty 
in thine heart, neither let her take thee 
with her eyelids. For by means of a 
whorish woman a man is brought to a 
piece of bread ; and the adulteress will 
hunt for the precious life. 

Ver. 27 — 29. Can a man take fire in 
his bosom and not be burnt ? Can he go 
upon hot coals, and his feet not be burnt? 
So he that goeth in to his neighbour's 
wife ; whosoever toucheth her shall not 
be innocent. 

Ver. 32 — 35. Whoso committeth adul- 
tery with a woman, lacketh understand- 
ing ; he that doeth it destroyeth his own 
soul. A wound and dishonour shall he 
get, and his reproach shall not be wiped 
away. For jealousy is the rage of a man: 
he will not regard any ransom. 

vii. 5 to 26. See the description of a 
whorish woman, and the fool taken by 
her snares. — Ver. 27. Her house is the 
way to hell, going down to the chambers 
of death. 

ix. 17, 18. She saith, Stolen waters 
are sweet. But know that the dead are 
there, and that her guests are in the 
depths of hell. 

xxii. 14. The mouth of a strange wo- 
man is a deep pit ; he that is abhorred of 
the Lord shall fall therein. 

xxiii. 27, 28. A whore is a deep ditch, 
and a strange woman is a narrow pit. 
She lieth in wait as for a prey, and in- 
creaseth transgressors among men. 
26 


XXX. 20. An adulterous woman saith, 
I have done no wickedness. 

xxxi. 3. Give not thy strength unto 
women, nor thy ways to that which de- 
stroyeth kings. 

Eccl. vii. 26. I find more bitter than 
death, the woman whose heart is snares 
and nets, and her hands as bands : whoso 
pleaseth God shall escape from her, but 
the sinner shall be taken by her. 

Jer. vii. 9, 10. Will ye steal, murder, 
and commit adultery, and swear falsely, 
&c. ; and come and stand before me in 
this house ? — Ver. 15. I will cast you out 
of my sight. 

V. 7—9. When I fed them to the 
full, they then committed adultery, and 
assembled themselves by troops in the 
harlots' houses. They were as fed 
horses in the morning, every one neigh- 
ing after his neighbour's wife. (Ch. 
xiii. 27.) Shall I not visit for these 
things ? saith the Lord : and shall not 
my soul be avenged on such a nation as 
this ? 

ix. 2. 9. They be all adulterers. Shall 
not my soul be avenged, «fec. ? 

xxiii, 10. The land is full of adulter- 
ers. The land mourneth. 

xxix. 23. Because they have commit- 
ted adultery with their neighbours' wives; 
even I know and am a witness, saith the 
Lord. 

Ezek. xxii. 11. One hath committed 
abominations with his neighbour's wife, 
another hath defiled his daughter-in-law, 
and another hath humbled his sister. — 
Ver. 14, Can thine heart endure, or thine 
hands be strong in the day that I will 
deal with thee ? 

Hos. iv. 2, 3, By swearing and lying, 
and killing and stealing, and committing 
adultery, they break out. Therefore shall 
the land mourn. 

Ver. 11. Whoredom and wine take 
away the heart. 

Ver. 13, 14. Your daughters shall com- 
mit whoredom, and your spouses shall 
commit adultery. I will not punish your 
daughters nor your spouses ; for them- 
selves are separated with whores. 

vii. 4. They are all adulterers, as an 
oven heated. — Ver. 7. There is none 
among them that calleth unto me, 

Mai. iii. 5. I will be a swift witness 
against the adulterers and false swear- 
ers, &c. 

Rom. i. 28, 29. As they did not like 
to retain God in their knowledge, God 
gave them over to a reprobate mind; 


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Chap. XVII. 


Being filled with all unrighteousness, for- 
nication, &LC. 

1 Cor. iii. 16, 17. Know ye not that 
ye are the temples of God ? If any man 
defile the temple of God, him shall God 
destroy. 

V. 1. It is reported that there is forni- 
cation among you, and such fornication 
as is not so much as named among the 
Gentiles. — Ver. 9, I wrote to you, not to 
keep company with fornicators. — Ver. 11. 
If any man that is called a brother be a 
fornicator, with such an one no not to eat. 
— Ver. 13. Put away from among you 
that wicked person. 

vi. 9. Neither fornicators nor idolaters, 
nor adulterers, &c. shall inherit the king- 
dom of God. Ver. 10. 

Ver. 13. The body is not for fornica- 
tion, but for the Lord. — Ver. 15. Know 
ye not that your bodies are the members 
of Christ ? Shall I make them members 
of an harlot? — Ver. 16. He that is joined 
to an harlot is one body with her. — Ver. 
18. He that committeth fornication sin- 
neth against his own body. 

X. 8. Neither let us commit fornica- 
tion, as some of them did, and fell in one 
day three and twenty thousand. Numb. 
XXV. 1. 9. 

2 Cor. xii. 20, 21. I fear lest I shall 
not find you such as I would ; and that I 
shall bewail many who have sinned, and 
have not repented of their fornication, 
lasciviousness, &lc. 

Gal. V, 19. The works of the flesh are, 
adultery, fornication, uncleanness. — Ver. 
21. They that do such things shall not 
inherit the kingdorrt of God. 

Eph. V. 5, 6. No whoremonger, nor un- 
clean person, hath any inheritance in the 
kingdom of Christ and of God. Because 
of these things cometh the wrath of God 
upon tlic children of disobedience. 

Col. iii. 5, 6. Fornication, uncleanness, 
inordinate affection, &c. For which things 
sake cometh the w' rath of God upon the 
children of disobedience. 

1 Tim. i. 10. The law is made for 
whoremongers, &c. 

Hcb. xiii. 4. Whoremongers and adul- 
terers God will judge. 

2 Pet. ii. 14. Having eyes full of adul- 
tery, cursed cliildren. 

Jude 7. Sodom and Gomorrah, and 
the cities about ihcm, giving themselves 
over to fornication, and going aflcr 
strange flesh, are set forth for an exam- 
ple, suffering the vengeance of eternal 
fire. Ver. 8. 


Rev. xxi. 8. Murderers and whore- 
mongers, &c. shall have their part in the 
lake that burneth with fire and brimstone, 
which is the second death. 

xxii. 15. Without [the heavenly Jeru- 
salem] are dogs, sorcerers, whoremon- 
gers, &iC. 

Matt. v. 28. Whosoever looketh on a 
woman, to lust after her, hath committed 
adultery with her already in his heart. 

XV. 19. Out of the heart proceed evil 
thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornica- 
tions, &c. ; these defile a man. Ver. 20. 

CLI. Examples, exhortations, promises, 
S^c. against adultery and fornication. Gen. 
xxix. 7 — 9. His master's wife cast her 
eyes upon Joseph, and said. Lie with me. 
But he refused ; and said. How can I do this 
great wickedness, and sin against God ? 

Job xxxi. 1. I made a covenant with 
mine eyes, why then should I look upon 
a maid ? 

Ezek. xviii. 6. If a man be just, and 
do that which is lawful and right ; and 
hath not defiled his neighbour's wife, &.c. ; 
he shall live. Ver. 9. 

John viii. 4. Jesus said to the woman 
taken in adultery, Sin no more. 

Acts XV. 20. Abstain from fornication. 
Ver. 29. 

Rorn. xiii. 13, 14. Let us walk honest- 
ly, as in the day; not in rioting and drunk- 
enness ; not in chambering and wanton- 
ness. Make not provision for the flesh, to 
fulfil the lusts thereof 

1 Cor. vi. 15. Know ye not that your 
bodies are members of Christ. — Ver. 18. 
Flee fornication. 

vii. 9. If they cannot contain, let them 
marry. 

ix. 27. I keep my body under, lest I 
should be a cast-away. 

X. 8. Let us not commit fornication. 

Eph. V. 3. Fornication, and all unclean- 
ness, let it not be once named among you, 
as becometh saints. Ver. 4. 

Col. iii. 5. Mortify your members which 
are upon the earth, fornication, unclean- 
ness, inordinate afi'cction, <fcc. 

1 Thcss. iv. 3. This is tJie will of God, 
even your sanctification, and that ye ab- 
stain from fornication. 

Ver. 4, 5. Every one of you should 
know how to possess his vessel in sane 
tification and honour. Not in the lust of 
concupiscence, as the Gentiles which 
know not God. 

Ver. 7. God hath not called us to un- 
cleanness, but unto holiness. 


Chap. XVII. 


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317 


1 Tim. i. 10. The law is made for 
whoremongers, for them that defile them- 
selves with mankind. 

2 Tim. ii. 22. Flee youthful lusts. 

1 Pet. ii. 11. Abstain from fleshly- 
lusts, which war against the soul. 

EIGHTH COMMANDMENT. 

THEFT FORBIDDEN. 

CLII. Precepts concerning property 
and the use of riches in society. Exod. xx. 
15. Thou shalt not steal. Lev. xix. 11. 
13. Deut. V. 19. Matt. xix. 18. Rom. xiii. 
9. Ephiv. 28. IPet. iv.l5. 

CLIII. Threatenings against theft. 
Exod. xxi. 16. He that stealeth a man, 
shall surely be put to death. Deut. xxiv. 
7. 1 Tim. i. 10. 

xxii. 1, If a man steal an ox or a sheep 
he shall restore five oxen for an ox, and 
four sheep for a sheep. 

Ver. 2. If a thief be found breaking 
up, and be smitten that he die, there shall 
no blood be shed for him. — Ver. 7. If the 
theft be found in his hand, he shall re- 
store double. Ver. 7. Prov. vi. 30. 

Josh. vii. 11, 12. Israel hath sinned, they 
have stolen and dissembled also. There- 
fore they could not stand before their 
enemies, &c. 

Ps. 1, 18. When thou sawest a thief, 
thou consentedst with him. — Ver. 21. 
But I will reprove thee. 

Prov. xxix. 24. Whoso is a partner 
with a thief, hateth his own soul. 

XXX. 8, 9. Feed me with food conve- 
nient : Lest I be poor, and steal, and take 
the name of God in vain. 

Jer. vii. 9. Will ye steal, &lc. — Ver. 
15. I will cast you out of my sight. 

Hos. iv. 2, 3. By swearing and lying, 
killing and stealing, they break out. 
Therefore shall the land mourn. 

Zech. V. 4. The curse [of the Lord] 
shall enter into the house of the thief, 
and shall consume it. 

Luke xii. 33. In the heavens, where 
no thief approaches. 

1 Cor. vi. 10. Neither thieves, nor 
covetous, nor extortioners, shall inherit 
the kingdom of heaven. 

CLIV. Robbery forhidden, with threat- 
enings. Lev. xix. 13. Thou shalt not 
defraud thy neighbour, neitlier rob him. 

Ps. Ixii. 10. Become not vain in rob- 
bery. Ver. 12. 


Prov. xxi, 7. The robbery of the 
wicked shall destroy them. 

Isa. Ixi. 8. I the Lord hate robbery. 
Ch. X. 2. — xvii. 14. 

Ezek. xxii. 28. The people have used 
robbery, «fec. — Ver. 31. Therefore have 
I poured out mine indignation upon them, 
saith the Lord. Ch. xviii. 10. 13. 

Amos iii. 10, 11. They store up vio- 
lence and robbery in their palaces. 
Therefore (saith the Lord) thy palaces 
shall be spoiled. 

Neh. iii. 1. Woe to the bloody city, it 
is full of blood. 

CLV. Fraud and cheating in commerce 
forbidden. Lev. xix. 11. Ye shall not 
steal, neither deal falsely. Prov. xx. 14. 

Ver. 35, 36. Ye shall do no unrighteous- 
ness in judgment, in meteyard, in weight, 
or in measure. Just balances, just weights, 
a just ephah, and a just bin shall ye have. 

XXV. 14. If thou sellest aught unto 
thy neighbour, or buy est aught of thy 
neighbour's hand, ye shall not oppress 
one another. Prov. xi. 26. 

Deut. XXV. 13, 14. Thou shalt not have 
in thy bags divers weights, a great and a 
small. Thou shalt not have in thy house 
divers measures, a great and a small. 

Ver. 15, 16. Thou shalt have a per- 
fect and just weight, a perfect and just 
measure shalt thou have ; that thy days 
may be lengthened in the land which the 
Lord thy God giveth thee. For all they 
that do unrighteously are an abomination 
to the Lord. 

Prov. xi. 1. A false balance is an abo- 
mination to the Lord, but a just weight 
is his delight. See Prov. xvi. 11. — xx. 10. 
23. Hos. xii. 7, 8. 14. Amos viii. 6. 
Mic. vi. 10, 11, 12, 13, 14. Hab. ii. 6. 

1 Thess. iv. 6. This is the will of God, 
that no man go beyond or defraud his 
brother in any matter ; because that the 
Lord is the avenger of all such. 

CLVI. Concerning property in lands. 
The law thereof. Deut. xix. 14. Thou 
shalt not remove thy neighbour's land- 
mark. 

xxvii. 17. Cursed be he that removeth 
his neighbour's land-mark : and all the 
people shall say, Amen. See Job xxiv. 
2. Prov. xxii. 28.— xxiii. 10, 11. 

Exod. xxii. 5. If a man cause a field 
or a vineyard to be eaten, and shall put 
in his beast into another man's field, of 
the best of his own vineyard and of his 
own field shall lie make restitution. 


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Chap. XVII. 


Exod. xxii. 6. If a fire break out and I 
catch in tiiorns, so that the stacks of corn, 
or the standing corn of the field be con- 1 
sumed, lie that kindled the fire shall make | 
restitution. 

CLVII. Concerning things found, lent, 
or entrusted icith a neighbour to keep. 
The law thereof: Lev. vi. 1 to 6.-^-xxiv. 
18. Exod. xxii. 9 to 16. 


OPPRESSION FORBIDDEN, &c. 

CLVIII. Oppression forbidden, and 
duties to the oppressed. See Duties of 
magistrates. — Duties of masters. 

Ps. xlii. 10. Trust not in oppression. 

Prov. iii. 31. Envy not the oppressor, 
and choose none of his ways. 

Isa. i. 17. Relieve the oppressed, 

xxxiii. 15, 16. He that despiseth the 
gain of oppression, &c. : He shall dwell 
on high. Ezek. xviii. 5. 7. 9. 16. 

Iviii. 6. Is not this the fast that I have 
chosen to let the oppressed go free, &c. 

Jer. xxi. 12. Deliver him that is spoiled 
out of the hand of the oppressor. 

Luke iii. 13. John said to the publi- 
cans, Exact no more than that which is 
appointed 3^ou. — Ver. 14. To the sol- 
diers he said, Do violence to no man, and 
be content with your wages. 

CLIX. Restitution to the injured to be 
made. Lev. vi. 5. ISam. vii.l. Lukexix. 
8. Ps. xxxvii. 21. Gen. xliii. 12.— xliv. 8. 

CLX. Threotenings against oppressors. 
Job xxvii. 13, 14. This is the heritage 
of oppressors, which tliey shall receive of 
the Almighty. If his children be multi- 
plied, it is for the sword : and his offspring 
shall not be satisfied with bread. See to 
ver. 19. 

Prov. XX. 21. An inheritance may be 
gotten liastily at the beginning, but the 
end thereof shall not be blessed. 

xxii. 16. He that oppresscth the poor 
to increase his riches, shall surely come 
to want. 

Ver. 22, 23. Rob not the poor, neither 
oppress the afflicted ; For the Lord will 
plead tlieir cause, and spoil the soul of 
those that spoiled them. 

xxviii. 3. A poor man that oppresscth 
the poor, is like a sweeping rain which 
leave th no food. 

Ver. 8. He that by usury and unjust 
gain increaseth his substance, he sliall 
gather it for him that will pity the poor. 


Ver. 20. 22. He that maketh haste to 
be rich, shall not be innocent. He hath 
an evil eye, and considereth not that 
poverty shall come upon him. 

Isa. V. 8. Woe unto them that jom house 
to house, that lay field to field, till there 
be no place, that they may be placed alone 
in the midst of the earth, Mic, ii. 1. 

xvi. 4. The oppressors are consumed 
out of the land. 

XXX. 12, 13. Because ye trust in op- 
pression and perverseness, &c. therefore 
this iniquity shall be to you as a breach, 

xlix. 26. I will feed them that oppress 
you with their own flesh, &lc. 

Vi. 23. J will put the cup of trembling 
into the hand of them that afflict thee. 

lix, 13. In transgressing and lying 
against the Lord, in departing away from 
our God ; speaking oppression and revolt. 
— Ver. 15. The Lord saw it and it dis- 
pleased him, &ic. 

Jer. vi. 6, This is the city to be vi- 
sited [by an enemy] ; she is wholly op- 
pression, 

XV ii, 11, He that getteth riches, and 
not by right, shall leave them in the 
midst of his days, and at his end shall 
be a fool. 

xxii. 17 — 19. [Speaking of Jehoiakim] 
— Thine eyes and thine heart are not but 
for covetousness and oppression. They 
shall not lament for him : He shall be 
buried with the burial of an ass, 

XXX. 20. I will punish all that oppress 
them. 

Ezek. xviii. 12, 13. 18. He hath op- 
pressed the poor and needy, &c. — hath 
given forth upon usury — hath spoiled his 
brother by violence : he shall die in his 
iniquity. 

Mic. ii. 2, 3. They covet fields, and 
take them by violence. Tiierefore, saith 
the Lord, Against this family do I de- 
vise evil. Isa. v. 8. See Eccl. v. 8. Also 
Isa. i. 17, 18. Hos. xii. 7. Amos iv. 1, 2. 
Hab. ii. 6. Zeph. i. 9. Acts vii. 26. 1 
Cor. vi. 8. 

CLXI. Prayers for the oppressed. Ps. 
xvii. 9. Keep me from the wicked that 
oppress me. 

xlii. 9. Why go I mourning, because 
of tlie oppression of the cnemj'. Ps. xliii. 
2.— Iv. 3. 

xliv, 24, Wherefore hidcst thou thy 
face, and forgettest our affliction and our 
oppression. 

liv. 2, 3. Hear my prayer, O God, 
For oppressors seek for my soul. 


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Ps. Ixxiv. 21. O let not the oppressed 
return with-shame. 

cxiK. 1.21. Leave me not to mine op- 
pressors. Ver. 122. 

Ver. 134. Deliver me from the oppres- 
sion of man. 

Isa. xxx\"iii. 14. O Lord, I am oppress- 
ed, undertake for me. 

CLXIL Promises to the oppressed. Ps. 
ix. 9. The Lord will be a refuge for the 
oppressed, 

X. 17. Thou wilt judge the oppressed. 

xii. 5. For the oppression of the poor, 
for the sighs of the needy, will I arise, 
saith the Lord. 

XXXV. 10. Lord, who is like unto thee, 
which deliverest the poor from him that 
is too strong for him, and from him that 
spoileth him ? 

Ixxii. 4. He shall save the children of 
the needy, and shall break in pieces the 
oppressor. — Ver. 14. He shall redeem 
their soul from deceit and violence, and 
precious shall their blood be in his sight. 

ciii. 6. The Lord executeth judg- 
ment for all that are oppressed. Ps. 
cxlvi. 7. 

Isa. ix. 4. Thou hast broken the rod of 
his oppressor, &c. 

xiv. 2. They shall rule over their op- 
pressors. 

xix. 20. They shall cry to the Lord, 
because of the oppressors, and he shall 
deliver them. 

liv. 15. Thou shalt be far from oppres- 
sion and from terror. 

Jer. 1. 33, 34. They were oppressed. 
Their Redeemer will plead their cause. 
See Ezek. xlv. 8. Zech. ix. 8. 

See deliverances from national oppres- 
sion: Exod. iii. 9. Deut. xxvi. 7. Judg. ii. 
16. 18. — iv. 3. — vi. 9. — Chap. vii. and viii. 
— x. 8. 12.— 2 Kings xiii.4.23. Isa. Hi. 4. 


DUTIES OF THE RICH TOWARD 
THE POOR. 

CLXIII. Hospitality. Rom. xii. 13. 
Given to hospitality. Ver. 8. 1 Tim. 
iii. 2. 

1 Pet. iv. 9. Use hospitality one toward 
another, without grudging. Ver. 10. 

Heb. xiii. 2. Be not forgetful to enter- 
tain strangers. 

1 Tim. v. 10. If she have lodged 
strangers. See instances of hospitality, 
Gen.x\'iii. 1 to 19, Acts x.23, — xxviii. 7. 
3 John 5, 6, 

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CLXIV. Lending without usury. 
Exod. xxii. 25. If thou lend to any of 
my people that is poor, thou shalt not be 
to him as an usurer, neither shalt thou 
lay upon him usury. See Lev. xxv. 35, 
36, 37. Deut. xv. 7 to 11.— xxiii. 19, 20. 
Ps. XV. 5. Prov. xxviii. 8. Ezek. xviii. 
8. 13. 17.— xxii. 12, 13. 

Ver. 26. If thou take thy neighboiir's 
raiment to pledge, thou shalt deliver it to 
him by that the sun goeth down. Deut. 
xxiv. 6. Job xxxi. 16. 

Ps. xxxvii. 26. The righteous is ever 
merciful and lendeth ; his seed is blessed. 

cxii. 5. A good man sheweth favour 
and lendeth. — ^Ver. 9- His righteousness 
endureth for ever. 2 Cor. ix. 9. ^ 

Prov. iii. 28. Say not to thy neighbour, 
Go, and come again ; when thou hast it 
by thee. Gal. vi. 10. 

Matt. V. 42. Give to him that asketh 
thee; and from him that would borrow 
of thee, turn not thou away. 

Acts iv. 32. They that believed had 
all things common. 

CLXV. Giving alms : promises. Ps. 
xxxvii. 21, The righteous sheweth mercy 
and giveth. — Ver. 24. The Lord uphold- 
eth him. 

xii. 1. Blessed is he that considereth 
the poor. Ver, 2, 3. 

cxii. 9. He hath dispersed, he hath 
given to the poor ; his righteousness re- 
maineth for ever. 1 Cor. ix. 9. 

Prov. iii. 9. 27. Honour the Lord with 
thy substance. Withhold not good from 
him to whom it is due, when it is in the 
power of thine hand to do it, — Ver. 10, 
So shall thy barns be filled with plenty, 

&LC. 

xi. 24. There is that scattereth, and 
yet increaseth, &c. — Ver. 25. The liberal 
soul shall be made fat : and he that wa- 
tereth shall be watered himself also. 

xiv. 21, He that hath mercy on the 
poor, happy is l>e. 

Ver. 31. He that honoureth his Ma- 
ker, hath mercy on the poor. 

xix. 17. He that hath pity on the 
poor, lendeth to the Lord ; and that 
which he hath given will he repay 
him. 

xxii. 9. He that hath a bountiful eye 
shall be blessed ; for he giveth of his 
bread to the poor. 

xxviii. 27. He that giveth to the poor 
shall not lack. 

xxix. 7. The righteous considereth the 
cause of the poor. 


Duties of the Rich toivard the Poor. Chap. XVII. 

XX. 35. Support ye the weak. It is 
more blessed to g'ive than to receive. 

Eph. iv. 28. Give to him that needeth. 

1 Tim. vi. 17—19. Charge them that 
are rich in this world, that they be rich 
in good works, ready to distribute, will- 
ing to communicate ; laying up in store 
for themselves a good foundation against 
the time to come, that they may lay hold 
on eternal life. ' 

Heb. xiii. 16. To do good and com- 
municate forget not ; for with such sacri- 
fices God is well pleased. 

CLXVI. Alms to be done in secret. 
Matt. vi. 1. Do not your alms before 
men, to be seen of them. 

Ver. 3, 4. When thou doest thine 
alms, let not thy right hand know what 
thy left hand doeth, &lc. ; that thine 
alms may be in secret ; and thy Father, 
which seetli in secret, shall reward thee 
openly. 

Rom. xii. 8. He that giveth, let him 
do it with simplicity. 

CLXVIL To he given to the poor of 
every denomination, liuke vi. 30. Give 
to every man that asketh. 

Ver. 35, 36. Love your enemies, and 
do good, and ye shall be the children of 
the Highest; for he is kind to the un- 
thankful and the evil. Be ye therefore 
merciful as your Father is merciful. See 
an instance, chap. x. 29 to 38. 

Rom. xii. 20. If thine enemy hunger, 
feed liim. 

Gal. vi. 10. Let us do good unto all 
men, especially to them who are of the 
household of faith. 

CLXVIII. To he be given to poor 
Chisiians especially. Matt. x. 42. Who- 
soever sliall give to drink unto one of 
these little ones, a cup of cold water only, 
in the name of a disciple, verily I say unto 
you, he shall in no wise lose his reward. 
Mark ix. 41. See above. Gal. vi. 10. 

Matt, XXV. 34 to 46. See Christ's re- 
markable sentence at the day of judg- 
ment, and the reasons given for it. 

Rom. xii. 13. Distributing to the ne- 
cessity of the saints- 

1 Cor. xvi, 2. Upon the first day of 
the week, let every one of you lay by 
him in store, as God hath prospered him. 
Mark iii. 4. For it is lawful to do good 
on the sabbath. 

See instances of such liberality to 
Saint Paul, and other saints : Rom. xvi. 
2. Phil. iv. 10. 2 Tim. i. 16. 18. Heb. 
vi. 10. 3 John 5, 6, — Collections made for 


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Ecch xi. 1. Cast thy bread upon th 
waters ; for thou shalt find it after many 
days. 

Isa. xxxii. 8. The liberal deviseth libe- 
ral things, and by liberal things shall he 
stand. 

Iviii. 6, 7. Is not this the fast that I 
have chosen ? [saith the Lord :] To deal 
thy bread to the hungry, and that thou 
bring the poor that are cast out to thine 
house ? when thou seest the naked, that 
thou cover him ; and that thou hide not 
thyself from thine own flesh ? — Ver. 9. 
Then shalt tliou call, and the Lord will 
answer. 

Ver. 10, 11. If thou draw out thy soul 
to the hungry, and satisfy the afflicted 
soul ; then shalt thy light rise in obscu- 
rity, and thy darkness be as the noon- 
day. And the Lord shall guide thee 
continually, and satisfy thy soul in 
drought, and make fat thy bones : and 
thou shalt be like a watered garden, 
and like a spring whose waters fail not. 
Ver. 12. See Job xxxi. 16 to 20, and 
ver. 32. 

Ezek. xviii. 7. Hath given his bread 
to the hungry, and hath covered the na- 
ked with a garment, — Ver. 9, He shall 
surely live, saith the Lord, 

Mark x. 21. Jesus said, Sell whatsoever 
thou hast, and give to the poor ; and thou 
shalt have treasure in heaven. Luke xii. 
33.— xviii. 22. 

xii. 42 — 44. A poor widow threw in 
two mites. Jesus said. This poor widow 
hath cast in more than they all. — She 
did cast in all that she had. 2 Cor. 
yiii. 12. 

Luke iii. 11. Jesus said. He that hath 
two coats, let him impart to him that 
hath none; and he that hath meat let 
him do likewise. 

vi, 38, Give, and it shall be given unto 
you, 

xi. 41. Give alms of such things as 
you have ; and, behold, all things are 
clean unto you. 

xiv. 13, 14. When thou makest a 
feast, call the poor, the maimed, the 
lame, and the blind. And thou slialt be 
blessed; for thou shalt be recompensed 
at the resurrection of the just. 

xvi. 9, Make to yourselves friends of 
the mammon of unrighteousness. 

Acts X, 2. Cornelius gave much alms 
to the people, and prayed to God always. — 
Ver. 4. The angel said unto him. Thy 
prayers and thine alms are come up as a 
memorial before God, 


Chap. XVII. The Stranger, Widow, and Fatherless. 

the saints at Jerusalem ; Rom. xv. 26. 
1 Cor. xvi. 3. 2 Cor. 8th and 9th chap- 


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ters, 

GOD'S CARE OF THE POOR. 

CLXIX. Promises to the poor. Job v. 
15, 16. He saveth the poor from the sword, 
from their mouth, and from the hand of 
the mighty. So the poor hath hope, and 
iniquity stoppeth her mouth. 

xxxvi. 15. He dehvereth the poor in 
his affliction, and openeth their eajs in 
oppression. 

Ps. ix. 18. The needy shall not always 
be forgotten ; the expectation of the poor 
shall not perish for ever. 

Ixviii. 10. Thou, O God, hast prepared 
of thy goodness for the poor. 

Ixix. 33. The Lord heareth the poor. 

Ixxii. 2. He shall judge thy people 
with righteousness, and thy poor with 
judgment. — Ver. 12, 13. He shall deliver 
tlie needy when he crieth ; the poor also, 
and him that hath no helper. He shall 
spare the poor and needy, and shall save 
the souls of the needy. 

cii. 17. He will regard the prayer of the 
destitute, and not despise their prayer. 

cvii. 41. He setteth the poor on high 
from affliction, and maketh him families 
like a flock. 

cix. 31. He shall stand at the right 
hand of the poor, to save him from those 
that condemn his soul. 

cxiii. 7. He raiseth up the poor out of 
tlie dust, and lifteth the needy out of the 
dunghill. 

cxxxii. 15. I will satisfy her poor with 
bread. 

cxl. 12. The Lord will maintain the 
right of the poor. 

Isa. xiv. 30. The first-born of the poor 
shall feed, and the needy shall he down 
in safety. 

Jer. XX. 13. Sing unto the Lord ; 
praise ye the Lord, for he hath delivered 
the soul of the poor from the hand of 
evil-doers. 

Luke xvi. 25. Abraham said, Son, re- 
member, that thou in thy life-time receiv- 
edst thy good things, and likewise Laza- 
rus evil things ; but now he is comforted, 
and thou art tormented. 

James i. 9. Let the brother of low 
degree rejoice in that he is exalted. 

ii. 5. Hath not God chosen the poor 
of this world, rich in faith, and heirs of 
the kingdom, which he hath promised to 
them that love him ? Fs, Ixxiv, 21. 


CLXX. Of the unchdritahle to the poor. 
Deut. XV. 9. Beware of hardness of heart 
toward thy poor brother. Ch. xxiv. 15. 

Prov. xi. 26. He that withholdeth corn, 
tlie people shall curse him. 

xvii. 5. Whoso mocketh the poor re- 
proacheth his Maker. 

xxi. 12. Whoso stoppeth his ears at 
the cry of the poor, he also shall cry 
himself and shall not be heard. Ver. 
10. 26. 

xxviii. 27. He that hideth his eyes from 
the poor, shall have many a curse. 

Isa. xxxii. 7. The instruments of the 
churl are evil, to destroy the poor. Prov. 
xxiii. 7. Eat, saith he, but his heart is 
not with thee. 

James ii. 15, 16. If a brother or sister 
be naked, and destitute of daily food, and 
one of you say unto him, Depart in peace, 
be you warmed, and filled ; notwithstand- 
ing ye give them not those things that be 
needful, what doth it profit ? 

1 John iii. 17. Whoso hath this 
world's good, and seeth his brother have 
need, and shutteth up his bowels of com- 
passion from him, how dwelleth the love 
of God in him ? 


THE STRANGER, WIDOW, AND 
FATHERLESS. 

CLXXI. Duties towards them, and 
threatenings against those that oppress 
them. Exod. xxii. 21. Thou shalt not 
vex a stranger nor oppress him ; for ye 
were strangers in the land of Egypt. Ch. 
xxiii. 9. 12. Lev. xix. 33. 

Exod. xxii. 22—24. Ye shall not af- 
flict any widow or fatherless child. If 
thou afflict them in any wise, and they 
cry at all unto me, I will surely hear their 
cry ; and my wrath shall wax hot, and I 
will kill you with the sword, and your 
children shall be fatherless. 

Lev. xix. 10. Thou shalt not glean thy 
vineyard, neither shalt thou gather every 
grape of thy vineyard ; thou shalt leave 
them for the poor and the stranger. Lev. 
xxiv. 20, 21.— xxvi. 12. 

Ver. 34. The stranger that dwelleth 
with you, shall be unto you as one born 
among you, and thou shalt love him as 
thyself 

xxiii. 22. When ye reap the harvest 
of your land, thou shalt not make clean 
riddance of the corners of thy field, neither 
shalt thou gather any gleaning of thy 
harvest ; thou shalt leave them unto the 


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The Stranger, Widow, and Fatherless. Chap. XVII. 


poor, and to the stranger. Ch. xxv. 6. 
Deut xxiv. 19. Ruth ii. 2, 3. 

Deut. i. 16. Judge rigliteously between 
every man and the stranger. 

X, 19. Love the stranger; for ye were 
strangers in the land of Egypt. Ch. 
xxvii. 7. 20. 

xxiv. 17. Thou shalt not pervert 
the judgment of the stranger, nor 
of the fatherless, nor take a widow's 
raiment to pledge. Ch. xxvii. 19. Cur- 
sed be he that perverteth the judg- 
ment of the stranger, of the fatherless 
and widow : and all the people shall say. 
Amen. 

Job xxiv. 3. 9. The wicked drive 
away the ass of the fatherless, and take 
tlie widow's ox for a pledge. They 
pluck the fatherless from the breast, 
and take a pledge of the poor. (Ver. 
21.) Ver. 23, 24. God's eyes are upon 
their ways : They are exalted for a lit- 
tle while, but are gone and brought 
low ; they are taken out of the way, 
and cut off as the tops of the ears of 
corn. 

. xxix. 12, 13. I delivered the poor that 
cried, and the fatherless, and him that 
had none to help him. The blessing of 
him that was ready to perish came upon 
me ; I caused the widow's heart to sing 
for joy. 

xxxi. 16, 17. 21, 22. If I have with- 
held the poor from their desire, or 
have caused the eyes of the widow to 
fail — If I have eaten my morsel alone, 
and the fatherless hath not eaten there- 
of — If I Jiave lift up mine hand against 
tlie fatherless : Then let mine arm fall 
from my shoulder blade. — Ver. 32. TJie 
stranger did not lodge in the street, 
but I opened my door to the travel- 
ler. 

Ps. xciv. 6. The proud slay the widow 
and the stranger, and murder the father- 
less. — Ver. 10. He that chastiseth the 
nations, shall he not correct you ? 

Prov. xxiii. 10, 11. Enter not into the 
field of the fatherless : For their Re- 
deemer is mighty; he will plead their 
cause. 

Isa. i. 17. Judge the fatherless ; 
plead for the widow. — Ver. 23, 24. 
They judge not the fatherless, neither 
doth the cause of the widow come un- 
to them. Therefore, saith the Lord, I 
will ease me of mine adversaries. Jer. 
V. 28, 29. 

X. 1. 3. Woe unto them that decree 
unrighteous decrees. — That widows may 


be their prey, and that they may rob the 
fatherless. Matt, xxiii. 14. 

Jer. vii. 6, 7. If ye oppress not the 
stranger, the fatherless and the widow ; 
then will I cause you to dwell in this 
place. Ch. xxii. 3. Zech. vii. 10. 

Ezek. xxii. 7. In thee have they dealt 
by oppression with the stranger, they 
vexed the fatherless and widow. — Ver. 15. 
I will scatter them among the heathen. 
Ver. 29. 31. 

xlvii. 22. Give the stranger his inhe- 
ritance. Ver. 23. 

Mai. iii. 5. I will be a swift witness 
against those that oppress the widow arid 
the fatherless, and that turn aside the 
stranger from his right. 

1 Tim. V. 3. Honour widows that are 
widows indeed. 

Ver. 16. If they have widows, let them 
relieve them. 

James i. 27. Pure religion and unde- 
filed before God and the Father, is this, 
To visit the fatherless and widows in their 
affliction, and to keep himself unspotted 
from the world. See Luke iv. 25. 

CLXXII. Promises to the stranger, 
fatherless and vndow. Deut. x. 18. The 
Lord doth execute the judgment of 
the fatherless and widow, and loveth 
the stranger in giving him food and 
raiment. 

Ps. X. 14. Tliou art the helper of the 
fatherless. Ver. 18. 

Ixviii. 5. A father of the fatherless, 
and a judge of the widow, is God in his 
holy habitation. 

cxlvi. 9. The Lord preserveth the 
strangers, and relieveth the fatherless 
and widow. 

Prov. XV. 25. The Lord will establisli 
tlie borders of the widow. 

Ezek. xi. 16. Thus saith the Lord 
God, Although I have cast them far off 
among the heathen, and scattered them 
among the countries, yet will I be to them 
as a little sanctuary in the countries 
where they shall come. 

Jer. xlix. 11. Leave thy fatherless 
children, I will preserve them alive, and 
let thy widows trust in me. 

Hos. xiv. 2. In thee the fatherless 
findeth mercy. 

Jer. xxix. 7. Seek the peace of the 
city, whither I have caused you to be car. 
ricd away captives; and pray unto the 
Lord for it: for in the peace thereof shall 
ye have peace. Ps. xxvii. 10. See 1 
Kings viii. 43. 2 Chron, vi. 33, 


Chap. XVII. 


Ninth Commandment. 


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NINTH COMMANDMENT. 

WITNESS-BEARING. 

CLXXIII. Of witness-hearing ; false 
swearing, ^-c. Exod. xx. 16. Thou shalt 
not bear false witness against thy neigh- 
bour, Deut. V. 20. Matt. xix. 18. Rom. 
xiii. 9. 

Numb. XXXV. 30. One witness shall 
not testify against any person to cause 
him to die. Deut. xvii. 6. 

Deut. xix. 15. One witness shall not 
rise up against any man for any iniquity, 
or for any sin that he sinneth ; out of the 
mouth of two witnesses, or at the mouth 
of thi-ee witnesses, shall the matter be 
established. Matt, xviii. 16. 2 Cor. xiii. 
1. 1 Tim. V. 19. 

Ver. 16. 19. If a false witness rise up 
against any man, to testify against him 
tliat which is wrong ; (Ver. 17, 18.) 
Then shall ye do unto him, as he thought 
to have done unto his brother ; so shalt 
thou put the evil away from among you. 
— Ver. 21. Life shall go for life, eye for 
eye, &lc. 

Lev- V. 1. If a soul sin, and hear the 
voice of swearing, and is a witness whe- 
ther he hath seen or known of it, if he 
do not utter it, then he shall bear his 
iniquit^r. 

Prov. vi. 16. 19. These things doth 
the Lord hate : A false witness that 
speaketh lies, &c. 

xiv. 5. A faithful witness will not lie ; 
but a false witness will utter lies. 

Ver. 25. A true witness delivereth 
souls, but a deceitful witness speaketh 
lies. 

xix. 5. A false witness shall not be 
unpunished. Ver. 9. 

xxi. 28. A false witness shall perish. 

xxiv. 28. Be not a witness against thy 
neighbour without a cause. See Prov. xn. 
17.— xix. 28.— XXV. 18. Matt, xv.^19. 

Instances : Of false witness given 
against Naboth, 1 Kings xxi. 7, &c. — 
Against David, Ps. xxvii. 12. — xxxv. 
17.— Against Christ, Matt. xxvi. 60.— 
Against Stephen, Acts vi. 13. 

CLXXIV. Lying forbidden ; truth com- 
manded. Lev. xix. 11. Ye shall not lie 
one to another. Zech. viii. 16, 17. 

Ps. xxxiv. 13. Keep thy tongue from 
evil, and thy lips that they speak no guile. 
1 Pet. iii. 10. 

l^rov. iv. 24. A froward mouth and 
perverse lips put far from thee. 


Eph. iv. 15. Speaking the truth in 
love, grow up unto Christ. 

Ver. 25. Putting away lying, speak 
every man truth with his neighbour. 

Col. iii. 9. Lie not one to another, 
seeing ye have put off the old man. See 
Ps. XV. 2. Isa. xxxiii. 15. Prov. xii. 17. 19. 

CLXXV. Lying ahhorred by God and 
men., Prov. vi. 16, 17. These 
things doth the Lord hate : A lying 
tongue, &c. 

xii. 22. Lying lips are an abomination 
to the Lord ; but they that deal truly are 
his delight. 

Job xxvii.. 4. Job said. My lips shall 
not speak wickedness, neither my tongue 
utter deceit. 

Ps. ci. 7. David said. He that telleth 
lies shall not tarry in my sight. 

cxix. 29. Remove far from me vanity 
and lying. — Ver. 163. I hate and abhor 
lying. 

Prov. viii. 7. Wisdom said. My mouth 
shall speak truth ; wickedness is an abo- 
mination to my lips. 

xiii. 5. A righteous man hateth lying. 

Isa. Ixiii. 8, My people (saith God) 
are children that will not lie. 

CLXXVI. Satan, and his children, are 
liars. John viii. 44. The devil abode 
not in the truth ; he is a liar, and the fa- 
ther of it. Ver. 45. 

Acts. V. 3. Why hath Satan filled thine 
heart to lie to the Holy Ghost ? See Isa. 
xxviii. 15. 17. — lix. 3, 4, Jer. xxiii. 14. 

CLXXVII. Threatenings and prayers 
against liars. Ps. v. 6. Thou shalt de- 
stroy them that speak leasing. 

xxxi. 18. Let lying lips be put to 
silence, which speak grievous things, 
proudly and contemptuously against the 
rigliteous. 

xxxvi. 1. There is no fear of God be- 
fore his eyes. — Ver. 3. The words of his 
mouth are iniquity and deceit. — Ver. 12. 
They are cast down, they shall not arise. 
Ps. X. 7. 

1. 19. Thou givest thy mouth to evil, 
and thy tongue frameth deceit. — Ver. 21. 
I will reprove thee, saith the Lord. 

Iii. 2 — 4. Thy tongue deviseth mis- 
chief like a sharp razor working deceit- 
fully. Thou lovest evil more than good, 
and lying rather than to speak righteous- 
ness. Thou lovest all devouring words, 
O thou deceitful tongue. — Ver. 5. God 
shall destroy thee for ever. 


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Ninth Commandment. 


Chap. XVII. 


Ps. Iv. 21. The words of his mouth 
were smoother tJian butter, but war was 
in his heart : his words were softer than 
oil, yet were they drawn swords. (Ver. 
12, 13. 15.) Ver. 23. Thou, O God, 
shalt bring- them down into the pit of 
destruction. Ps. Iviii. 3, 4. The wicked 
are estranged from the very womb, tliey 
go astray speaking hes. Their poison is 
like the poison of a serpent. (Ps. cxl. 3. 
9.) .Ver. 6, 7. Break tJicir teeth, O God, 
in their mouth. Let them melt away 
like waters. 

lix. 7. They belch out witli their 
mouth ; swords are in their lips. 

Ver. 12, 13. For the sin of their 
mouth, and the words of their lips, let 
them even be taken in their pride ; and 
for cursing and lying which they speak, 
consume tliem in wrath. 

Lxii. 4. They delight in lies ; they 
bless with their mouth, but they curse 
inu-ardly. — Ver. 3. Ye shall be slain all 
of you. 

Ixiii. 11. The mouth of them that 
speak lies shall be stopped. 

cix. 2. They have spoken against me 
with a lying tongue : let them be con- 
demned. 

cxx. 3, 4. What shall be given unto 
thee ? or what shall be done unto thee, 
thou false tongue ? Sharp arrows of the 
mighty with coals of juniper. 

Prov. X. 18. He that hideth hatred 
with lying lips is a fool. 

xii. 13. The wicked is snared with the 
transgression of his lips. Ch. xvii. 20. 

Ver. 19. A lying tongue is but for a 
moment. 

xvii. 7. Lying lips become not a 
prince. 

xix. 5. He that speaketh lies shall not 
escape; he shall perish. Ver. 9. 

Ver. 22. A poor man is better than a 
liar. Ver. 1. Ch. xix. 1. 

xxi. 6. Getting treasures by a lying 
tongue, is a vanity tossed to and fro of 
them that love death, 

xxvi. 18, 19. As a madman who casteth 
firebrands, arrows, and death : so is he 
that deceiveth his neighbour, and saith. 
Am not I in sport. 

Ver. 23. Lying lips and a wicked 
heart are like a potsherd covered over 
with silver dross. Ver. 24, 2.5, 26. 28. 

Isa. Ivii. 11. Of whom hast thou been 
afraid, that thou hast lied, and hast not 
remembered me, saith the Lord ? 

lix. 2, 3. Your iniquities have sepa- 
rated between you and your God, and 


your sins have hid his face from you. 
For your hands are defiled with blood, 
and your fingers with iniquity ; your lips 
have spoken lies, your tongue hath mut- 
tered perverseness. Ver. 12, 13, 14, 15. 

Jer. ix. 3. They will deceive every one 
his neighbour, and will not speak the 
truth ; they have taught their tongue to 
speak lies, and weary themselves to com- 
mit iniquity. — Ver. 7. Therefore, thus 
saith the Lord of hosts. Behold I will 
melt them and try them. 

Ver. 8, 9. Their tongue is as an arrow 
shot out, and speaketh deceit: one speaketh 
peaceably to his neighbour with his mouth, 
but in his heart he layeth his wait. Shall 
I not visit them for these things ? saith 
the Lord : Shall not my soul be avenged 
on such a nation as this ? 

Hos. iv. 1, 2. The Lord hath a con- 
troversy with the inhabitants of the land, 
because there is no truth, nor mercy, nor 
knowledge of God in the land. By swear- 
ing, and lying, and killing, and stealing, 
they break out. — Ver. 3. Therefore shall 
the land mourn. 

1 Tim. iv. 2. Seducing spirits, speak- 
ing lies in hypocrisy. 

Rev. xxi. 8. Liars shall have their 
portion in the lake that burneth with fire 
and brimstone. 

Ver. 27. There shall in no wise enter 
into heaven anything that defileth or 
worketh abomination, or that maketh a 
lie. 

xxii. 15. Without are dogs, and sor- 
cerers, and whosoever loveth and maketh 
a lie. 

See the death of Ananias and Sapphira, 
Acts v. 

CLXXVIII. The words of the wicked, 
injurious and offensive. Ps. v. 9. There 
is no faithfulness in their mouth ; their 
throat is an open sepulchre. — Ver. 10. 
Destroy them, O God. 

xxii. 7. They shoot out the lip, they 
shake the head. 

lix. 7. They belch out with their 
mouth, swords are in their lips ; for who 


(say they) doth hear 


us ?— Ver. 8. Thou, 


O God, shalt laugh at them. Ps. Ixiv. 3. 
— Ixix. 26. 

cxl. 3. They have sharpened their 
tongues like a serpent ; adders' poison is 
under tljcir lips. — Ver. 9. Let the mis- 
chiefof their own lips cover them. 

Prov. xii. 8. There is that speaketh 
like the i)iercing of a sword ; but the 
tongue of tlie wise is health. 


Chap. XVII. 


Talkativeness. 


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Prov. xvi, 27. An ungodly man dig- 
geth up evil, and in his lips there is a 
burning fire. Ver. 30. 

xvii. 4, A wicked doer giveth heed 
to false lips, and a liar giveth ear to a 
naughty tongue. Ver. 7. "^ 

xviii. 6. A fool's lips enter into con- 
tention, and his mouth calleth for 
strokes. — Ver. 7. His mouth is his de- 
struction, and his lips are the snare of 
his soul. 

xxiv. 2. Their heart studieth destruc- 
tion, and their lips talk of mischief. 

Eccl. X. 12. The v^^ords of a wise man's 
mouth are gracious, but the lips of a fool 
will swallow up himself. 

Lam. iii. 62. Thou hast heard the 
lips of those that rise up against me. 

Matt. xii. 34, 35. How can ye, being 
evil, speak good things? An evil man 
out of the evil treasure of his heart, 
bringeth forth evil things. — Ver. 37. By 
thy words thou shalt be condemned. 

XV. 18. The things that proceed out 
of the mouth, come forth from the 
heart, and defile the man. 

1 Cor. XV. 3. Evil commmiications 
corrupt good manners. 

James iii. 5, 6. The tongue is a little 
member, and boasteth great things. The 
tongue is a fire, a world of iniquity ; it de- 
fileth the whole body. Ver. 8, 9, 10. 

2 Pet. ii. 12. These, as natural brute 
beasts, speak evil of the things they 
understand not. 

CLXXIX. Words of the wicked against 
God. Jude 14. The Lord cometh with 
ten thousand of his saints ; to execute 
judgment, and to convince all that are 
ungodly, of their ungodly speeches which 
they have ungodly spoken against him. 

CLXXX. Evil speaking. Ps. xii.3,4. 
■The Lord shall cut off the tongue that 
speaketh proud things : wlio have said, 
With our tongue will we prevail; our 
lips are our own, who is Lord over us ? 

xli. 5. Mine enemies speak evil of me. 
Ver. 6. 

1. 19. Thou givest thy mouth to evil. 
— Ver. 21. I will reprove thee, saith 
God. 

Eph. iv. 41. Let all bitterness, and 
wrath, and clamour, and evil speaking, 
be put away from you, with all malice. 

Tit. iii. 2. 6. Speak evil of no man. 
Be not brawlers. 1 Pet. iii. 9. 

James iv. 11. Speak not evil one of 
another. 


1 Pet. ii. 1, 2. Laying aside all malice, 
and all guile and hypocrisies, and envies, 
and evil speaking ; as new born babes de- 
sire the sincere milk of the word. 

iii. 10. He that will love life, and see 
good days, let him refrain his tongue frojn 
evih Ps. xxxiv. 13. See Ps. cxl. 11. 

TALKATIVENESS. 


CLXXXI, Talkativeness ; 
with the tongue. Job. v. 2. Should a man 
of much talk be justified ? 

xlii. 3. Job said. Who is he that hideth 
counsel without knowledge ? therefore 
have I uttered that I understood not ; 
things too wonderful for me, which I 
knew not. 

Ps. cvi. 33. They provoked Moses' 
spirit, so that he spake unadvisedly with 
his lips. 

Prov. X. 8. A prating fool shall fall. — 
Ver. 19. In the multitude of words there 
wanteth not sin, but he that refrainetli his 
lips is wise. Job xiii. 5. 

xiii. 3. He that keepeth his mouth 
keepeth his life; but he that openeth 
wide his lips shall have destruction. 

xiv. 23. The talk of the lips tendeth 
only to penury. 

xvii. 27. He that hath knowledge 
spareth his words. Job xiii. 5. 

Ver. 28. Even a fool when he holdeth 
his peace is accounted wise. 

xviii. 13. He that answereth a matter 
before he heareth it, it is folly and shame 
to him. 

xxi. 23. Whoso keepeth his mouth 
and his tongue, keepeth his soul from 
trouble. 

xxix. 11. A fool uttereth all his mind : 
but a wise man keepeth it till afterward. 
— Ver. 20. Seest thou a man hasty in his 
words ? there is more hope of a fool than 
of him. 

Eccl. iii. 7. There is a time to keep si- 
lence, and a time to speak. 

v. 2, 3. Be not rash with thy mouth. 
A fool's voice is known by the multitude 
of words. 

X. 14. A fool is full of words. 

Amos v. 13. The prudent shall keep 
silence in the evil time. 

Mic. vii. 5, Keep the door of thy 
mouth from her that lieth in thy bosom. 

James i, 19. Let every man be swift 
to hear, slow to speak. 

Ver. 26. If any man among you seem- 
eth to be religious, and bridleth not his 
tongue, that man's religion is vain. 


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Flattery, Tale-hearing, c^-c. — Reproach. Chap. XVII. 


FLATTERY. 

CLXXXII. Flattery. Job xvii. 5. He 
that spcaketh flattery to liis friends, even 
tlie eyes of his children shall fail. 

xxxii. 21, 22. Let me not accept any 
man's person, neither give flattering titles 
to men. (1 Thess. ii. 5.) In so doing 
my Maker vi^ould soon take me away. 

Ps. V. 9. They flatter with their 
tongues. — Ver. 10. Destroy them, O 
God. Ps. xli. 6. 

xii. 2. With flattering lips and a dou- 
ble heart they do speak. — Ver. 3. The 
Lord shall cut off all flattering lips. 

ixxviii. 36, 37. They did flatter God 
with their mouth, and lied unto him. For 
their heart was not right with him. Isa. 
xxix. 13. 

Prov. XX. 19. Meddle not with him 
that flattereth with his lips. 

xxvi. 28. A flattering mouth worketh 
ruin. 

xxix. 5. A man that flattereth his 
neighbour spreadeth a net for his feet. See 
Prov. ii. 16.— vi. 24.— vii. 21.— xxviii. 23. 
Ezek. xii. 24. Dan. xi. 21. 32. 34. 


TALE-BEARING. 

CLXXXIII. Tale-bearing. Lev. xix. 
16. Thou shalt not go up and down as a 
tale-bearer among thy people. 

Prov. xi. 13. A tale-bearer revealeth 
secrets, but he that is of a faithful spirit 
concealeth the matter. 

xvii. 9. He that covercth a transgres- 
sion secketh love, but he that repeateth a 
matter scparatcth very friends. 

xviii. 8. The words of a tale-bearer 
are as wounds, they go down into the in- 
nermost parts of the belly. Ch. xxvi. 22. 

XX. 19. He that goeth about as a 
tale-bearer revealeth secrets ; therefore 
meddle not with him that flattereth with 
his lips. 

xxvi. 20. Where there is no tale- 
bearer the strife ceaseth. 


WHISPERING. 

CLXXXIV. Whispering. Ps. xli. 7. 
All that hate me, whisper together 
against me. 

Prov. xvi. 28. A whisperer scparatcth 
chief friends. 

Rom. i. 29. They [the wicked] are 
full of envy, murder, debate ; whisperers. 


2 Cor. xii. 20. I fear lest there be 
among you whisperings, swellings, &c. 

BACK-BITING. 

CLXXXV. Back-biting. Ps. xv. 1. 
Lord, who shall abide in thy tabernacle ? 
who shall dwell in thy holy hill ? — Ver. 
3. He that back-biteth not with liis 
tongue. 

Prov. XXV. 23. An angry countenance 
driveth away a back-biting tongue. 

Rom. i. 28, The wicked have a repro- 
bate mind— Ver. 29. Filled with all un- 
righteousness, — Ver, 30. Back-biters, 
&c. See 2 Cor. xii. 20. 

SLANDERING, &c.^ 

CLXXXVI. Slandering, Sfc. Ps. ci. 5. 
Whoso privily slandereth his neighbour, 
him will I cut off". 

Prov. x. 8. He that uttereth a slander 
is a fool. 

Ps. xxxi. 13. I have heard the slan- 
ders of many, while they take counsel 
against me. 

1. 20, 21. Thou slandereth thy own mo- 
ther's son. I will reprove thee, saith God. 

Jer. vi. 28. Grievous revellers, walk- 
ing with slanders. 

ix. 4. Every neighbour will walk with 
slanders. Ver. 7. 

1 Tim, iii, 11, Deacons' wives must not 
be slanderers. See Ps. xxxi. 13. Rom. iii. 8. 

REPROACH. 

CLXXXVII. Prayers and complaints 
against it. Neh. iv. 4. Hear, O our God, 
for we are despised ; turn their reproach 
upon their own head, and give them for a 
prey. 

Job xvi. 10. They have smitten me 
reproachfully. 

Ps. xxii. 6. I am a reproach of men,** 
and despised of the people. 

xxi. 11. I was a reproach among all 
mine enemies, and especially among my 
neighbours. 

xxxix. 8. Deliver me from all mine ene- 
mies ; mako me not the reproach of the 
foolish. 

xlii. 10. As with a sword in my bones 
mine enemies reproach me. 

xliv. 13. Thou makest us a reproach 
to our neighbours, a scorn, and a derision 
to tlicm that are round about us. 

Iv. 12. It was not an enemy that re- 
proacbed me, then I could have borne 
it.-^Vcr. 15. Let death seize upon them. 


Chap. XVII. 


Reviling. — Bailing. 


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Ps. Ixix. 7. For thy sake, I have borne I 
reproach, &c. 

Ver. 9, 10. The reproaches of them 
that reproached thee are fallen upon me. 
(Rom. XV. 3.) When I wept and chas- 
tened my soul w^ith fasting that was to 
my reproach. 

Ver. 19. Thou hast known my reproach, 
my shame and dishonour. — Ver. 23. Let 
their eyes be darkened. 

Ixxiv. 10. O God, how long shall the 
adversary reproach ? — Ver. 18. Remem- 
ber that the enemy hath reproached, O 
Lord. 

Ixxix. 4. We are become a reproach 
to our neighbours, a scorn and derision to 
them that are round about us. — Ver. 12. 
Render unto our neighbours seven-fold 
into their bosom their reproach. 

Ixxxix. 41. He is a reproach to his 
neighbours. 

Ver. 50, 51. Remember, O Lord, the 
reproach of thy servants, wherewith thine 
enemies have reproached. 

cii. 8. Mine enemies reproach me all 
the day. 

cix. 25, 26. I became also a reproach 
unto them. Help me, O Lord my God. 

cxix. 22. Remove from me reproach 
and contempt. 

Ver. 39. Turn away my reproach 
which I fear. 

Lam. iii. 61. Thou hast heard their 
reproach, O Lord, and all their imagina- 
tions against me. — Ver. 64. Render unto 
them a recompense, O Lord. 

Joel ii. 17. Spare thy people, O Lord, 
and give not thine heritage to reproach. 

CLXXXVIII. Reproach. God will 
bring it upon the wicked. Jer. xxiV. 9. 
I will deliver them to be removed into 
all the kingdoms of the earth, for their 
hurt ; to be a reproach and a pro- 
verb, a taunt and a curse, in all places 
whither I shall drive them. Ch. xxix. 
18.— xlii. 18.— xliv. 12. Ezek. v. 14, 15. 
— xxii, 4. 

Isa. xliii. 27, 28. Thy first father hath 
sinned, and thy teachers have transgress- 
ed against me. Therefore have I pro- 
faned the princes of the sanctuary, and 
have given Jacob to the curse, and Israel 
to reproaches. 

Dan. ix. 16. For the iniquities of our 
fathers, Jerusalem and thy people are be- 
come a reproach to all that are about us. 

CLXXXIX. Promises against reproach. 
Ps. Ivii. 3. He shall save me from the 

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reproach of him that would swallow 
me up. 

Isa. li. 7. Fear yc not the reproach of 
men, neither be afraid of their revilings ; 
for the moth shall eat them, &c. Ver. 8. 

Ezek. xxxvi. 3. Ye are taken up in 
the lips of talkers, and are an infamy of 
the people.— Ver. 7. Thus saith the Lord, 
The heathen that are about you shall bear 
their shame. 

Joel ii. 19. I will no more make you a 
reproach. 

Zeph. ii. 8, 9. I have heard the reproach 
of Moab, and the revilings of the children 
of Ammon. As I live, saith the Lord 
God of Israel, surely Moab shall be as 
Sodom, and the children of Ammon as 
Gomorrah. Ver. 10, 11. 

Luke vi. 22. Blessed are ye, saith Christ, 
when men shall reproach you for my sake. 

2 Cor. xii. 10. I take pleasure in re- 
proaches for Christ. Heb. x. 3. 

1 Pet. iv. 14. If ye be reproached for 
the name of Christ, happy are ye. See 
Job V. 21. Ps. xxxi. 20.— cxx. 2. 


REVILING. 

CXC. Reviling practised by the wicked, 
and endured by the godly. Exod. xxii. 28. 
Thou shalt not revile the gods, nor curse 
the ruler of thy people. Acts xxiii. 4, 5. 

Matt. V. 11. Blessed are ye when men 
shall revile you, &c. 

xxvii. 39. They that passed by reviled 
Christ. 

Mark xv. 32. They that were crucified 
with him reviled him. 

John ix. 28. The Pharisees reviled him 
whose eyes Christ opened. 

1 Cor. iv. 12. Being reviled we bless. 

vi. 10. Neither thieves, nor covetous, 
nor drunkards, nor revilers, «fec. shall in- 
herit the kingdom of God. 

1 Pet. ii. 13. Christ, when he was re- 
viled, reviled not again. See Isa. li. 7, 
Zeph. ii. 8, in the foregoing section, 

RAILING. 

CXCI. Railing. 2 Cor. v. 11. Keep 
not company with a railer. 

1 Tim. vi. 4. Strifes af words, whereof 
Cometh envy, strife, railings, &c. 

1 Pet. iii. 9. Love as brethren, not ren- 
dering railing for railing. 

2 Pet. ii. 11. Angels bring not a rail- 
ing accusation against the wicked. 

Jude 9. The angel durst not bring a 


328 Evil Communications i ^'C. — The Righteous. Chap. XVII. 


railing accusation against tlie devil. — 
Ver. 13. 

Instances of the wicked's railing. Sen- 
naclierib, 2 Chron. xxxii. 17. — Nabal, 

1 Sam. XXV. 14. — Persons at Christ's 
crucifixion, Mark xv. 29. — A malefactor, 
Luke xxiii. 39. 

EVIL COMMUNICATIONS. 

CXCII. Evil communications, Isa. ix. 
17. Every mouth speaketh folly. God's 
anger is not turned away, &c. 

1 Cor. XV. 33. Be not deceived, evil 
communications corrupt good manners. 

Eph. iv. 29. Let no corrupt communi- 
cation proceed out of your mouth, but that 
which is good to the use of edifying, that 
it may minister grace unto the hearers. 

v. 3, 4. Fornication and uncleanness, 
let it not be once named amongst you ; 
neither filthiness, nor foolish talking, nor 
jesting, which are not convenient. Matt, 
xiit 36. For every idle word that men 
shall speak, they shall give an account 
thereof in the day of judgment. 

Col. iii. 8. Put off all these, anger, 
wrath, blasphemy, filthy communications 
out of your mouth. 

iv. 6. Let your speech be always with 
grace. 

2 Pet. ii. 7. God delivered just Lot, 
vexed with the filthy conversation of the 
wicked.' See Isa. ix. 17. 

CXCIII. Unprofitable disputes about 
religion. 1 Tim. i. 4. Neither give heed 
to fables, which minister questions rather 
than godly edifying. See 1 Tim. vi. 4, 5. 

2 Tim. ii. 14. 16, 17. Tit. iii. 9. 

CURSING. 

CXCIV. Cursing forhidden in Scrip- 
ture, and avoided by the righteous. Ex. 
xxii. 28. Thou shalt not curse the ruler 
of thy people. 

Lev. xix. 14. Thou shalt not curse the 
deaf, nor put a stumbling-block before 
the blind. 

Job xxxi. 30. Job said, neither have I 
suffered my month to sin, by wishing a 
curse to his soul that hated me. 

Eccl. X. 20. Curse not the king in thy 
thought ; curse not tlic rich. 

Matt. V. 44. Bless them that curse you. 
Rom. xii. 14. Bless and curse not. 

James iii. 10. Out of the same mouth 
procccdcth blessing and cursing. 'I'hcsc 
things ought not so to be. 


CXCV. Cursing practised by tJie wick- 
ed. Gen. xii. 3. The Lord said to Abram, 
I will curse him that curseth thee. Ch. 
xxvii. 29. 

Judg. xvii. 2. Micah's mother cursed 
about her silver. 

2 Sam. xvi. 5. 12. Shimei cursed David. 
He is punished. 1 Kings ii. 8. 46. 

Ps. X. 7. The mouth of the wicked is 
full of cursing. 

lix. 12. For the sin of their mouth, for 
cursing and lying, consume them in wrath. 
Ver. 13. Ps. Ixii. 4. 

cix. 17. As he loved cursing, let it 
come unto him. — Ver. 28. Let him curse, 
but bless thou. 

Prov. xxvi. 2. The curse causeless 
shall not come. 

xxix. 24. The wicked heareth cursing, 
and bewrayeth it not. 

Isa. viii. 21. The wicked shall fret 
themselves, and curse their king and 
their God. 

Jer, V. 10. Every one of them doth 
curse me wrongfully. 

xxiii. 10. Because of cursing the land 
mourneth. 

Acts xxiii. 12. The Jews bound them- 
selves Avith a curse, neither to eat nor 
drink, till they had killed Paul. 

See Numb. xxii. 6 to 17. — xxiii. 1 to 
25. Deut. xxiii. 4. Josh. xxiv. 9. Neh. 
xiii. 2. Where Balak hires Balaam to 
curse Israel. 

See Matt. xxvi. 74. When Peter denied 
his master. 


THE RIGHTEOUS. 

CXCVI. The righteous, their care of 
their words. Job ii. 10. In all this Job 
sinned not with his lips. 

xxvii. 4. Job said. My lips shall not 
speak wickedness. 

xxxiii. 3. My words sliall be of the 
uprightness of my heart. 

Ps. xxxix. 1. David said, I will take 
heed to my ways, that I sin not with my 
tongue : I will keep my mouth witli a bri- 
dle while the wicked is before me. 

cxli. 3. Set a watcli, O Lord, before my 
mouth ; keep tlie door of my lips. 

Prov. viii. 6. Wisdom saith. The open- 
ing of my lips sluill be riglit things. 

xvi. 23. The heart of "the wise teach- 
etli his mouth, and addeth learning to 
his lips. 

Mai. ii. 6. Iniquity was not found in 
Levi's lips. 


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CXCVII. They praise God with their 
mouths, Ps. xvii. 1. My prayer goeth 
not out of feigned lips. 

xl. 9. I preached righteousness ; I re- 
frained not my lips. 

Ixiii. 3. My lips shall praise thee. 

Ixvi. 14. I will pay my vows, which 
my lips have uttered when I was in 
trouble. 

Ixxi. 23. My lips shall greatly rejoice 
when I sing unto thee. 

cxix. 13. With my lips have I declared 
all the judgments of thy mouth.^-Ver. 
171. My lips shall utter praise, when 
thou hast taught me thy statutes. 

Hos. xiv. 2. WQwill render the calves 
of our lips. 

Heb. xiii. 15. Let us offer the fi-uit of 
our lips, giving thanks to his name. See 
Mai. iii. 16. Matt. xiii. 52. 

CXCVIII. The words of the righteous, 
the just, S^c. toward men. Job. vi. 25. 
How forcible are right words. Prov. xv. 
23. Eccl. xii. 10, 11. 

Ps. xxxvii. 30. The mouth of the 
righteous speaketh wisdom, and his 
tongue talketh of judgment. 

Prov. X. 11. The mouth of the right- 
eous is a well of life. — Ver. 13. In the 
lips of him that hath understanding, wis- 
dom is found. 

Ver. 20, 21. The tongue of the just is 
as choice silver. The lips of the righteous 
feed many, but fools die for want of 
wisdom. 

Ver. 31, 32. The mouth of the just 
bringeth forth wisdom, but the froward 
tongue shall be cut out. The lips of the 
righteous know what is acceptable, but 
the mouth of the wicked speaketh fro- 
wardness. 

xii. 6. The mouth of the upright shall 
deliver them. — Ver. 14. A man shall be 
satisfied with good by the fruit of his 
mouth. Ch. xiii. 2. 

Ver. 18. There is that speaketh like 
the piercing of a sword, but the tongue 
of the wise is health. 

xiv. 3. In the mouth of the foolish is 
a rod of pride, but the lips of the wise 
shall preserve them. 

XV. 1. A soft answer turneth away 
wrath, but grievous words stir up strife. 

Ver. 2. The tongue of the wise useth 
knowledge aright, but the mouth of fools 
poureth out foolishness. 

Ver. 4. A wholesome tongue is a tree 
of life, but perverseness therein is a breach 
in the spirit. — Ver. 7. The lips of the 


wise disperse knowledge, but the heart of 
the foolish doeth not so. 

Ver. 28. The heart of the righteous 
studieth to answer, but the mouth of the 
foolish poureth out evil things. 

xvi. 13. Righteous lips are the delight 
of kings, and they love him that speaketh 
right. 

Ver. 21. The sweetness of the lips in- 
creaseth knowledge. — Ver. 24. Pleasant 
words are as an honey-comb ; sweet to 
the soul, and health to the bones. 

xviii. 20, 21. A man's belly shall be 
satisfied with the fruit of his mouth, and 
with the increase of his lips shall he be 
filled. Death and life are in the power 
of the tongue, and they that love it shall 
eat the fruit thereof 

XX. 15. The lips of knowledge are a 
precious jewel. 

■ xxii. 11. .He that loveth pureness of 
heart, for the grace of his lips the king 
shall be his friend. 

Ver. 17. 18. Hear the words of the 
wise. They shall be fitted in thy lips. 

xxiii. 16. My reins shall rejoice Avhen 
thy lips speak right things. 

xxiv. 26. Every man shall kiss his lips . 
that giveth a right answer. 

Eccl. ix. 17. The words of the wise 
are heard in quiet, more than the cry of 
him that ruleth among fools. 

X. 12. The words of a wise man's 
mouth are gracious, but the lips of a fool 
will swallow up himself Ver. 13, 14. 

Matt. V. 37. Let your communications 
be, Yea, yea ; Nay, nay ; for whatsoever 
is more than these cometh of evil. 

xii. 35. A good man, out of the good 
treasure of his heart, bringeth forth good 
things. 

xiii. 52. Every scribe instructed into 
the kingdom of heaven, is like unto a man 
that is an householder which bringeth 
forth out of his treasure things new and 
old. 

Luke iv. 22. Gracious words pro- 
ceeded out of Jesus' mouth. 

Eph. iv. 29. Let no corrupt communi- 
cation proceed out of your mouth ; but 
that Avhich is good to the use of edifying, 
thatitmay minister grace unto the hearers. 

V. 3, 4. Fornication and all unclean- 
ness, let it not be once named amongst 
you : neither filthiness nor foolish talking, 
nor jesting, which are not convenient; 
but rather giving of thanks. 

Col. iii. 8. Put off filthy communica- 
tions out of your mouth. 

iv. 6. Let your speech be always with 


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grace, seasoned with salt, that ye may 
know how ye ouglit to answer every man. 

James i. ^Q. If any man seem to be 
religious, and bridletli not his tongue, 
that man's religion is vain. 

iii. 2. If any man offend not in word, 
the same is a perfect man. 


TENTH COMMANDMENT. 

COVETOUSNESS. 

CXCIX. Of covetousness. Exod. xx. 
17. Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's 
house, thou shalt not covet thy neigli- 
bour's wife, nor his man servant, nor his 
maid servant, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor 
anything that is thy neighbour's. Deut. 
XV. 21. Rom. vii. 7. — xiii. 19. • 

Ps, exix. 36. Incline my heart unto 
thy testimonies, and not to covetousness. 

1 Cor. V. 11. I have written to you, 
if any one that is called a brother, be 
covetous, &c, with such an one no not to 
eat. 

Eph. V. 3. Covetousness, let it not be 
once named among you, as becometh 
saints. 

Col. iii.^ 5. Mortify your members, 
&c. and covetousness, which is idola- 
try. 

Heb. xiii. 5. Let your conversation 
be without covetousness. 

CC. Threatenings against covetous 
persons. Ps. x. 3. The wicked bless- 
etli the covetous, whom the Lord ab- 
horreth. 

Isa. Ivii. 17. For the iniquity of his 
covetousness was I wroth, and smote 
him. 

Jer. vi. 12, 13. Their houses shall be 
turned unto others, with their fields. 
For from the least of them even to the 
greatest, every one is given to covetous- 
ness. Ch. viii. 10. 

xKii. 17. 19. Thine eyes and thine 
heart are not but for thy covetousness. 
Therefore, saith the Lord, they shall 
not lament for liiin, (viz. Jehoiakim.) 
He shall be buried with the burial of 
an ass. 

li. 13. O Babylon, thine end is come, 
and the measure of tliy covetousness. 

Mic. ii. 1. Woe unto them, they covet 
fields, and take them by violence. 

Hab. ii. 9." Woe to him that covetcth 
an evil covetousness to his house, that 
he may set his nest on high, that he 


m.ay be delivered from the power of 
evil. 

Mark vii. 22, 23. Thefts, covetous- 
ness, &c. defile the man. 

Rom. i. 29. Being filled with all un- 
righteousness, covetousness, &lc. — Ver. 
34. They that commit such things are 
worthy of death. 

1 Cor. vi. 9, 10. Know ye not that 
the unrighteous shall not inherit the 
kingdom of God : neither thieves, nor 
covetous, shall inherit the kingdom of 
God. 

Eph. v. 5. No covetous man hath 
any inheritance in the kingdom of 
Christ and of God. See Ezek. xxxiii. 
28. 31. 

See instances of covetous persons pun- 
ished. Balaam, Numb. Chap. xxii. and 
xxiii. Compare 2 Pet. ii. 15. Jude 11. 
Rev. ii. 14. — His death. Numb. xxxi. 8. 
16. — Achan, Josh. vii. 5 to 25. — Ahab, 
1 Kings xxi, 1 to 16. 19, &c. 2 Kings 
ix. 25. 

CCI. An insatiable desire of riches. 
Prov. XV. 27. He that is greedy of gain 
troubleth his own house. 

xxvii. 20. Hell and destruction are 
never full ; so the eyes of man are never 
satisfied. 

Eccl. iv. 8. There is one alone, and 
there is not a second ; yea, he hath 
neither child nor brother ; yet there is 
no end of his labour, neither is his eye 
satisfied with riches ; neither saith he, 
For whom do I labour, and bereave my 
soul of good ? This is also vanity ; it is 
a sore travel. 

V. 10. He that loveth silver, shall not 
be satisfied with silver ; neither he that 
loveth abundance with increase. 

ecu. Threats against unjust measures 
of acquiring riches. Prov. i. 18, 19. 
They lay wait for their own blood, they 
lurk privily for their own lives. So arc 
the ways of every one that is greedy of 
gain, which taketh away the life of the 
owners thereof 

Matt. xvi. 26. What is a man profited, 
if he gain the whole world and lose 
his own soul ? or what shall a man give 
in exchange for his soul ? Job xxvii. 8, 
9. For what is the hope of the hypo- 
crite, though he hath gained, when 
God taketh away his soul? Will God 
hear his ery when trouble comcth upon 
him ? 

1 Tim. vi. 9, 10. They that will be 


Chap. XVII. 


Covetousness. 


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rich fall into temptation, and a snare, 
and into many foolish and hurtfhl lusts, 
which drown men in destruction and per- 
dition. For the love of money is the root 
of all evil; which while some coveted 
after, they have erred from the faith, and 
pierced themselves through with many 
sorrows. — Ver. 11. But thou, O man of 
God, flee these things. See James iv. 
13. 16. 

cm. Riches are not a lasting posses- 
sion. Prov. xxiii. 5. Riches make them- 
selves wings and fly away. 

xxvii. 24. Riches are not for ever ; and 
doth the crown endure to every genera- 
tion ? 1 Cor. vi. 13. 

Mat vi. 19. They are treasures which 
moth and rust do corrupt, and which 
thieves break through and steal. 1 Tim. 
vi. 17. They are uncertain. 

xiii. 22. They are deceitful. Mark 
iv. 9. Heb. x. 34. Ye have in heaven a 
better and an enduring substance. 

CCIV. Riches cannot be carried hence 
to the other loorld. Ps. xlix. 16, 17. Be 
not afraid when one is made rich, when 
the glory of his house is increased ; for 
when he dieth he shall carry nothing 
away ; his glory shall not descend afl;er 
him. 

Eccl. V. 15. As he came forth of his 
mother's womb, naked shall he return 
to go as he came ; and shall take nothing 
of his labour, which he may carry away 
in his hand. 

Job. i. 21. Naked came I out of my 
mother's womb, and naked shall I return. 

1 Tim. vi, 7. We brought nothing into 
this world, and it is certain we can carry 
nothing out. 

CCV. Possessing riches but not using 
them ; the vanity thereof. Prov xiii. 7. 
There is that maketh himself rich, yet 
hath nothing. There is that maketh 
himself poor, vet hath great riches. Eccl. 
vi. 1, 2.— ii. 26. 

CCVI. Riches are attended loith care 
and trouble. Eccl. ii. 4. I made me great 
works, I builded me houses, I planted 
me vineyards, &c. (to ver. 10.) Ver. 11. 
I looked on all the works that my hands 
had wrought, and on the labour that I 
had laboured to do ; and behold all was 
vanity and vexation of spirit, and there 
was no profit. 

Ver. 22, 23. For what hath man of 
all his labour, and of the vexation of his 
g7* 


spirit wherein he bath laboured ? For 
all his days are sorrows, and his travel 
grief; yea, his heart taketh not rest in 
the night. 

Eccl. V. 11, 12. When goods increase, 
they are increased that eat them ; and 
what good is there to the owners thereof, 
saving the beholding of them with their 


eyes 


The abundance of the rich will 


not suffer them to sleep. 

Ver. 13. I have seen riches kept for 
the owners thereof to their hurt.— Ver. 
16, 17. What profit hath he that labour- 
eth for the wind ? All his days he eateth 
in darlvness, and hath much sorrow and 
wrath with his sickness. 

ix. 11. Riches are not to men of skill, 
«&c. 

Prov. XV. 6. In the revenues of the 
wicked is trouble. 

xxii. 1. A. good name is rather to be 
chosen than great riches, 

CCVII. Riches recommend no man to 
the favour of God. Job xxxiv. 19. God 
accepteth not the persons of princes, nor 
regardeth the rich more than the poor. 

xxxvi. 19. Will he esteem thy riches ? 
No, not gold, nor all the forces of 
strength. 

Prov. xi. 4. Riches profit not in the 
day of wrath. 

xxii. 2. The rich and the poor meet 
together ; the Lord is the maker of them 
all. 

Ezek. vii. 18. Their silver and their 
gold shall not be able to deliver them, 
in the day of the wrath of the Lord. 
Zeph. i. 18. 

Mark xii. 41 — 44. Many that were rich 
cast much into the treasury of the tem- 
ple. A poor widow cast in two mites, 
which make a farthing. Jesus said, This 
poor widow hath cast in more than they 
all : For they did cast in of their abun- 
dance ; but she did cast in all that she 
had, even all her living. 

Luke i. 53. He hath filled the hungry 
with good things, and the rich he hath 
sent empty away. 

See the parable of the rich fool, 
Luke xii. 20, &c. And of the rich manr 
and Lazarus, Luke xvi. 19 to 25. 

CCVIII. The advantages which one 
man hath over another by means of riches. 
Prov. X, 15. The rich man's wealth is 
his strong city; the destruction of the 
poor is their poverty. Chap, xviii. 11. 

xiii. 8. The ransom of a man's life are 
his riches, Eccl, vii. 12, 


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Prov. xiv. 20. The poor is hated even 
of his neighbour, but the rich hath many 
friends. Cliap. xix. 4. 

Ver. 24. Tlie crown of the wise is 
their riches. ' 

Eccl. ix. 16. The poor man's wisdom 
is despised, and his words are not heard. 

Prov. xxii. 7. The rich ruleth over the 
poor, and the borrower is servant to the 
lender. 

xviii. 2,3. The poor useth entreaties, 
but the rich answereth roughly. 

CCIX. Trusting in riches and abusing 
them, the sin of the wicked, and avoided by 
the good. Job xxxi. 24, 25. 28. If 1 have 
made gold my hope, or have said to the 
fine gold. Thou art my confidence — If I 
rejoiced because my wealth was great, and 
because mine hand had gotten much — I 
should have denied the God that is above. 

Ps. xlix. 6, 7. They that trust in their 
wealth, and boast themselves in the mul- 
titude of their riches ; none of them can 
by any means redeem his brother, nor 
give to God a ransom for him. Ver. 8. 
14. 

lii. 5. God shall destroy thee forever. 
— Ver. 7. Lo, this is the man that made 
not God his strength, but trusted in the 
abundance of his riches. 

Ixii. 10. If riches increase, set not 
your heart upon them. 

Prov. xi. 28. He that trusteth in his 
riclies shall fall. 

X. 15. The rich man's wealth is his 
strong city, and a high wall in his own 
conceit. Chap, xviii. 11. 

xxvii. 11. The rich man is wise in his 
own conceit. 

Jer. ix. 23. Thus saith the Lord, 
Let not the wise man glory in his wisdom, 
neither let the mighty man glory in his 
might, let not the rich man glory in his 
riches. 

Mark x. 24. How hard is it for them 
that trust in riches to enter into the king- 
dom of God ! Ver. 25. 

1 Tim. vi. 17. Charge them that are 
rich in this world, that they be not high 
minded, nor trust in uncertain riches, 
but in the living God, who giveth us 
richly all things to enjoy. 

James ii. 6. Do not rich men oppress 
you, and draw you before the judgment 
seat? 

CCX. Riches take the heart and thoughts 
off from God and religion. Deut. viii. 12. 
jjewarc, lest when thou hast eaten and 


art full, and when thy herds and thy 
flocks are multiplied, and thy silver and 
tliy gold is multiplied ; then' thine heart 
be lifted up, and thou forget the Lord 
thy God, and thou say in thine heart, 
My power and the might of mine hand 
hath gotten me this wealth. Ver. 13, 
14. 17, 18. 

xxxii. 13, 14. The Lord made Jacob 
ride on the liigh places of the earth, 
that he might eat the increase of the 
fields ; and he made him to suck honey 
out of the rock, and oil out of the flinty 
rock ; butter of kine and milk of sheep, 
with fat of lambs, and rams of the breed 
of Bashan, and goats, with the fat of 
kidneys of wheat ; and tliou didst drink 
the pure blood of the grape, — ^Ver. 15. 
But Jeshurun waxed fat and kicked: 
thou art waxen fat, thou art grown 
thick, thou art covered with fatness ; 
then he forsook God which made him, 
and lightly esteemed the Rock of his 
salvation. 

Hos. ii. 8, 9. She did not know that I 
gave her corn, and wine and oil, and mul- 
tiplied her silver and gold. Therefore 
will I return and take away my corrj, «Scc. 
Ezek. xvi. 6 to 20. 

Amos viii. 5. The wicked say. When 
will the Sabbath be gone that we may 
set forth wheat. 

Matt. viii. 31. Those who lost their 
swine, entreated Jesus to depart out of 
their coasts. 

xiii. 22. The cares of this world, and 
the deceitfulness of riches, choke the 
word, and he becometh unfruitful. 

xix. 21. Jesus said to the young man. 
If thou wilt be perfect, go sell that thou 
hast and give to the poor, and thou 
shalt have treasure in heaven, and come 
and follow me. — Ver. 22. When the 
young man heard that saying, he went 
away sorrowful, for he had great posses, 
sions. 

Ver. 24. Jesus said. It is easier for a 
camel to go through the eye of a needle, 
than for a rich man to enter into tlie 
kingdom of heaven. Mark x. 23, 24. 

xxii. 2, 3. Jesus said. The kingdom 
of heaven is like unto a certain king, 
wliich made a marriage for his son ; and 
sent forth his servants to call them that 
were bidden to the wedding, and they 
would not come. — Ver. 5. They made 
light of it, and went their ways, one to 
his farm, another to his merchandise. 
Luke xiv. 16 to 20. 

Luke xvi, 14. The Pharisees, who 


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were covetous, heard these things spoken 
by Christ against covetousness, and de- 
rided him. 

Acts xvi. 18. Those who lost their 
worldly gain by Paul's casting out a 
spirit of divination, raise a tumult against 
him. 

xix. 24. Demetrius and his craftsmen 
do the same, for Paul's preaching against 
idolatry, by which they had their wealth. 

2 Cor. iv. 4. Satan is called the god of 
tliis world, Luke v. 4. He tempted Christ 
with riches, to worship him. 

Phil. iii. 19. The wicked, whose end 
is destruction, mind earthly things. 

1 Tim. vi, 10. The love of money is 
tlie root of all evil ; which while some co- 
veted after, they erred from the faith, 

2 Tim. iv. 10. Demas hath forsaken 
me, (saith Paul) having loved this pre- 
sent world. 

James iv. 4. Whosoever will be the 
friend of the world, is tlie enemy of 
God. 

1 John iv. 4. They are of the world; 
therefore speak they of the world, and the 
world heareth them. See Prov. xxx. 9. 
Hab. i. 16. 

CCXI. The wicked rich man ; his por- 
tion. Job XX. 15. He hath swallowed 
down riches, and shall vomit them up 
again : God shall cast them out of his 
belly. 

xxvii. 16, 17. Though they heap up 
silver as the dust, and prepare raiment as 
tlie clay ; (Hab. ii. 6.) he may prepare it, 
but the just shall put it on, and the inno- 
cent shall divide the silver. 

Ver. 19." The rich man shall lie down, 
but he shall not be gathered ; he openeth 
his eyes, and he is not. Ver. 20. 23. 

Ps. xvii. 14. O Lord, deliver my soul 
from men of the world, which have their 
portion in this life, and whose belly thou 
fillest with thy hid treasure. 

xxxix. 6. He heapeth up riches, and 
knoweth not who shall gather them. 

bcxiii. 3. I was envious at the foolish, 
when I saw the prosperity of the wicked. 
— Ver. 7. Their eyes stand out with fat- 
ness ; they have more than their heart 
could wish.— Ver. 12. These are the un- 
godly ; they prosper in the world, they in- 
crease in riches.-^- Ver. 17, 18. I went into 
the sanctuary of God; then I understood 
their end. Surely thou didst set them in 
slippery places ; thou castedst them down 
into destruction. Ps. xxxvii. 1. Job xxi. 
7. Jer. xii. L Hab. i. 4. 


Luke vi. 24. Woe unto you that are 
rich, for ye have received your consola- 
tion. 

xvi. 19. A rich man, clothed in pur- 
pie and fine linen, fared sumptuously 
every day.— Ver. 22, 23. He died ; and 
in hell he lifted up his eyes, being in tor- 
ment, &.C. 

James i. 10. As the flower of the grass, 
the rich man shall fade away. 

V. 1 — 3. Ye rich men, weep and howl, 
for your miseries that shall come upon 
you. Your riches are corrupted, and 
your garments are moth-eaten. Your 
gold and silver is cankered; and the 
rust of them shall be a witness against 
you, and shall eat your flesh as fire. Ye 
have heaped treasure together for the 
last days. See Rev. vi. 15. — xviii. 3. 8. 
17. Eccl. xi. 9. 


THE USE OF RICHES. 

CCXII. The use of riches in the hands 
of a wise and good man towards himself. 
Eccl. iii. 12. There is no good in them, 
but for a man to rejoice and do good in 
his life. 

V. 18. Behold that which I have seen ; 
it is good and comely for one to eat, and 
to drink, and to enjoy the good of all his 
labour that he taketh under the sun all the 
days of his life, which God giveth him ; 
for it is his portion. 

Ver. 19, 20. Every man also to whom 
God hath given riches and power to eat 
thereof, and to take his portion, and to 
rejoice in his labour ; this is the gift of 
God. For he shall not much remember 
the days of his life; because God answer- 
eth him in the joy of his heart. Ch. ii. 
24.— iii. 13.— viii. 15. 

For the other uses which riches an- 
swer, see in Commandment 5th, Duties 
of parents toward children, and Of people 

toward ministers And Commandment 

8th, Duties of the rich. 

CCXIII. God maJceth rich. Deut. viii. 
18. The Lord thy God, it is he that giveth 
thee power to get wealth. 

1 Sam. ii. 7. The Lord maketh poor, 
and he maketh rich. 

1 Kings iii. 13. The Lord said to So- 
i lomon, I have given thee both riches and 
honour. 

1 Chron. xxix. 12. Solomon said to God, 
Both riches and honour come of thee. 

Job i. 21. Job said, The Lord gave, 


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and the Lord lialh taken away ; blessed 
be the name of the Lord. 

Prov, X. 22. The blessing of the Lord 
it maketh rich, and he addeth no sorrow 
with it. 

Eccl. ii. 26. God giveth to a man that 
is good in his sight, wisdom and know- 
ledge, and joy : but to the sinner he givetli 
travail, to gather and to heap up, that he 
may give to him that is good before God. 
Ch. iii. 13. See Gen. xxiv. 35. 

CCXIV. Riches promised to the righ- 
teous. Ps. cxii. 2, 3. The genei-ation of 
the u])right shall be blessed. Wealth and 
riches shall be in his house. 

Prov. iii. 16. Length of days is in her 
[Wisdom's] right hand, and in her left 
hand riches and honour. Ch. viii. 18, 19. 
— xxii. 4. — xxiv. 3, 4. 

XV. 6. In the house of the righteous 
is much treasure ; but in the revenues of 
the wicked is much trouble. 

xxii. 4. By humility, and the fear of the 
Lord, are riches, and honour, and life. 

CCXV. Instances of good men that 
were rich. Abram, Gen. xiii. 2. — Lot, 
Gen, xiii. 5. — Isaac, Gen. xxvi. 12, 13, 14. 
— Jacob, Gen. xxx. 43. — xxxvi. 7. — David, 
1 Chron. xxix. 28. — Solomon, 1 Kings iii. 
13.— x, 23. Eccl. ii. 4 to 10.— Job, Ch. i. 
3. — Jchoshaphat, 2 Chron. xvii. 5. — Heze- 
kiah, 2 Chron. xxxii. 17 to 3]. 

CCXVI. Instances of riches not regard- 
ed by good men. Gen. xiv. 21. The king 
of Sodom said to Abram, Give me the 
persons, and take the goods to thyself. — 
Ver. 23, Abram said, I will not take any- 
thing that is thine. 

xxviii. 20. Jacob said, If God will be 
with me, and keep me in the way that I 
go; and will give me bread to eat, and 
raiment to put on, so that I come again 
to my fatlier's house in peace ; then shall 
the Lord be my God. 

1 Kings iii. 11. Solomon asked wis- 
dom, and not riches. 

Prov. xxx. 8, 9. Agar prayed, Give me 
neither poverty nor riches ; feed me with 
food convenient for me : Lest I be full, 
and deny thee, and say. Who is the Lord? 
or lest I be poor, and steal, and take the 
name of tliy God in vain. 

Gal. vi. 14. Paul said. The world is 
crucified unto me, and I unto the world. 

CCXVII. Those things that are neces- 
sary for the support of man's life, promised 


to the righteous. Food promised. Gen. i. 
29. God said. Behold, I have given you 
every herb bearing seed, which is upon 
the face of all the earth, and every tree in 
the which is the fruit of a tree yielding 
seed ; to you it shall be for meat. 

ix. 3. Every moving thing that liveth 
shall be meat for you ; even as the green 
herb have I given you all things. 

Exod. xxiii. 25. Serve the Lord your 
God, and he shall bless thy bread and thy 
water. 

Deut. vii. 12, 13. If ye hearken to 
these judgments, and keep and do them, 
the Lord thy God will bless the fruit of 
the land ; thy corn and thy wine, and 
thine oil, the increase of thy kine, and 
the flocks of thy sheep. Ver. 14. Isa. 
xxx. 23. 

viii. 7—9. The Lord thy God bring- 
eth thee into a good land, a land of 
brooks of water, of fountains and depths 
that spring out of the valleys and hills ; 
a land of wheat and barley, and vines, 
and fig-trees, and pomegranates ; a land 
of oil and honey ; a land wherein thou 
shalt eat bread without scarceness, thou 
shalt not lack anything in it; a land whose 
stones are iron, and out of whose hills 
thou mayest dig brass. — Ver. 10. When 
thou hast eaten and art full, then thou 
shalt bless the Lord, for the good land 
which he hath given thee. 

xi. 13 — 15. If ye shall hearken dili- 
gently unto my commandments, to love 
the Lord your God, and to serve him 
with all your heart and with all your 
soul; I will give you the rain of your 
land in due season, the first rain and 
the latter rain, and thou mayest gather 
in thy corn, and thy wine, and thine 
oil. And I will send grass in thy fields 
for thy cattle, that thou mayest eat and 
be full. 

xxviii. 2. These blessings shall come 
on thee, if thou shalt hearken unto the 
voice of the Lord thy God. 

Ver. 3 — 5, Blessed shalt thou be in 
the city, and blessed shalt thou be in 
the field. Blessed shall be tlie fruit of 
thy body, and the fruit of tliy ground, 
and the fruit of thy cattle, and the in- 
crease of thy kine, and the flocks of 
thy slieep. Blessed shall be tliy basket 
and thy store. — Ver. 8. The Lord will 
command his blessing upon thee in thy 
store-houses. — Ver. 12. The Lord shall' 
open unto thee his good treasure ; the 
heaven to give the rain unto tliy land 
in his season, and to bless all the work 


Chap. XVII. 


Deliverance from Famine. 


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of thine hands ; and thou shalt lend unto 
many nations, and thou shalt not borrow. 
Ch. XXX, 9. — xxxiii. 28. Isa. xxx. 23. 

Ruth i. 6. The Lord hath visited his 
people, in giving them bread. 

Ps. xxiii. 1. The Lord is my Shep- 
herd, I shall not want. — Ver. 5. Thou 
preparest a table for nie, my cup runneth 
over. 

xxxiv. 9. There is no v^nt to them 
that fear God. — Ver. 10. The young lions 
do lack and suffer hunger ; but they that 
seek the Lord shall not want any good 
thing. 

xxxvii. 3. Trust in the Lord, and do 
good ; so shalt thou dwell in the land, and 
verily thou shalt be fed. 

Ver. 16. A little that a righteous man 
hath, is better than the riches of many 
wicked. (Prov. xvi. 8.) Ver. 25. I have 
not seen the righteous forsaken, nor his 
seed begging bread. 

cvii. 38. He blesseth them, so that they 
are multiplied greatly ; and suifereth not 
their cattle to decrease. 

cxi. 5. He hath given meat unto them 
that fear him ; he will ever be mindful of 
his covenant. 

cxxviii, 1, 2. Blessed is every one that 
feareth the Lord; that walketh in his 
ways. For thou shalt eat the labour of 
thy hands : happy shalt thou be, and it 
shall be well with thee. 

cxxxii. 15. I will abundantly bless 
her provisions, and will satisfy her poor 
with bread. 

Prov. iii. 9, 10. Honour the Lord with 
thy substance, and with the first fruits of 
all thine increase. So shall thy barns be 
filled with plenty, and thy presses shall 
burst out with new wine. 

X. 3. The Lord will not suflfer the soul 
of the righteous to famish. 

xiii. 25. The righteous eateth to the 
satisfying of his soul ; but the belly of the 
wicked shall want. 

Isa. xxxiii. 15. He that walketh righ- 
teously, bread shall be given him, and his 
waters shall be sure. Ver. 16. 

Ixv. 13. Behold, my servants shall 
eat, but ye shall be hungry ; behold, 
ray servants shall drink, but ye shall be 
thirsty. 

Ver. 21—23. They shall build houses 
and inhabit them, and they shall plant 
vineyards and eat the fruit of them. 
They shall not build and another inhabit, 
they shall not plant and another eat ; for 
as the days of a tree are the days of my 
people, and mine elect shall long enjoy | 


the work of their hands. They shall 
not labour in vain, nor bring forth for 
trouble; for they are the seed of the 
blessed of the Lord, and their offspring 
with them. 

Ezek. xxxvi. 29, 30. I will save you 
from your uncleanness : I will call for 
the corn, and will increase it ; and I will 
multiply the fruit of the tree, and the in- 
crease of the field. 

Joel ii. 19. 26. I will send you corn and 
wine. (Hos. ii. 22.) Ye shall eat in plenty 
and be satisfied. See Zech. ix. 17. 

See Isaac's blessing to his sons, con- 
sisting chiefly, (Zech. viii. 12.) of the fruits 
of the earth. Gen. xxvii. 28. — xxxvii. 39. 
See Acts xiv. 17. 

See Promises to obedience. 


DELIVERANCE FROM FAMINE. 

CCXVIII. Deliverance from famine. 
Job V. 20. In famine he shall redeem thee 
from death. — Ver. 22. At destruction and 
famine thou shalt laugh. 

Ps. xxxiii. 18, 19. Behold the eye of 
the Lord is on them that fear him, on 
them that hope in his mercy ; to deliver 
their soul from death, and to keep them 
alive in famine. 

xxxvii. 19. They shall not be ashamed 
in the evil time, and in the days of famine 
they shall be satisfied. 

cvii. 9. He satisfieth the longing 
soul, and filleth the hungry soul with 
goodness. 

cxlvi. 7. Which giveth food to the 
hungry. 

Isa. xli. 17. When the poor and needy 
seek water, and there is none, and their 
tongue faileth for thirst ; I the Lord will 
hear them, I the God of Israel will not 
forsake them. 

Ezek. xxxvi. 29, 30. I will call for 
the corn and will increase it, and will lay 
no famine upon you. Ye shall receive 
no more reproach of famine among the 
heathen. 

Hab. iii. 17, 18. Though the fig-tree 
shall not blossom, neither shall fruit be in 
the vines; the labour of the olive shall fail, 
and the fields shall yield no meat; the 
flock shall be cut ofl from the fold, and 
there shall be no herd in the stalls : Yet 
will I rejoice in the Lord, I will joy in 
the God of my salvation. 

Matt. iv. 4. Man shall not live by bread 
alone, but by every word that proceedeth 
out of the mouth of God. 


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Spiritual Riches. 


Chap. XVU. 


SPIRITUAL RICHES. 

CCXIX. Not earthly, hut spiritual 
riches, or the interests of the soul, the chief 
object of a icise mari's desires andjmrsuits. 
Ps. xxxvii. 16. A little that a righteous 
man hath is hetter than the treasures of 
many wicked. 

Prov. XV. 6. Better is a little with the 
fear of the Lord, than great treasures and 
trouble therewith. 

xxiii. 4. Labour not to be rich. 

Jer. xlv. 5. Seekest thou great things 
for thyself? seek them not. 

I\Iatt. vi. 8. Your Father knoweth what 
things ye have need of. 

Ver. 9. 11. After this manner pray ye: 
Give us this day our daily bread. 

Ver. 19, 20. Lay not up for your- 
selves treasures on earth, &c. But lay 
up for yourselves treasures in heaven. 
— Ver. 24. Ye cannot serve God and 
mammon. 

Ver. 25—27. Take no thought for 
your life, what ye shall eat or what ye 
shall drink, nor yet for your body what 
ye shall put on : Is not the life more 
tlian meat, and the body more than rai- 
ment ? Behold the fowls of the air, for 
they sow not, neither do they reap, nor 
gather into barns, yet your heavenly 
Father fecdeth them ; are ye not much 
better tlian they ? Which of you by 
taking tlaought can add one cubit to 
liis stature. — Ver. 31. Your heavenly 
Father knoweth that ye have need of all 
these things.— Ver. 33, 34. But seek ye 
first the kingdom of God and his righ- 
teousness, and all these tilings sliall be 
added unto you. Take therefore no 
thought for the morrow, for the morrow 
shall take thought for the things of itself; 
sufficient unto tlie day is the evil thereof. 
Luke xii. 21 to 35. 

Luke X. 21. Jesus said, Martha, Mar- 
tha, thou art careful and troubled about 
many things ; but one thing is need- 
ful, and Mary hath chosen that better 
part that shall not be taken away from 
her. 

xxi. 34. Take heed lest your hearts 
be ovcrcliargcd with the cares of this 
life, and so that day come upon you un- 
awares. 

John vi. 27. Labour not for the meat | 
that perishetli, but for that meat which 
cndureth unto everlasting life, wliich the 
Son of man shall give unto you. 

1 Cor. iii. 22. All tilings are yours. 
2 Cor. viii. 9. Our Lord Jesus Christ 


though he was rich, for your sakes be- 
came poor, that ye through his poverty 
might be rich. 

Phil. iv. 6. Be careful for nothing, but 
in everything by prayer and supphcation, 
let your requests be made known to God. 
1 Cor. vii. 31, 32. 

Col. iii. 1, 2. Seek those things which 
are above, where Christ sitteth on the 
right hand of God. Set your affections 
on things above, not on things on the 
earth. 

James i. 10. Let the rich rejoice that 
he is made low. 

ii. 5. Hath not God chosen the poor 
of this world, rich in faith, and heirs of 
the kingdom, which he hath promised to 
them that love him. 

1 Pet. V. 6. Casting all our care upon 
God, for he careth for you, Ps. Iv. 22. 

1 John ii. 15. Love not the world, 
neither the things that are in the world : 
if any man love the world, the love of tlie 
Father is not in him. 

V. 4. Whosoever is born of God over- 
cometh the world. See 2 Cor. ix. 8. 10. 

CCXX. Raiment promised. Matt. vi. 
25. Is not the body more than raiment? 

Ver. 28—30. Why take ye thought 
for raiment ? Consider the lilies of the 
field : they toil not, neither do they spin ; 
and yet I say unto you, That even Solo- 
mon, in all his glory, was not arrayed 
like one of these. Wherefore, if God so 
clothe the grass of the field, which to-day 
is, and to-morrow is cast into tlie oven, 
sliall he not much more clothe yon, O ye 
of little faith ? 

Clothes miraculously supplied to Adam 
and Eve, Gen. iii. 21. — To the Jews in 
the wilderness, Deut. viii. 4. Neh. x. 21. 
— A gourd for Jonas, Jonah iv. 6. 

' CCXXI. Supports of life miraculously 
supplied to the Jevus. Exod. xvi. 13, 14, 
15. Quails and manna. 

Deut. viii. 3. The Lord thy God fed 
thee with manna, that he might make thee 
know, tliat man doth not live by bread 
only ; but l)y every word lliat procecdeth 
out of the mouth of the Tiord, doth man 
live. Nell. ix. 21. Matt. iv. 4. 

1 Kings xvii. 6. The ravens brought to 
Elijal), bread and flesh in the morning, 
and bread and flesh in the evening. 

Ver. 14. Thus saith tlie Lord God of 
Israel, the barrel of meal shall not waste, 
neither shall tlie cruse of oil fail, until 
the day tiiat the Lord scndcth rain upon 


Chap. XVIII. 


Of Repentance, 


on the earth. — Ver. 16. The barrel of 
meal wasted not, neither did the cruse 
of oil fail, according to the word of the 
Lord, 

Mark vi. 43. Christ feeds five thou- 
sand with five loaves. 


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feeds four thousand 


vni. 8. Christ 
with seven loaves. 

John ii. 8. Christ turns water into 
wine. 

See Contentment^ Submission, and Re- 
signation. 


CHAPTER XVIII. 


OF REPENTANCE. 


I. REPENTANCE,the first doctrine 
preached at the publishing of the Gospel, 
Matt. iii. 1. John the Baptist came 
preaching-, and saying, Repent, for the 
kingdom of heaven is at hand. Acts 
xiii. 24. — xix. 4. 

Ver. 8. Bring forth firuits meet for re- 
pentance. 

Ver. 10. The axe is laid unto the root 
of the trees ; every tree which bringeth 
not forth good fruit is hewn down and 
cast into the fire. 

iv. 17. Jesus began to preach, and 
say, Repent, for the kingdom of heaven 
is at hand. 

ix. 13. Jesus said, I came to call sin- 
ners to repentance. Mark ii. 17. 

Mark vi. 12. The disciples being sent 
forth by Christ, preached that men 
should repent. Ver. 7. 

Acts XX. 21. Paul said, I taught^ tes- 
tifying both to the Jews, and also to the 
Greeks, repentance toward God, and 
faith toward our Lord Jesus Christ. 

xxvi. 20. I shewed first to the Jews 
and then to the Gentiles, that they 
should repent and turn to God, and do 
works meet for repentance. See above, 
Matt. iii. 8. 

II. The duty of repentance enforced 
hy threatenings in the New Testament. 
Matt. xi. 20—22. Then began Jesus to 
upbraid the cities wherein most of his 
mighty works were done, because they 
repented not : saying. Woe unto thee, 
Chotazin ! woe unto thee, Bethsaida ! for 
if the mighty works which were done in 
you, had been done in Tyre and Sidon, 
they would have repented long ago in 
sackcloth and ashes. But I say unto you. 


It shall be more tolerable for Tyre and 
Sidon at the day of judgment than for 
you. Ver. 23. See Capernaum threat- 
ened. Ver. 24. 

xii. 41. The men of Nineveh shall 
rise in judgment with this generation, 
and shall condemn it : because they re- 
pented at the preaching of Jonas ; and, 
behold, a greater than Jonas is here, 
Luke xi. 32. Compare Jonah iii. 5. 

xxi. 31, 32. The publicans and harlots 
go into the kingdom of God before you. 
For John came to you in the way of 
righteousness, and ye believed him not ; 
but the publicans and harlots believed 
him ; and ye repented not. 

Acts xvii. 30. The times of ignorance 
God winked at, but now comrnandeth 
all men every where to repent. 

Rev. ii. 5. Remember from whence 
thou art fallen, and repent ; or I will 
come and remove thy candlestick out 
of his place, except thou repent. See 
ver. 16. 21, 22. Ch. iii. 3.— ix. 20.— 
xvi. 9. 

III. The duty of repentance encouraged 
hy promises in the New Testament. Luke 
xxiv. 46. It behoved Christ to sufi*er, 
and to rise from the dead, that repent- 
ance and remission of sins should be 
preached in his name among all nations. 

Acts ii. 38. Repent and be baptized 
in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ, 
for the remission of sins ; and ye shall 
receive the Holy Ghost. 

iii. 19. Repent and be converted, that 
your sins may be blotted out. 

viii. 22. Repent of this thy wickedness, 
and pray God, if perhaps the thought of 
thine hean may be forgiven thee. 


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Of Repentance. 


Chap. XVIII. 


IV. Promises to those that return to 
God. Deut. iv. 30, 31. When thou art 
in tribulation, and all these things are 
come upon thee, if thou turn to the Lord 
thy God, and shall be obedient to his 
voice, he will not forsake thee. Ch. xxx. 
1 to 10. 2 Chron. xv. 4. 

1 Sam. vii. 3. If ye return unto the 
Lord with all your hearts, and prepare 
your hearts unto the Lord, and serve him 
only, he will deliver 5^ou. 1 King-s viii. 
33 to 38. 48, 49. 2 Chron. vi. 37. Neh. 
ix. 33. Ps. cvi. 6. Dan. ix. 5. 15. 

Job xxii. 23. If thou return to the 
Almighty, thou shalt be built up. 

Isa. Iv. 7. Let the wicked forsake his 
way, and the unrighteous man his 
thoughts; and let him return unto the 
Lord, and he will have mercy upon him ; 
and to our God, for he will abundantly 
pardon. 

Jer. iii. 12. Return, thou backsliding 
Israel, saith the Lord, and I will not 
cause mine anger to fall upon you. 
(Ver. 1. 10. 34.) Ver. 22. Return and 
I will heal your backslidings. Ch. iv. 1. 
—XV. 19. 

xviii. 7, 8. At what instant I shall 
speak concerning a nation, and concern- 
ing a kingdom, to pluck up, and to pull 
down, and to destroy it: If that nation 
turn from their evil, I will repent of the 
evil that I thought to do unto them. Ch. 
xxvi. 2, 3. — xxxvi. 3. 

Ezek. xviii. 21—23. If the wicked 
will turn from all his sins that he hath 
committed, and keep all my statutes, 
and do that which is lawful and right, 
he shall surely live, he shall not die. 
They shall not be mentioned unto him : 
in his righteousness that he hath done 
he shall live. Have I any pleasure at 
all that tlie wicked should die ? saith 
the Lord God ; and not that he should 
return from his ways, and live ? Ver. 
27, 28. 

Ver. 30. 32. Repent, and turn from 
all yom- transgressions ; so iniquity shall 
not be your ruin. For I Jiave no plea- 
sure in the death of him that dieth, saith 
the Lord God : wherefore turn and 
live. 

xxxiii. 11. As I live, saith the Lord 
God, I have no pleasure in the deatli of 
tlie wicked ; but tliat the wicked turn from 
his way, and live. Turn ye, turn ye, 
from your evil ways; for why will ye 
die, O house of Israel? Ver. 14. 19. 2 
Pet. iii. 9. 

Hos. vi. 1. Let us return unto the 


Lord ; for he hath torn, and he will heal 
us ; he hath smitten, and he will bind us 
up. Lam. iii. 40. 

xiv. 1, 2. O Israel, return unto the 
Lord ; for thou hast fallen by tJiine ini- 
quity ; take with you words, and say unto 
him. Take away all iniquity, and receive 
us graciously. — Ver. 7. I will heal their 
backslidings, I will love them freely, saith 
the Lord. Ch. xii. 6. 

Joel ii. 12, 13. Therefore also now, 
saith the Lord, Turn ye even to me 
with all your heart, and with fasting, 
and with weeping, and with mourning ; 
and rend your heart, and not your gar- 
ments, and turn unto the Lord your God : 
for he is gracious and merciful, slow to 
anger, and of great kin-dness, and repent- 
cth him of the evil. 

Zeeh. i. 3. Thus saith the Lord of hosts, 
Turn ye unto me, and I will turn unto 
you. Mai. iii. 7. 

ix. 12. Turn to the strong-hold, ye pri- 
soners of hope. 

V. RemarJcahle instances of penitent 
returning sinners obtaining mercy. 2 
Chron. xv. 4. When they in their trouble 
did turn unto the Lord God of Israel, and 
sought him, he was found of them. Ch. 
xxx, 6. 9. Neh. i. 9.— ix. 28. 

Ps. ixxiv. 34. They returned; and in- 
quired early after God. — Ver. 38. He for- 
gave their iniquity. 

cxix. 59. I turned my feet unto thy 
testimonies. — Ver. 65. Thou hast dealt 
well with thy servant, according to thy 
word. 2 Kings xxiii. 25. 

Jonah iii. 10 God saw the works of 
the Nincvites, and they turned from 
their evil way : and God repented him of 
the evil that he had said he would do 
unto them, and he did it not. Matt. 
xii. 41. 

VI. Turning to God enjoined by com- 
mands, and enforced by threaienings 
against those who turn not from sin. 2 
Kings xvii. 13, 14. The Lord testified 
against Israel and Judah,bythe prophets 
and seers, saying. Turn ye from your evil 
ways. But they would not hear. — Ver. 
18. The Lord was angry, and re- 
moved them out of his sight. Jer. xliv. 
4, 5, 6. 

Neh. ix. 26, 27. They slew the pro- 
phots, which testified against them, to 
turn them to thee. Tliercfore thou de- 
liveredst them into the hand of their 
enemies. 


Chap. XVIII. 


Of Bepentance. 


339 


Ver. 35. They have not served thee, 
in thy great goodness, neither turned 
from their wickedness. — Ver. 36. Be- 
hold, we are servants this day, &c. — 
Ver. 37. 

Job xxxvi. 10 — 12. He openeth their 
ear to disciphne, and commandeth that 
they return from iniquity. If they obey 
and serve him, they shall spend their 
days in prosperity, and their years in 
pleasure. If they obey not, they shall 
perish by the sword, and die without 
knowledge. 

Ps. vii. 12, 13. If the wicked turn not, 
God will whet his sword : he hath bent 
his bow and made it ready. He hath 
also prepared for him the instruments of 
death. 

Isa. xxxi. 6. Turn ye to him from 
whom the children of Israel have deeply 
revolted. 

Jer. V. 3, 4. Thou hast stricken them, 
but they have not grieved ; thou hast con- 
smned them, but they have refused to 
receive correction. They have made 
their faces harder than a rock, they have 
refused to return. Therefore I said. 
Surely these are poor, they are foolish. — 
Ver. 6. A lion out of the forest shall 
slay them, &c. 

viii. 5, 6. Why is this "people slidden 
back with a perpetual backsliding ? they 
refuse to return. No man repented him 
of his wickedness, saying. What have I 
done ? Every one turned to his course, 
as tlie horse rusheth into the battle. 
Hos. xi. 5. 

XV. 7. I will destroy my people, since 
they return not from their ways. 

xviii. 11. Thus saith the Lord, Behold, 
I frame evil against you ; return ye now 
every one from his evil way, and make 
your ways and your doings good. Ch. 
XXXV. 15. 

xxiii. 14, 15. The false pi-ophets 
strengthen the hands of evil-doers, that 
no man doth return from his wickedness. 
Therefore, thus saith the Lord of hosts, 
concerning the prophets. Behold, I will 
feed them with wormwood, and make 
tliem drink the water of gall. Ezek. 
xiii. 22. 

XXV. 4, 5. The Lord sent imto you 
his servants the prophets. They said, 
Turn ye every one from his evil way, and 
from the evil of your doings, and dwell 
in the land, &c. — Ver. 7. Yet ye have 
not hearkened unto me, saith tlie Lord. 
See threats to ver. 12. Ch. xxvi. 3. — 
xxxvi. 3. 7. 

28 


Ezek. iii. 19. If thou warn the wicked, 
and he turn not from his wickedness, he 
shall die in his iniquity ; but thou hast 
delivered thy soul. Ch. xxxiii. 9. 

Dan. ix. 13, 14. All tliis evil is come 
upon us, yet made we not our prayer be- 
fore the Lord our God, that we might turn 
from our iniquities. Therefore hath the 
Lord watched upon the evil, and brought 
it upon us. Zech. i. 4. 6. 

Hos. V. 3, 4. I know Ephraim, and Is- 
rael is not hid from me. They will not 
frame their doings to turn unto their God. 
— Ver. 14. I will be unto Ephraim as a 
lion, and as a young lion to the house of 
Judah ; I will tear, and I will take away, 
and none shall rescue. 

vii. 9, 10. Grey hairs are here and 
there upon Ephraim, and he knoweth it 
not. The pride of Israel doth testify to 
his face, and they do not return to the Lord 
their God, nor seek him for all this. — Ver. 
13. Woe unto them, destruction imto 
them, they return but not to the Most 
High. Ch. xi. 5. 

XV. 1. O Israel, return unto the Lord 
thy God; for thou hast fallen by thine 
iniquity. 

Amos iv. 6. I have given you clean- 
ness of teeth, and want of bread ; yet have 
ye not returned unto me, saith the Lord. 
Ver. 8, 9, 10, 11. 

Jer. iv. 3, 4. Thus saith the Lord, to 
them of Judah and Jerusalem, Break up 
your fallow ground ; and sow not among 
thorns. Circumcise yourselves to the 
Lord, and take aw^ay the foreskins of 
your hearts ; lest my fury come forth like 
fire, and burn that none can quench it, 
Hos. X. 12. 

Matt, xviii. 3. Except ye be converted, 
and become as little children, ye shall not 
enter into the kingdom of heaven. 

VII. The cause and means of repent- 
ance and conversion. God the cause ; this 
implied in prayers made to God for it., and 
other expressions ascribing it to God as 
his gift. Ps. Ixxx. 3. Turn us again, O 
God, and cause thy face to shine, and we 
shall be saved. Ver. 7. 19. 

Ixxxv. 4. Turn us, O God of our sal- 
vation, and cause thine anger towards us 
to cease. 

Song i. 4. Draw me, I will run after 
thee. 

Jer. xxxi. 18, 19. Turn thou me, and 
I shall be turned ; for thou art the Lord 
my God. After that I was turned, I i*e- 
pented; and after that I was instructed. 


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Of Repentance. 


Chap. XVIII. 


I smote upon my thigh : I was ashamed ; 
yea, even confounded, because I did bear 
the reproach of my youth. 

Lam. V. 21. Turn tliou us unto thee, 

Lord, and we shall be turned. 

Acts xi. 18. They said, Then hath God 
also to the Gentiles granted repentance 
unto life. 

Ver. 21. The hand of the Lord was 
with the disciples, and a great number 
believed, and turned unto the Lord. 

Rom. ii. 4. The goodness of God lead- 
eth to repentance. 

2 Tim. ii. 25. In meekness instructing 
those that oppose themselves ; if God per- 
adventure will give them repentance, to 
the acknowledgment of the truth. 

VIII. Jesus Christ giveth repentance. 
Acts iii. 26. God having raised up his 
son Jesus, sent him to bless you, in 
turning away every one of you from his 
iniquities. 

v. 31. Him hath God exalted, a Prince 
and a Saviour, to give repentance to Is- 
rael, and forgiveness of sins. 

IX. God^s law a mean of converting 
sinners. Ps. xix. 4. The law of the Lord 
is perfect, converting the soul. 

Luke xvi. 30. And he said. Nay, father 
Abraham ; but if one went unto them from 
the dead, they will repent. — Ver. 31. If 
they hear not Moses and the prophets, 
neither will they be persuaded though 
one rose from the dead. 

X. The ministry a mean of convert- 
ing sinners. Ezek. iii. 19. If thou warn 
the wicked, and he turn not from his 
wickedness, he shall die in his iniquity ; 
but thou hast delivered thy soul. Ch. 
xxxiii. 9. 

Dan. xii. 3. They that turn many to 
righteousness, shall shine as the stars 
for ever and ever. James v. 19. Pro v. 
xi. 30. 

Luke i. 16. Many of the children of 
Israel shall John Baptist turn to the Lord 
their God. Ch. xxii. 32. 

Acts xxvi. 17. The Lord said to Paul, 

1 send thee to open men's eyes, to turn 
them from darkness to light, and from 
the power of Satan unto God ; that they 
may receive the forgiveness of sins, and 
an inheritance among all them that arc 
sanctified, by faith that is in me. 

XI. Repentance promised. Ps. xxii. 
27. All the ends of the world shall re- 


member, and turn to the Lord. Ps. Ii. 
3.— ex. 3. 

Isa. i. 27. Zion shall be redeemed 
\vith judgment, and her converts with 
righteousness. 

X. 21. The remnant shall return unto 
the mighty God. Mic. v. 3. 

Ix. 5. The abundance of the sea shall be 
converted unto thee, and the forces of the 
Gentiles shall come unto thee. Ch. Iv. 7. 

Jer. xxiv. 7. They shall return unto 
me with their whole heart. 

Hos. ii. 7. The church shall say, I will 
return unto my first husband. 

xiv. 7. They that dwell under his sha- 
dow shall return ; they shall revive as the 
corn, and grow as the vine. 

XII. Self-examination needful to re- 
pentance. 1 Kings viii. 38. Know every 
man the plague of his own heart. 

Ps. iv. 4. Commune with your own 
heart on your bed, and be still. 

Ixxvii. 6. My spirit made diligent 
search. 

cxix. 59. I thought upon my ways, and 
turned my feet unto thy testimonies. 

Lam. iii. 40. Let us search and try our 
ways, and turn again to the Lord. 

1 Cor. xi. 28. Let a man examine 
himself. 

2 Cor. xiii. 5. Examine yourselves, 
prove your own selves. 

Gal. vi. 4. Let every man prove his 
own works. 

XIII. Considerations needful to repent' 
ance. Deut. iv. 39. Consider in thine 
heart, that the Lord he is God in heaven 
above, and in the earth beneath. 

1 Sam. xii. 24. Consider how great 
things the Lord hath done for thee. 

Job xxiii. 15. When I consider him, 
I am afraid. 

Ps. cxix. 95. I will consider thy tes- 
timonies. 

Eccl. vii. 14. In the day of adversity, 
consider. 

Isa. xli. 20. Consider that the hand of 
the Lord hath done this. 

Ezek. xii. 3. It may be they will con- 
sider, though they be a rebellious house. 
Ch. x^'iii. 14. 

Hag. i. 5. Thus saith tlie Lord, Con- 
sider your ways. 

2 Tim. ii. 7. Consider, and the Lord 
give thee understanding in all things. For 
considering God's works, see Job xxxvii. 
14. Ps. viii. 3.— Ixiv. 9. Eccl. vii. 13. 
Isa. Iii. 15. Jer. xxx. 24. 


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XIV. The inconsideration of the wick- 
ed. Deut, xxxii. 29. O that they would 
consider their latter end. 

Ps. 1. 22. Consider, ye that forget 
God ; lest I tear you in pieces, and there 
be none to deliver. 

Eccl. V. 1. They consider not that 
they do evil. 

Isa. i. 3. Israel doth not know^, my 
people doth not consider. Ch. v. 12. Ps. 
Ixxxii. 5. — xciv. 8. 

xliv. 19. None considereth in his heart. 
Ch. xlvii. 7. 

Ver. 20. A deceived heart hath turn- 
ed him aside ; he cannot deliver his soul, 
nor say, Is there not a lie in my right 
hand ? 

Jer. ii. 10. Consider, hath a nation 
changed their gods ? but my people have 
clianged their glory. 

x. 8. They are altogether brutish. 
Ver. 14. Ch. li. 17. 21. 

Hos. vii. 2. They consider not in their 
hearts, that I remember all their wick- 
edness. 

Matt. vii. 3. Thou considerest not the 
beam tliat is in thine own eye. 

Luke ix. 55. Ye know not what man- 
ner of spirit ye are of. 

xix. 42. If thou hadst known the things 
that belong to thy peace, but now they 
are hid from thine eyes. 

Rev. iii. 17. Thou sayest, I am rich, 
and increased with goods, and have need 
of nothing ; and knowest not, that thou 
art wretched and miserable, and poor, 
and blind, and naked. 

XV. The case of those loho withstand 
the appointed means of repentance. Matt, 
xiii. 13, 14. Jesus said, I speak to them 
in parables; because they seeing, see not; 
and hearing, they hear not ; neither do 
they understand. And in them is ful- 
filled the prophecy of Esaias, which saith, 
Bj hearing ye shall hear, and shall not 
understand ; and seeing ye shall see, and 
shall not perceive : (Isa. vi. 9.) Ver. 15. 
For this people's heart is waxed gross, 
and their ears are dull of hearing, and 
theia- eyes they have closed; lest at any 
time they should see with their eyes, and 
hear with their ears, and should under- 
stand with their heart, and should be 
converted, and I should heal them. Mark 
iv. 12, Luke viii. 10. John xii. 40. Acts 
xxviii. 26. Rom. xi. 8. 

Luke xvi. 30. Dives said, If one went 
from the dead unto my brethren they 
will repent. — Ver. 31. Abraham said, If 


they hear not Moses and the prophets, 
neither will they be persuaded though 
one rose from the dead. 

xix. 41, 42. Jesus wept over Jerusa- 
lem, saying. If thou hadst known, in this 
thy day, the things which belong unto 
thy peace ? But now they are hid from 
thine eyes. 

Rom. ii. 5. After thy hardness and im- 
penitent heart, thou treasurest up unto 
thyself wrath against the day of wrath. 

Heb. vi. 4 — 6. It is impossible for 
those who were once enlightened, and 
have tasted of the heavenly gift, and were 
made partakers of the Holy Ghost, and 
have tasted the good word of God, and 
the powers of the world to come, if they 
fall away, to renew them again to repent- 
ance ; seeing they crucify to themselves 
the Son of God afresh, and put him to 
open shame. 

xii. 17. Esau found no place for re- 
pentance, though he sought it carefully 
with tears. Matt, xxvii. 7. 

Gen. vi. 3. God saith. My Spirit shall 
not always strive with man. Ps. xcv. 8. 
Harden not your hearts. Heb. iii. 8. 15. 
^iv. 7. 

XVI. Sorrow for sin. Ps. xiii. 3. How 
long shall I take counsel in my soul, hav- 
ing sorrow in my heart daily ? 

xxxviii. 17. I am ready to halt; my 
sorrow is continually before me. — Ver. 
18. I will declare mine iniquity ; I will 
be sorry for my sin. 

Ixix. 29. I am poor and sorrowful; let 
thy salvation, O God, set me on high. 
Ps. cxvi. 3, 4. 

Eccl. vii. 3. Sorrow is better than 
laughter. Prov. xiv. 13. 

Jer. xxxi. 25. I have satiated every 
weary soul; I have replenished every 
sorrowful soul. 

Zeph. iii. 18. I will gather them that 
are sorrowful for the solemn assem- 
bly. 

John xvi. 20. Your sorrow shall be 
turned into joy. 

Rom. ix. 2. I have continual sorrow 
in my heart. 

2 Cor. vi. 10. As sorrowful, yet always 
rejoicing. 

vii. 9 to 12. Ye sorrowed to repent- 
ance. 

XVII. Mourning for sin. Exod. xxxiii. 
4. When the people heard God's threat- 
enings against them they mourned. 
Numb. xiv. 39. 


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Of Repentance. 


Chap. XVIII. 


Ezra X. 6. Ezra mourned because of 
file transgressions of those that had been 
carried captive. 

Neh. i. 4. Nehemiah wept and mourn- 
ed, fasted and prayed, and said, &c. 

Job V. 11. God doth great things, that 
those that mourn may be exalted. Ver. 
8,9. 

Ps. xxxviii. 6. I go mourning all the 
day. Ps. xlii. 9.— xliii. 2. 

Iv. 2. Attend unto me and hear me; I 
mourn in my complaint. 

Isa. xxxviii. 14. Like a crane or a 
swallow, so do I chatter ; I did mourn as 
a dove. Isa. lix. 11. 

Ivii. 18. I will restore comforts unto 
him and to his mourners. 

Ixi. 2, 3. The Lord hath sent me to 
comfort all that mourn. To give unto 
them that mourn in Zion, beauty for 
ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, and 
the garments of praise for the spirit of 
heaviness. 

Jer. xxxi. 13. I vrill turn their mourn- 
ing into joy ; I will comfort them, and 
make them rejoice from their sorrow. 

Ezek. vii. 16. They shall be on the 
mountains like doves of the valleys, 
mourning every one for his iniquities. 
Ver. 27. 

ix. 4. Set a mark on tlie foreheads of 
them that sigh and mourn for the abomi- 
nations. Rev. vii. 3. 

Dan. X. 2. I Daniel was mourning 
three full weeks, &c. 

Joel i. 9. The priests, the Lord's min- 
isters mourn. 

ii. 12. Turn ye unto me, (saith the 
Lord) with all your heart, with fasting, 
with weeping and mourning. 

Ver. 13. Rend your hearts and not 
your garments, and turn unto the Lord 
your God. 

Zcch. xii. 10. They shall look on 
him whom they have pierced, and 
mourn. 

Ver. 12. The land shall mourn, every 
family apart. 

Matt. V. 4. Blessed are they that 
mourn ; they shall be comforted. 

XVIIL Reproofs and threats for not 
mourning for sin. Isa. xxii. 12, 13. In 
that day did the Lord God of hosts call 
to weeping and mourning, and baldness, 
and to girding with sackclotli. But be- 
hold joy and gladness. 

Zech. vii. 5. When ye fasted and 
mourned, did ye at all fast unto me, even 
unto me ? I 


Luke vi. 25. Woe unto you tliat laugh; 
ye shall mourn. 

1 Cor. V. 2. Ye are puffed up, and have 
not rather mourned. 

James iv. 9. Be ye afflicted, and mourn 
and weep; let your laughter be turned into 
mourning, and your joy into heaviness. 

XIX. Heaviness for sin. Ezra ix. 5. 
I arose from mj heaviness. 

Ps. xxxviii. 4. Mine iniquities are as 
a heavy burden. 

cxix. 28. My soul melteth for heaviness. 

Matt. xi. 28. Come unto me all ye that 
labour and are heavy laden, and I will 
give you rest. Isa. Ixi. 3. 

XX. Grief for sin. 2 Chron. vi. 29. 
When every one shall know his own sore, 
and his own grief, and shall spread forth 
his hands and pray ; Hear thou, and for- 
give. 1 Kings viii. 38, 39. When he 
shall know the plague of his own heart; 
Hear thou, and forgive. 

Neh. xiii. 8. Their profaning the house 
of God, gi'ieved me sore. 

Ps. cxix. 158. I beheld transgressors 
and was grieved. 

Mark iii. 5. Jesus was grieved for the 
hardness of their hearts. 

XXI. Not being grieved for sin. Jer. 
v. 7. Thou hast stricken them ; tliey were 
not grieved. Isa. Ivii. 10. 

XXII. Weeping for sin. Judg. ii. 4. The 
Israelites being reproved by an angel for 
their sins, they lift up their voice and wept. 

2 Kings xxii. 19. Because thine heart 
was tender, and thou hast rent thy clothes, 
and wept before me, I also have heard 
thee, saith the Lord. 2 Chron. xxxiv. 26. 

Ezra X. 1. Ezra confessed, weeping. 

Ps. vi. 8. The Lord hath heard the 
voice of my weeping. 

cii. 9. I have mingled my drink with 
weeping. 

cxxvi. 6. He that goeth forth and 
wcepeth, bearing precious seed, shall 
come again with rejoicing. 

Jer. xiii. 17. My soul shall weep in 
secret for your j)ride. 

xxxi. 9. They shall come witli weep- 
ing and supplications. 

1. 4. The children of Israel shall go 
together weeping, to seek the Lord their 
God. 

Joel ii. 12. Turn ye unto me with all 
your heart, with fasting, weeping and 
mourning. 


Chap. XVIII. 


Of Repentance, 


343 


Ver. 17. Let the priests, the ministers 
of the Lord, weep between the porch and 
tlie altar ; and let them say, Spare thy 
people, O Lord. 

Luke vi.21. Blessed are ye that weep. 
Ver. 25. 

vii. 38. A woman stood weeping, and 
began to wash Jesus' feet with tears. 

xxiii. 28. Jesus said, Weep not for me, 
but weep for yourselves. James iv. 9. — v. 1. 

XXIII. Tears for sin. 2 Kings xx. 5. 
I have seen thy tears ; behold I will heal 
thee. Isa. xxxviii. 5. 

Job xvi. 20. Mine eye poureth out 
tears unto God. 

Ps. vi. 6. I water my couch with my 
tears. 

xxxix. 12. Hold not thy peace at my 
tears. 

xlii. 3. My tears have been my meat 
night and day. 

Ivi. 8. Put my tears in thy bottle. 

cxx\'i. 5. They that sow in tears shall 
reap in joy. 

Jer. ix. 1. O that my head were waters, 
and mine eyes a fountain of tears. Ver. 18. 

xiii. 17. Mine eye shall run down with 
tears. 

Lam. ii. 11. Mine eyes do fail with 
tears. 

Ver. 18. Let tears run down like a 
river day and night ; give thyself no rest. 
Jer. xiv. 17. 

Acts XX. 19. Serving the Lord with 
many tears. 

Rev. vii. 15. God shall wipe away all 
tears from their eyes. 

XXIV. The heart affected for having 
sinned. 1 Sam. xxiv. 5. David's heart 
smote him. 

1 Kings viii. 38. Know the plague of 
his own heart. 2 Chron. vi. 29. His own 
sore. 

2 Kings xxii. 19. Because thine heart 
was tender. 

Isa. xlvii. 7. Lay to heart. Dan. v. 22. 
Humble the heart. Joel ii. 13. Rend the 
heart. Acts ii. 37. They were pricked in 
their hearts. Chap. ix. 6. — ^xvi. 30. Ps. 
cix. 22. Heart wounded. 

XXV. A broken and contrite heart. Ps. 
xxxiv. 18. The Lord is nigh unto them 
that are of a broken heart, and saveth 
such as be of a contrite spirit. 

Ii. 17. The sacrifices of God are a 
broken spirit ; a broken and a contrite 
heart, O God, thou wilt not despise. 
28* 


cix. 16. See prayers against those who 
would slay the broken in heart. 

cxlvii. 3. The Lord healeth the broken 
in heart, and bindeth up their wounds. 

Isa. Ivii. 15. Thus saith the Lord, I 
dwell with him that is of a contrite and 
humble spirit ; to revive the spirit of the 
humble, and to revive the heart of the 
contrite ones. 

Ixi. 1. The Lord hath sent me to bind 
up the broken-hearted. Luke iv. 18. 

Lxvi. 2. To this man will I look, even 
to him that is poor, and of a contrite 
spirit, and trembleth at my word. 

XXVL Shame the portion of sinners. 
Prov. iii, 35. Shame shall be the promo^ 
tion of fools. 

xiii. 5. A wicked man cometh to shame. 

xiv. 34. Sin is a reproach to any people. 

Dan. xii. 2. Some (at the last day) shall 
awake to shame, «fec. 

XXVII. Shame enjoined as a mark of 
true penitents, Jer. xxii. 22. Thou shalt 
be ashamed ; yea, even confounded, for 
all thy wickedness. 

Ezek. xliii. 10. Show the house of Is- 
rael, that they may be ashamed for their 
iniquities. Ver. 11. Hos. iv. 19. 

Rom. vi. 21. What fruit had ye in 
these things whereof ye are now ashamed. 
Jer. xxxi. 19. — iii, 25. 

XXVIII. Avoiding sin is avoiding 
shame. Ps. cxix. 6. Then shall I not be 
ashamed when I have respect unto all 
thy commandments. See Rev. iii. 18. — 
xvi. 15. Compare Gen. iii. 7, 8. 

Job xi. 14, 15. If iniquity be in thine 
hand, put it far away ; and let not wicked- 
ness dwell in thy tabernacles. For then 
thou shalt lift up thy face without spot, 
&c. 

XXIX. Reproofs for not leing asha?ned 
of sin. Jer. vi. 15. W^hen they had 
committed abominations they were not 
ashamed, neither could they blush. Ch, 
viii. 12. 

Zeph. iii. 5. The unjust knoweth no 
shame. 

Phil. iii. 19, The wicked glory in their 
shame. 

Jude 13. Foaming out their own 
shame. 

XXX. Abhorring and loathing one^s self 
for sin. Job xlii. 6. Job said, I abhop 
myself, and repent in dust and ashes, 


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Of Repentance. 


Chap XVllI. 


Ezek. vi. 9. They sliall loathe them- 
selves for the evils which they have com- 
mitted, in all their abominations. Ch. xx. 
43. — xxxvi. 31. 

XXXI. Confession and acknowledgment 
of sin required of penitents. 

XXXII. Promises to confessing and 
acknoivledging sin. Lev. xxvi. 40 — 42. 
If they shall confess their iniquity, and 
the iniquity of their fathers ; if their un- 
circumcised heart be humbled ; then will 
I remember my covenant. 1 Kings viii. 
33. 35. 

Ps. xxxii. 5. I said, I will confess my 
transgressions ; thou forgavest the iniquity 
of m}^ sin. 

Prov. xxviii. 13. He that covereth his 
sins shall not prosper ; but whoso con- 
fesseth and forsaketh them, shall have 
mercy. Job xxxi. 33. 

1 John i. 9. If we confess our sins, he is 
faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and 
to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. 

XXXIII. Exhortations to confession. 
Jos. vii. 19. Give glory to God, and make 
confession. 

Jer. iii. 13. Acknowledge thine iniquity, 
that thou hast transgressed against the 
Lord thy God. Ezra x. 11. Hos. v. 15. 

Rom. xiv. 11. Every knee shall bow, 
and every tongue shall confess to God. 

XXXIV. Instances. Matt. iii. 16. They 
were baptized, confessing their sins. 

Acts xix. 8. Many that believed, con- 
fesscd and shewed their deeds. 

XXXV. Confessions made in Scripture 
expressions. Ezra ix. 6. O my God, I am 
ashamed, and blush to Uft up my face to 
thee, my God ; for our iniquities are in- 
creased over our heads, and our trespass 
is grown up unto the heavens. Ver. 7. 13. 
15. Ps. xxxviii. 4. — xl. 12. Jer. xiv. 20. 

Neh. i. G, 7. Both I and my father's 
house have sinned. (Ps. cvi. 6.) We 
have dealt very corruptly against thee. 

ix. 16. They dealt proudly and hard- 
ened their necks, and hearkened not to 
thy commandments. 

Ver. 26. They were disobedient and 
rebelled against thee, and cast thy laws 
behind their backs. 

Ver. 35, They have not served tiiee 
in thy great goodness, neither turned they 
from their wicked works. 

Job xiii. 23. How many are mine ini- 


quitics and my sins : make me to know 
my transgressions and my sins. 

xiv. 4. Who can bring a clean thing 
out of an unclean. 

XV. 14. What is man that he should 
be clean ? and he that is born of a woman, 
that he should be righteous? 1 Kings 
viii. 46. 

Ver. 15. Behold he putteth no trust 
in his saints, and the heavens are not 
clean in his sight. 

xl. 4. Behold I am vile, what shall I 
answer thee ? I will lay mine hand upon 
my mouth. 

Ps. xxxiii. 18. I will declare mine 
iniquity ; I will be sorry for my sin. Ps. 
xxxii. 5. 

li. 3. I acknowledge my transgres- 
sions ; my sin is ever before me. 

Ver. 5. Behold I was shapen in 
iniquity, and in sin did my mother con- 
ceive me. 

Ixix. 5. O God, thou knowest my 
foolishness, and my sins , are not hid 
from thee. Ps. cxxx. 3. If thou, Lord, 
shouldst mark iniquity, O Lord, who 
should stand ? 

Prov. XX. 9. Who can say, I have 
made my heart clean ? I am pure from 
my sin ? 1 John i. 8. If we say we 
have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and 
the truth is not in us. 

Eccl. vii. 20. There is not a just man 
upon earth, that doeth good and sinneth 
not. 

Isa. lix. 12. Our transgressions are 
multiplied before thee, and our sins testify 
against us. 

Ixiv. 6. We are all as an unclean 
thing, and all our righteousnesses are as 
filthy rags ; and we all do fade as a leaf, 
and our iniquities like the wind have 
taken us away. 

Jer. xiv. 7. Our backslidings are many ; 
we have sinned against thee. Ver. 20. 
Luke iii. 42. 

Dan. ix. 5. We have sinned, and have 
committed iniquity, and have done wick- 
cdly and have rebelled ; even by departing 
from thy precepts, and from thy judg- 
ments. — Ver. 8. O Lord, to us belongeth 
confusion of face, to our kings, to our 
princes, and to our fathers ; because we 
have sinned against thee. 

Rom. vii. 18. In my flesh dwelleth 
no good thing. — Ver. 21. I find a law, 
tliat when I would do good, evil is pre- 
sent with me. — Ver. 23. I see a law 
in my members, warring against the law 
of my mind, and bringing me into cap- 


Chap. XVIII. 


Fruitfulness. 


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tivity to the law of sin, which is in my 
members, 

XXXVI. Amendment. Deut. x. 16. 
Circumcise the foreskin of your heart, 
and be no more stiff-necked. Jer. iv. 4. 

Job xxxiv. 32. If I have done iniquity, 
I will do no more. 

Isa. i. 16. Cease to do evil, learn to 
do well. 

Jer. vii 3. Amend your ways and your 
doings. Ver. 15. Ch. xxvi. 13. — xxxv. 15. 

J\Iatt. iii. 8. Bring forth fruits meet for 
repentance. Luke iii. 8, 

John V. 14. Sin no more. Ch. viii. 11. 
Ps. iv. 4. Stand in awe, and sin not. 

Rom. vi. 1. Shall we continue in sin, 
&c. God forbid. 

Eph. V. 14. Awake thou that sleepest, 
arise from the dead. See Dead works. 

James iv. 8. Cleanse your hands, purify 
your hearts. 


FRUITFULNESS. 

XXXVII. Fruitfulness in religion. 
Ps. i. 3. He shall be like a tree planted 
by the rivers of water, that bringeth forth 
his fruit in his season. 

xcii. 14. They shall bring forth fruit 
in old age ; they shall be fat and flourish- 
ing. See ver. 12, 13. Ps. Ixxxiv. 7. 

Prov. iv. 18. The path of the just is as 
the shining light, that shineth, &c. 

Isa. V. 4. What could have been done 
more to my vineyard that I have not 
done in it, to make it fruitful. 

Jer. xxxi. 12. Their soul shall be as a 
watered garden. Mai. iv. 2, 

Hos. xiv. 5. I will be as the dew unto 
Israel ; he shall grow as the lily, and cast 
forth his roots as Lebanon. — Ver. 8. I 
am like a green fir-tree ; from me is thy 
fruit found. 


Matt. vii. 16. Ye shall know them by . 
their fruits. Ver. 20. Ch. xii. 33. 

Ver. 17. Every good tree bringeth 
forth good fruit. Ch. xiii. 23. Mark 
xii. 2. 

John XV. 2. Every branch that bear- 
eth fruit he purgeth, that it may bring 
forth more fruit. Matt. xiii. 12. 

Ver. 5. I am the vine, ye are the 
branches : he that abideth in me, and I 
in him, the same bringeth forth much 
fruit ; for without me ye can do nothing. 

Ver. 8. Herein is my Fatiier glorified, 
that ye bear much fruit ; so shall ye be 
my disciples. 

Ver. 16. I have chosen you, and or- 
dained you, that ye should go and bring 
forth fruit. 

Rom. vi. 22. Being made free from sin, 
ye have your fruit unto holiness, and the 
end everlasting life. Ch. vii. 4. 

Eph. iv. 15. Grow up unto Christ in 
all things. 

v. 9. The fruit of the Spirit is in all 
righteousness, goodness, and truth. 

Phil. i. 11. Being filled with the fruits 
of righteousness, which are by Jesus 
Christ, to the praise and glory of God. 

Col. i. 10. Walk worthy of the Lord 
to all pleasing, being fruitful in every good 
work. Ch. ii. 6, 7. 

James iii. 17. The wisdom from above 
is full of good fruits. 

1 Pet. ii. 2. Desire the sincere milk 
of the word, that ye may grow thereby. 

2 Pet. i. 8. If these things be in you, 
and abound, they make you that ye shall 
neither be barren nor unfruitful in the 
knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus 
Christ. 

iii. 18. Grow in grace, and in the 
knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus 
Christ. 

Jude 20. Building yourselves up in 
your most holy faith. 


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CHAPTER XIX. 


OF DEATH AND THE RESURRECTION. 


I. THE shortness of /mnian life. Gen, 
xlvii. 9. Jacob said, Few and evil have 
tlie days of the years of my hfe been. 
Job xiv. 1. Man that is born of a woman, 
is of few days. 

1 Sam. XV. 3. There is but a step be- 
tween me and death. 

1 Chron. xxix. 15. Our days on earth 
are as a shadow, and there is none 
abiding. Job viii. 9. Ps. cii. 11. — cxhv. 
4. Zeeh. i. 5. 

Job vii. 6. Our days are swifter than 
a weaver's shuttle. 

ix. 25, 26. Our days are swifter than a 
post, they fly away. They are passed 
away as the swift ships, and as the eagle 
that hastetli to the prey. 

xvi. 22. When a few years are come, 
then I shall go the way whence I shall not 
return. 

xvii. 1. My days are extinct, my breath 
is corrupt, the graves are ready for me. 

Ps. xxxix. 4, 5. Lord, make me to 
know mine end, and the measure of my 
days, what it is, that I may know how 
frail I am. Behold, thou hast made my 
days as an handbreadth, and mine age 
is as nothing before thee: verily every 
man at his best estate is altogether vanity. 
— Ver- 13. O spare me, that I may re- 
cover strength before I go hence and be no 
more. Ps. xc. 3. 5, 6. 10. 12. 

ciii. 15, 16. Man's days are as grass ; 
as a flower of the field, so he flourisheth. 
For the wind passcth over it, and it is 
gone ; and the place thereof shall know it 
no more. Isa. xl. 6, 7, 8. James i. 10. 
1 Pet. i. 24. 

James iv. 14. Our life is even a vapour, 
that appcareth for a little time, and then 
vanishetli away. Hcb xiii. 14. Here we 
have no continuing city. 1 Chron. xxix. 
15. There is none abiding. 

II. Of the term or boundary of human 
life. Job vii. 1. Is there not an appointed 
time for man upon earth? Arc not his 
days like the days of an hireling? 

xiv. 5. Man's days are determined ; the 
number of his months are with thee, 
thou hast appointed his bounds that lie | 


cannot pass. — Ver. 14. All the days of 
my appointed time will I wait, till my 
change come. 

Ps. xc. 10. The days of our years are 
threescore and ten ; and if by reason of 
strength they be fourscore years, yet is 
their strength labour and sorrow ; for it 
is soon cut oft' and we fly away. 

Eccl. iii. 2. A time to be born, and a 
time to die. 

Matt. vi. 27. Which of you can add 
one cubit to his stature [or age] ? 

Acts xvii. 26. God hath made of one 
blood all nations of men that dwell on the 
face of the earth ; and hath determined 
the times, before appointed, and the bounds 
of their habitation. 

III. The time of life is in God's hand. 
Job v. 18. The Lord maketh sore, and 
he bindcth up; he woundcth, and his 
hands make whole. 

1 Sam. ii. 6. The Lord killeth, and he 
maketh alive ; he bringeth down to the 
grave, and he raiseth up. Deut. xxxii. 39. 

Ps. Ixviii. 20. Unto God the Lord be- 
long the issues from death. Ps. ix. 13. — 
ciii. 4. 

Dan v. 23. God, in whose hand thy 
breath is, and whose are all thy ways. 

Acts xvii. 28. In him we live, and 
move, and have our being. 

Rev. i. 18. I have the keys of hell 
and of death, saith Christ. 

IV. Death prevailing over all man- 
hind, of every character^ rank and station^ 
Josh, xxiii. 14. Joshua said, I am going 
the way of all the earth. 1 Kings ii. 2. 

Job iv. 19 — 21. Mortal men dwell in 
houses of clay ; their foundation is in the 
dust, they arc crushed before the moth. 
They are destroyed from morning to 
evening; they perish for ever, without 
any regarding it. Doth not their excel- 
lency that is in them go away ? they die 
without wisdom. 

vii. 9, 10. He that goeth down to 
the grave shall come up no more. He 
shall return no more to his house, nei- 
ther shall his place know him any more. 


Chap. XIX. 


Of Death. 


347 


Job ix. 22. God destroyeth the perfect, 
and the wicked. 

xiv, 2. Man cometh forth like a flower, 
and is cut down. — Ver. 10. Man dieth 
and waste th away ; yea, man giveth up 
the ghost, and where is he? — Ver. 12. 
Man lieth down, and riseth not till the 
heavens be no more, they shall not awake, 
nor be raised out of sleep. 

Ver. 19, 20. Thou destroyest the 
hope of man. Thou prevailest for ever 
against him, and he passeth ; thou 
changest his countenance, and sendest 
him away. 

xvii. 13, 14. If I wait, the grave is 
mine house. (Ver. 1.) I have said to 
corruption. Thou art my father ; and to 
the worm, Thou art my mother and 
sister. — Ver. 15. And where is now my 
hope ? 

xxi. 2.^—26- One dieth in his full 
strength, being wholly at ease and quiet. 
His breasts are full of milk, and his bones 
moistened with marrow. Another dieth 
in the bitterness of his soul, and never 
eateth with pleasure. They shall lie 
down alike in the dust, and the worms 
shall cover them, 

xxiv. 24. The mighty are exalted for 
a little while, but are gone and brought 
low ; they are taken out of the way as 
all others, and cut off as the tops of the 
ears of corn. Eccl. viii. 8. Neither shall 
wickedness deliver those that are given 
to it. 

XXX. 23. I know that thou wilt bring 
me to death, and to the house appointed 
for all living. Eccl. viii. 8. There is no 
discharge in that war. 

xxxiv. 14. If he set his heart upon 
man, and if he gather unto him his spi- 
rit and his breath ; all flesh shall perish 
together, and man shall turn again to 
dust. 

Ps. xlix. 7. 9, 10. They that trust in 
their wealth, none of them can by any 
means redeem his brother, nor give to God 
a ransom for him ; that he should live for 
ever, and not see corruption. Wise men 
die, likewise the fool and the brutish per- 
son perish, and leave their wealth to others. 
Ver. 11 to 14. 

Ixxxii. 6, 7. I have said. Ye are gods, 
and all of you children of the Most 
High. But ye shall die like men. Ps. 
cxlvi. 4. 

Ixxxix. 48. What man is he that liv- 
eth, and shall not see death? Shall he 
deliver his soul from the hand of the 
grave ? 


xc. 3. Thou turnest man to destruc- 
tion. — Ver. 5, 6. Thou carriest them 
away as with a flood : they are as a sleep : 
in the morning they are like grass that 
groweth up. In the morning it flourish- 
eth and groAveth up, in the evening it is 
cut down and withereth. 

Eccl. i. 4. One generation cometh, and 
another gceth. 

ii. 16. How dieth the wise man? as 
the fool. 

viii. 8. No man hath power over the 
spirit to retain the spirit ; neither hath he 
power in the day of death : and there is 
no discharge in that war. 

xii. 5. Man goeth to his long home, 
and the mourners go about the streets. 

Ver. 7. The dust shall return to the 
earth as it was, and the spirit shall return 

unto God who g'ave it. 

V. Preparative duties for death. Deut. 
xxxii. 29. O that they were wise ; that 
they would consider their latter end. 

Ps. xc. 12. So teach us to number our 
days, that we may apply our hearts to 
wisdom. Ps. xxxix. 4. 

John ix. 4. I must work the works of 
him that sent me, while it is day ; the 
night cometh when no man can work. 

1 Pet. i. 17. Pass the time of your so- 
journing here in fear. Matt. x. 28. 

VI. No preparative duties are to he 
performed after death. Isa. xxxviii. 18, 19. 
The grave cannot praise thee ; death can- 
not celebrate thee : they that go down to 
the pit cannot hope for thy truth. The 
living, the living, he shall praise thee, as 
I do this day. See Ps. vi. 5. — xxx. 9. — 
Ixxxviii. 10, 11, 12.— cxv. 17. 

VII. The death of the righteous happy. 
Ps. xxxi. 5. Into thine hand I commit my 
spirit, O Lord. Acts vii. 59. 

xxxvii. 37. Mark the perfect man, and 
behold the upright ; for the end of that 
man is peace. 

cxvi. 11. Precious in the sight of the 
Lord is the death of his saints. 

Prov. xiv. 32. The righteous hath hope 
in his death. Numb, xxiii. 10. Let me 
die the death of the righteous, and let my 
last end be like his. 

Eccl. vii. 1. The day of his death is 
better than the day of his birth. 

Isa. Ivii. 1, 2. The righteous is taken 
away from the evil to come. He shall 
enter into peace. 2 Kings xxii. 19, 20. 

Job iii. 17, 18. There the wicked 
cease from troubling, and there the weary 


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Of the Resurrection from the Dead. Chap. XIX. 


be at rest. There the prisoners rest to- 
getlier ; they hear not the voice of the 
oppressor. 

Ps. Ixxiii. 24. Thou wilt guide mc with 
\hy counsel, and afterward receive me to 
glory. Ps. Ixxxiv. 11. The Lord will 
give grace and glory. 

Luke xvi. 22. Lazarus died, and Avas 
carried by angels into Abraham's bosom. 
Ver. 25. Now he is comforted. 

xxiii. 43. Jesus said, This day shall 
thou be with me in paradise. 

1 Cor. iii. 22, 23. Whether life or death, 
all are yours ; and ye are Christ's. 

2 Cor. v. 6. While we are at home in 
tlie body, we are absent from the Lord. — 
Ver. 8. We are willing rather to be ab- 
sent from the body, and to be present with 
the Lord. 

Phil. i. 21. For mo to live is Christ, 
and to die is gain. — Ver. 23. I have a 
desire to depart and to be with Christ, 
which is far better. 

1 Thess. v. 10. Christ died for us, that 
whether we wake or sleep, we should live 
together with him. Rom. xiv. 8, 9. 

Heb. xii. 23. The righteous go to the 
spirits of just men made perfect. 

Rev. xiv. 13. Blessed are the dead 
which die in the Lord, from henceforth : 
yea, saith the Spirit, that they may rest 
from tlieir labours, and their works do 
follow them. 

VIIL Death of the wicked. Job xxvii, 
20, 21. Terrors take hold on him as wa- 
ters ; a tempest stealeth him away in the 
night. The east wind carrieth him away 
and he departcth, and as a storm hurleth 
him out of his place.— Ver. 22, 23. For 
God shall cast upon him, and shall not 
spare. Men shall clap their hands at 
him, and shall hiss him out of his place. 
Jer. xxiii. 19. 

xxxvi. 6. God prescrveth not the life 
of the wicked. 

Ps. xxxvii. 34. When tlie wicked arc 
cut off thou shalt sec it— Ver. 38. The 
end of wicked men shall be cut off. 

Prov. xi. 7. When a wicked man dieth, 
his expectation pcrishcth. — Ver. 10. When 
the wicked perish there is shouting. 

xii. 7. TJic wicked are overthrown, 
and are not. Cli. x. 27. 

xiv. 32. The wicked is driven away 
in his wickedness. 

Eccl. viii. 10. I saw the wicked buried; 
they were forgotten. 

Isa. xiv. 9. Hell from beneath is moved 
for thee, to meet thee at thy coming. 


xiv. 15. Thou shalt be brought down 
to hell, to the sides of the pit. 

Ezck. xviii. 18. He shall die in his 
iniquity. Ch. xxxiii. 8, 9. 

Luke xvi. 23. Tlie rich man died, and 
was buried ; and in hell he lift up his 
eyes, being in torment. Ps. ix. 17. 

IX. The dead leave all their possession.^ 
behind thein. Ps. xlix. 10. They leave 
their wealth to others. Job i. 21. Eccl. 
ii. 18. 

Ver. 14. Their beauty shall consume 
in the grave. — Ver. 17. When he dieth 
he shall carry nothing away, his glory 
shall not descend after him. 

Eccl. V. 15, 16. As he came, naked 
shall he return, and shall take nothing of 
his labour, which he may carry away in 
his hand. In all points as he came, so 
shall he go. Ch. ii. 19. Who knnweth 
whether he shall be a wise man or a fool 
that shall be after him. 

ix. 5, 6. The memory of them is for- 
gotten. Also, their love, and their hatred, 
and their envy, is now perished ; neither 
have they any more a portion for ever in 
anything that is done under the sun. 

Job xiv. 21. His sons come to honour, 
and he knoweth it not ; they are brought 
low, but he perceiveth it not. 

1 Tim. vi. 7. We brought nothing in- 
to this world, and it is certain that we 
can carry nothing out, 


OF THE RESURRECTION FROM 
THE DEAD. 

X. That there shall he a resurrection 
of the dead. (See Christ shall raise the 
dead.) Job xix. 25 — 27. I know that my 
Redeemer liveth, and that he shall stand 
at the latter day upon the earth. And 
though after my skin worms destroy this 
body, yet in my flesh shall I see God : 
whom I shall see for myself, and mine 
eyes shall behold, and not another; 
though my reins be consumed within me. 
Ps. xlix. 15. 

Ps. xvi. 9. My flesh shall rest in hope. 
Ver. 10. Ps. Ixviii, 20. Acts ii. 26, 27, 
28. 31. 

Dan. xii. 2. Many of them that sleep in 
the dust of the earth shall awake; some to 
everlasting life, and some to everlasting 
sljame and contempt. Va. xvii. 15. 

Matt. xxii. 30. In tlie resurrection 
the}' neither marry nor are given in 
marriage ; but arc as the angels in 


Chap. XIX. Of the Resurrection from the Dead. 


349 


heaven. — Ver. 31, 32. As touching the 
resurrection of the dead, have ye not 
read that which was spoken unto you 
by God, saying, I am the God of Abra- 
ham, and the God of Isaac, and the God 
of Jacob : God is not the God of the 
dead, but of the hving. Luke xx. 35, 
36. 

Luke xiv. 14. Thou shalt be recom- 
pensed at the resurrection of the just. 

Acts xiv. 2. The apostles taught the 
people, and preached through Jesus the 
resurrection from the dead. Heb. vi. 
1, 2. 

xxiii. 6. Paul said, Of the hope of the 
resurrection of the dead I am called in 
question. Ch. xxiv. 21. 

xxiv. 15. Paul said, I have hope to- 
ward God, that there shall be a resur- 
rection of the dead both of the just and 
tmjust. 

xxvi. 8. Why should it be thought a 
thing incredible with you, that God should 
raise the dead. 

Rom. iv. 17. God qaickeneth the dead. 
2 Cor. i. 9. God raiseth the dead. 

viii. 11. If the Spirit of him that raised 
up Jesus from the dead dwell in you, he 
that raised up Christ from the dead shall 
also quicken your mortal t^odies by his 
Spirit that dwelleth in you. 

Ver. 19. The earnest expectation of 
the creature waiteth for the manifestation 
of the sons of God. — Ver. 21. Because 
the creature shall be delivered from the 
bondage of corruption, into the glorious 
liberty of the children of God.-— Ver. 23. 
We ourselves, who have the first fruits of 
the Spirit, groan within ourselves, waiting 
for the adoption, to wit, the redemption 
of our body. 

1 Cor. vi. 14. God both raised up the 
Lord Jesus, and will also raise up us, by 
his own power. 

XV. 12 — 14. How say some of you, 
that there is no resurrection of the 
dead ? (2 Tim. ii. 17, 18.) If there be 
no resurrection of the dead, then is 
Christ not risen : And if Christ be not 
risen, then is our preaching vain, and 
your faith is also vain. — Ver. 20. But 
now is Christ risen from the dead, and 
become the first fruits of them that 
slept. 

Ver. 21 — 23. Since by man came 
death, by man came also the resurrec- 
tion of the dead. For as in Adam all 
die, even so in Christ shall all be made 
alive. But every man in his order : 
Christ the first fruits, and afterward they 


that are Christ's, at his coming. Col. i. 
18. 

Ver. 35. Some man will say. How are 
the dead raised ? and with what bodies 
do they come ? — Ver. 38. God giveth a 
body as it pleaseth him. — Ver. 42. So 
also is the resurrection of the dead : it 
is sown in corruption, it is raised in in- 
corruption. — Ver. 43. It is sown in dis- 
honour, it is raised in glory : it is sown 
in weakness, it is raised in power. — Ver. 
44. It is sown a natural body, it is raised 
a spiritual body. 

Ver. 52—54. The dead shall be raised 
incorruptible. For this corruptible must 
put on incorruption, and this mortal 
must put on immortality. Then shall 
be brought to pass the saying that is 
written. Death is swallowed up in vic- 
tory. Isa. XXV. 7, 8. — xxvi. 19. Hos. 
xiii. 14. 

2 Cor. iv. 14. He that raised up the 
Lord Jesus, shall raise up us also by 
Jesus, and shall present us with you. 

V. 1 — 3. We know that if our earthly 
house of this tabernacle were dissolved, 
we have a building of God, an house not 
made with hands, eternal in the heavens. 
For in this we groan, earnestly desiring 
to be clothed upon with our house which 
is from heaven. If so be that being 
clothed, we shall not be found naked. — . 
Ver. 4. For we that are in this taber- 
nacle do groan, being burdened ; not for 
that we would be unclothed, but clothed 
upon, that mortality might be swallowed 
up of life. 

Eph. iv. 30. By the Holy Spirit of 
God ye are sealed unto the day of re- 
demption. 

1 Thess. iv. 14. If we believe that 
Jesus died and rose again ; even so them 
that sleep in Jesus, will God bring with 
him. 

Ver. 15 — 17. For this we say unto 
you, by the word of the Lord, That we 
which are alive and remain unto the 
coming of the Lord, shall not prevent 
them which are asleep. For the Lord 
himself shall descend from heaven with 
a shout, with the voice of the archangel, 
and with the trump of God ; and the dead 
in Christ shall rise first. Then we which 
are alive and remain, shall be caught up 
together with them in the clouds to meet 
the Lord in the air : so shall we ever be 
with the Lord. 

Heb. xi. 19. Abraham accounted that 
God was able to raise Isaac from the 
dead. 


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Chap. XX. 


Ver. 35. Others were tortured, not 
accepting deliverance, that they might 
obtain a better resurrection. 

Rev. XX. 6. Blessed and holy is he 
that hath part in the first resurrection : 
on such the second death hath no power ; 


but they shall be priests of God and of 
Christ, and shall reign with liitn a thou- 
sand years. 

Ver. 13. The sea gave up the dead 
which were in it. Isa. xxvi. 19. See 
Christ shall change the bodies of mankind. 


CHAPTER XX. 


OF A FUTURE JUDGMENT, AND THE STATE OF THE RIGHTEOUS 
AND THE WICKED. 


I. OF a future judgment, and its con- 
sequences. Acts xxiv. 15. As Paul rea- 
soned of righteousness, temperance, and 
judgment to come, Felix trembled. 

Heb. vi. 1, 2. Let us go on unto per- 
fection. Not laj ing again the foundation 
of the resurrection of the dead and of 
eternal judgment. 

ix. 27. It is appointed unto all men 
once to die, but after this the judgment. 

II. God is judge. (See Christ shall 
judge the world.) Ps. 1. 6. God is judge. 
— The judge of all the earth. Gen. xviii. 
25. 

xcvi. 13. He cometh to judge the 
earth. He shall judge the world with 
righteousness, and the people with his 
truth. Ver. 10. Ps. Iviii. 11. — xcviii. 8. 

Acts xvii. 31. He hath appointed a 
day wherein he will judge the world in 
righteousness. 

Rom. ii. 2. The judgment of God is 
according to truth. Ch. iii. 5. 

Ver. 12. As many as have sinned in 
the law, shall be judged by the law. 

Ver. 16. In the day when God shall 
judge the secrets of men by Jesus Christ. 

1 Cor. iv. 4. He that judgeth me is 
the Lord. 

Rev. XX. 11, 12. I saw a great white 
throne, and him that sat on it, from whose 
face the earth and the heaven fled away ; 
and there was found no place for them. 
And I saw the dead, small and great 
stand before God ; and the books were 
opened ; and another l)ook was opened, 
which is the Book of Life : and the dead 
were judged out of those things wliich 
were written in the books, according to 
their works. 


III. The persons and things that shall 
he judged. Eccl. iii. 17. God shall judge 
the righteous and the wicked. 

xi. y. Rejoice, O young man, in thy 
youth, and let thy heart cheer thee in the 
days of thy youth, and walk in the ways 
of thine heart, and in the sight of thine 
eyes : but know, that for all these things 
God will bring thee into judgment. 

xii. 14. God will bring ever}?- work 
into judgment, with every secret thing, 
whether it be good or whether it .be evil. 
Rom. ii. 16. God shall judge the secrets 
of men. 

Matt. xii. 36. Every idle word that 
men shall speak, they shall give account 
thereof in the day of judgment. Ver. 
37. 

Rom. xiv. 12. Every one shall give 
account of himself to God. 

1 Cor. iii. 14. Every man's work shall 
be made manifest. 

Heb. xiii. 17. Ministers watch for 
your souls, as they that must give ac- 
count. 

1 Pet. iv. 4, 5. They that run to 
excess of riot, shall give account to hira 
that is ready to judge the quick and the 
dead. 

Ver. 17. Judgment must begin at the 
house of God. 

IV. W?ien the day of judgment shall 
be: Mark xiii. 24—26. Tlie sim shall 
be darkened, and the moon shall not 
give her light ; and tJic stars of hea- 
ven sliall fall, and the powers that are 
in licavcn shall be shaken. And then 
shall they see the Son of Man, coming 
in the clouds with great power and 
glory .-^Ver. 32. But of that day and 


Chap. XX. 


Of a Future Judgment. 


351 


hour knoweth no man ; no, not the an- 
gels which are in heaven, neither the 
Son, but the Father. Matt. xxiv. 29 to 
44. 

1 Thess. V. 2. The day of the Lord so 
Cometh as a thief in the night. 2 Pet. 
iii. 10. 

2 Thess ii. 3. That day shall not come, 
except there come a falling away first, 
and that man of sin be revealed, the son of 
perdition. — Ver. 8. Whom the Lord shall 
consume, &c. 

V. Uses to he made of the doctrine of a 
future judgment^ and its consequences ; 
for encouraging steadfastness and per- 
severance in sundry graces and duties of 
the Christian life. Luke xxi. 34, 35. 
Take heed to yourselves, lest at any time 
your hearts be overcharged with surfeiting 
and drunkenness, and the cares of this 
life ; and so that day come upon you una- 
wares. (Compare 1 Pet. iv. 45.) For as 
a snare shall it come on all them that 
dwell on the face of the earth. — Ver. 36. 
Watch ye, therefore, and pray always ; 
that ye may be accounted worthy to es- 
cape all these things that shall come to 
pass, and to stand before the Son of man. 
See Matt. xxiv. 42. 44 to 51. Mark xiii. 
33 to 37. 

1 Cor. i. 7, 8. Waiting for the coming 
of our Lord Jesus Christ, who shall con- 
firm you unto the end, that ye may be 
blameless in the day of the Lord Jesus 
Christ. 

iv. 4, 5. He that judgeth me is the 
Lord. (See Christ shall judge.) There- 
fore judge nothing before the time, 
till the Lord come. See Matt. vii. 1, 2. 
Rom. xiv. 3. 10. 13. Col. ii. 16. James 
iv. 11. 

Acts xvii. 30, 31. The times of igno- 
rance God winked at, but now com- 
mandeth all men every where to repent. 
Because he hath appointed a day wherein 
he will judge the world in righteousness, 
by Jesus Christ. 

Col. iii. 4, 5. When Christ, who is our 
life, shall appear, then shall ye appear 
with him in glory. Mortify therefore 
your members which are upon the earth ; 
fornication, uncleanness, inordinate affec- 
tion, evil concupiscence, and covetousness, 
which is idolatry. — ^Ver. 8. Also put off 
anger, wrath, malice, blasphemy, filthy 
communications out of your mouth. — 
Ver. 9. Lie not — Ver. 24. Knowing 
that of the Lord ye shall receive the re- 
ward of the inheritance. 

29 


1 Thess. ii. 19. We who are minis- 
ters, what is our hope or joy, or crown 
of rejoicing ? are not even ye in the 
presence of our Lord Jesus Christ at his 
coming ? 

iii. 12, 13. The Lord make you to in- 
crease and abound in love one toward 
another, and toward all men. To the 
end he may stablish your hearts un- 
blamable in holiness, before God even our 
Father, at the coming of our Lord Jesus 
Christ with all his saints. 

iv. 17. We shall be caught up in the 
clouds to meet the Lord in the air : so 
shall we be ever with the Lord. — Ver. 18. 
Wherefore comfort one another with these 
words. 

V. 2. The day of the Lord cometh as a 
thief in the night. 2 Pet. iii. 10. 

Ver. 4. But ye, brethren, are not in 
darkness, that that day should overtake 
you as a thief. — Ver. 6. Therefore let us 
not sleep as do others, but let us watch 
and be sober. 

1 Thess. V. 8. Putting on the breast- 
plate of faith and love ; and for an hel- 
met the hope of salvation. 

2 Thess. ii. 1, 2. We beseech you bre- 
thren, by the coming of our Lord Jesus 
Christ, and by our gathering together 
unto him, that ye be not soon shaken in 
mind. 

1 Tim. vi. 14. Keep this command- 
ment without spot, unrebukable, until the 
coming of our Lord Jesus Christ. See 
j Obedience to Christ. 

I Tit. ii. 12, 13. Denying ungodliness 
and worldly lusts, we should live soberly, 
righteously, and godly, in this present 
world: Looking for the blessed hope, 
and the glorious appearing of the 
great God and our Saviour Jesus 
Christ. 

James v. 7. Be patient, brethren, unto 
the coming of the Lord. — Ver. 8. Sta- 
blish your hearts, for the coming of the 
Lord draweth nigh. 

1 Pet. i. 7. That the trial of your faith, 
being much more precious than that of 
gold that perisheth, though it be tried 
by fire, might be found unto praise, and 
honour, and glory, at the appearing of 
Jesus Christ. — Ver. 9. Ye receiving the 
end of your faith, the salvation of your 
souls. 

Ver, 13 — 15. Gird up the loins of 
your mind, be sober and hope to the 
end, for the grace that shall be brought 
to you at the revelation of Jesus Christ: 
As obedient children, not fashioning 


352 


Happiness of the Righteous, 


Chap. XX. 


yourselves according to the former lusts 
in your ignorance ; but as he which hath 
called you is holy, so be ye holy in all 
manner of conversation. 

1 Pet. iv. 7. The end of all things is at 
hand ; be ye therefore sober, and M^atch 
unto prayer. 

Ver. 13. Rejoice, in as much as ye are 
partakers of Christ's sufferings ; that when 
his glory shall be revealed, ye may be glad 
also with exceeding joy. 

2 Pet. iii. 11, 12. Seeing then that all 
these things shall be dissolved, what man- 
ner of persons ought ye to be, in all holy 
conversation and godliness ? Looking for, 
and hasting to the coming of the day of 
God, wherein the heavens being on fire, 
shall be dissolved, and the elements shall 
melt with fervent heat. Ver. 13, 14. 

1 John ii. 8. Little children, abide in 
Christ, that when he shall appear ye may 
have confidence, and not be ashamed at 
his coming. 

iv. 17. Herein is our love made perfect, 
that we may have boldness in the day of 
judgment. 

Rev. xiv. 7. Fear God, and give glory 
to him, for the hour of his judgment is 
come ; and worship him that made heaven 
and earth, and the fountains of waters. 

VI. Tke dissolution of the heavens and 
the earth. Ps. cii. 25. Tlie heavens are 
the work of thine hands. — Ver. 26. They 
shall perish, but thou shalt endure ; yea, 
all of them shall wax old like a garment, 
and as a vesture shalt thou [Christ] 
change them, and they shall be changed. 
See Heb. i. 10, 11, 12. 

2 Pet. iii. 7. The heavens and the 
earth, which are now, are kept in store, 
reserved unto fire against the day of 
judgment, and perdition of ungodly men. 
— Ver. 10. The heavens shall pass away 
with a great noise, and the elements shall 
melt with fervent heat ; the earth also and 
the works that are therein shall be burnt 
up. Ver. 12. 

Ver. 12. Nevertheless we, according 
to his promise, look for new heavens and 
a new earth, wherein dwelleth righteous- 
ness. See Rev. vi. 14. Isa. xxxiv. 24. — 
li. 6.— Ixv. 17.— Ixvi. 22. 

HAPPINESS OF THE RIGHTEOUS. 

VII. The happiness of the righteous in 
heaven, inconceivably great. 1 Cor. ii. 9. 
Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neitlier 
have entered into the heart of man, 


the things which God hath prepared for 
them that love him. Isa. Ixiv. 4. 

1 John iii. 2. Beloved, now are we the 
sons of God ; and it doth not yet appear 
w^hat we shall be : but we know that when 
he shall appear we shall be like him ; for 
we shall see him as he is. Rom. viii. 29. 
Phil. iii. 21. 

VIII. Christians are heirs. Rom. viii. 
17. If children, then heirs ; heirs of God, 
and joint heirs with Christ. Ch. iv. 7. 

Gal. iii. 27. Heirs according to the 
promise. Eph. iii. 6. 

Tit. iii. 17. Heirs according to the 
hope of eternal life. 

Heb. i. 17. Heirs of salvation. 

vi. 17. Heirs of promise. 

xi. 7. 10. Heirs of righteousness by 
faith. 

James ii. 5. Heirs of a kingdom, 
which God hath prepared for them that 
love him. 

1 Pet. iii. 7. Heirs of the grace of life. 

Christians have an inheritance, a king- 
dom, Sfc. Matt. xix. 21. 29. Thou shalt 
have treasure in heaven — Shall inherit 
everlasting life. 

XXV. 34. Christ will say. Come ye 
blessed of my Father, inherit the king- 
dom prepared for you from the foundation 
of the world. Luke xii. 32. 

Luke xxii. 29, 30. I appoint unto you 
a kingdom, even as my Father hath ap- 
pointed unto me; that ye may eat and 
drink at my table, in my kingdom. 

Acts xiv. 20. We must through mani- 
fold tribulations enter into the kingdom of 
God. 

XX. 32. To an inheritance among them 
that are sanctified, by faith in Jesus 
Christ. Chap. xxvi. 18. 

Rom. V. 17. They which receive 
abundance of grace, and of the gift of 
righteousness, shall reign in life by Jesus 
Christ. 2 Tim. ii. 12. If we suffer with 
Christ we shall also reign with him. 
Matt. xix. 28. 

Gal. iii. 18. An inheritance, not of law, 
but of promise. Rom. iv. 14. 

Eph. i. 11. In Christ we have obtained 
an inheritance. 

Ver. 14. The Spirit of promise is the 
earnest of our inheritance. 

Ver. 18. The glory of God's inherit- 
ance in the saints. 

Col. i. 12. The Father hath made us 
meet to be partakers of the inheritance of 
the saints in light. 


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Col. iii. 24. Of the Lord ye shall re- 
ceive the reward of the inheritance ; for 
ye serve the Lord Christ. 

1 Thess. ii. 12. God hath called us to 
his kingdom and glory. 

2 Thess. i. 5. That ye may be ac- 
counted worthy of the kingdom, for which 
ye also suffer. 

2 Tim. iv. 18. The Lord shall preserve 
me to his heavenly kingdom. 

Heb. ix. 15. Christ the mediator, &c. 
that they might receive the promise of 
eternal inheritance. 

X. 34. An enduring substance. Ch. xii. 
28. A kingdom that cannot be moved. 

2 Pet. i. 3, 4. God hath begotten us to 
a lively hope ; to an inheritance incorrup- 
tible, undefiled, and that fadeth not away, 
reserved in heaven. 

Ver. 11. An entrance shall be minis- 
tered unto you abundantly, into the ever- 
lasting kingdom of our Lord and Saviour 
Jesus Christ. 

Rev. i. 6. Jesus Christ hath made us 
kings and priests unto God and his Father. 
Ch. V. 10.— XX. 4. 6. See Luke vi. 20.— 
xiii. 28, 29.— xiv. 15. 

xxi. 7. He that overcometh shall in- 
herit all things. 

1 Cor. vi. 9. The unrighteous shall 
not inherit the kingdom of God. Ver. 10. 
Gal. V. 21. Eph. v. 5. 

IX. The righteous have rest. Job iii. 17. 
There [in heaven] the weary are at rest. 

Ps. cxvi. 7. Return unto thy rest, O 
my soul. 

Jer. vi. 16. Walk in the good way, 
and ye shall find rest unto your souls. 
Isa. Ivii. 2. 

Matt. xi. 28. Come unto me [said Je- 
sus,] and I will give you rest. — Ver. 29. 
Ye shall find rest unto your souls. 

2 Thess. i. 7. God will give you rest, 
when the Lord Jesus shall be revealed 
from heaven. 

Heb. iv. 9. There remaineth a rest for 
the people of God. — Ver. 11. Let us la- 
bour to enter into that rest. 

Rev. xiv. 13. The dead which die in 
the Lord, rest from their labours, and their 
works do follow them. 

X. They enjoy mansions, a new hea- 
ven, an heavenly temple, light, Sfc. John 
xiv. 2. In my Father's house are many 
mansions ; I go to prepare a place for 
you. — Ver. 3. I will come again, and 
receive you unto myself, that where I am, 
there ye may be also. 


2 Pet. iii. 13. We look for new hea- 
vens, and a new earth, wherein dwelleth 
righteousness. 

Rev. iii. 4. They shall walk with me 
in white, for they are worthy. 

xxi. 22. The Lord God Almighty, and 
the Lamb, are the temple of it. — Ver. 23. 
The glory of God did lighten it, and the 
Lamb is the light thereof. 

xxii. 4. They shall see his face, and his 
name shall be in their foreheads. — Ver. 5. 
The Lord God giveth them light; and 
they shall reign for ever and ever. 

- XI. They are present with Christ. John 
xvii. 24. I will that they also whom thou 
hast given me be with me where I am, 
that they may behold my glory which 
thou hast given me. Ch. xii. 26. 

Col. iii. 4. When Christ who is our 
life shall appear, then shall ye also appear 
with him in glory. 1 John iii. 2. 

1 Thess. iv. 17. We shall be caught 
up in the clouds to meet the Lord in 
the air; and so shall we ever be with 
the Lord. 

Rev. iii. 4. Thou hast a few names even 
in Sardis, which have not defiled their 
garments ; and they shall walk with me 
in white, for they are worthy. 

Ver. 21. To him that overcometh 
will I grant to sit with me in my thronej 
even as I also overcame, and am se 
down with my Father in his throne. 
Ver. 5. 

vii. 15. They are before the throne of 
God, and serve him day and night in his 
temple ; and he that sitteth on the throne 
shall dwell among them. 

xiv. 4. These are they which follow 
the Lamb whithersoever he goeth : these 
were redeemed from among men ; being 
the first-fruits unto God and to the Lamb. 
Ver. 5. 

XII. Are in a state of joy. Ps. xvi. 11. 
Thou wilt shew me the path of life ; in 
thy presence is fulness of joy, and at thy 
right hand are pleasures for evermore. 
Ps. xxxvi. 8, 9. Isa. xxxv. 10. 

Matt. XXV. 21. Enter into the joy of 
thy Lord. 

Jude 24. He is able to present you 
faultless before the presence of his glory, 
with exceeding joy. 

XIII. Free from pain and sorrow. Isa. 
xxxiii. 24. The inhabitant shall not say 
I am sick ; the people that dwell there 
shall be forgiven their iniquity. 


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Chap. XX. 


Isa. XXXV. 10. Sorrow and sig^liing 
shall fly away. 

Ix. 19. The sun shall be no more thy 
light by day, neither shall the moon give 
light unto thee ; but the Lord shall be 
unto thee an everlasting hght, and thy 
God tliy glory. Ver. 20. 

N. B. The above texts from Isaiah, 
though prophetical of the happy state of 
the church on earth, are more strictly 
true and expressive of the happiness of 
glorified saints in heaven. 

Matt. vi. 20. Lay up for yourselves 
treasures in heaven, w^hcre neither moth 
nor rust doth corrupt, nor thieves break 
through and steal. 

Rev. vii. 15 — 17. They are before the 
throne of God, and serve him day and 
night in his temple ; and he that sitteth 
on the throne shall lead them. And they 
shall hunger no more, neither thirst any 
more; neither shall the sun light on them, 
nor any heat. For the Lamb which is 
in the midst of the throne shall feed them, 
and shall lead them unto living fountains 
of waters, and God shall wipe away all 
tears from their eyes. 

xxi. 4. God shall wipe away all 
tears from their eyes ; and there shall 
be no more death, neither sorrow nor 
crying ; neither shall there be any more 
pain : for the former things are passed 
away. 

xxii. 3. There shall be no more curse ; 
but the throne of God and of the Lamb 
shall be in it, and his servants shall serve 
him. 

XIV. Eternal life is from God. Ps. 
xi. 6. Thou wilt shew me the path of life. 
Acts ii. 28. 

xxxvi. 9. With thee is the fountain of 
life. 

Ixiii. 3. Thy loving-kindness is better 
than life. 

Rev. xxii. 1. I beheld a pure river of 
water of life, clear as crystal, proceed- 
ing out the throne of God and of the 
Lamb. 

Ver. 2. In the midst of the street, and 
on either side of the river, was the tree 
of life. See Life through Christ. 

XV. Life promised to sundry graces 
and duties. (See Promises to faith in 
Christ; to ohedience.) Lev. xviii. 5. Keep 
my statutes and my judgments; which 
if a man do he shall live in them. Nch. 
ix. 29. Ezek. xx. 11. 13. 21. Rom. x. 5. 
Gal. iii. 5. 


Ezek. xviii. 9. He that hath walked 
in my statutes, and kept my judgments, 
he shall surely live. Ver. 17. 19. Ch. 
xxxiii. 13. 

Matt. xix. 16, 17. One came, and said 
unto Jesus, Good Master, what good thing 
shall I do that I may have eternal life ? 
Jesus said unto him. If thou wilt enter into 
life, keep the commandments. Ver. 18, 19. 
21. Mark x. 17. 19. Luke x. 25, &c. 

John iv. 36. He that reapeth receiveth 
wages, and gathereth fruit unto life eter- 
nal ; that he that soweth and he that reap- 
eth may rejoice together. 

xii. 50. The Father's commandment 
is life everlasting. 

Rom. ii. 7. To them who, by patient 
continuance in well-doing, seek for glory, 
honour, and immortality, God will give 
eternal life, 

vi. 22. Being made free from sin, and 
become the servants of God, ye have 
your fruit unto holiness, and the end 
everlasting life. 

Rev. ii. 7. To him that overcometh will 
I give to eat of the tree of life, which is 
in the midst of the paradise of God. 

xxii. 14. Blessed are they that do his 
commandments, that they may have a 
right to the tree of life, and may enter 
in through the gates into the city. See 
Promises to ohedience ; to good works ; 
well-doing, Sfc. 

XVI. To righteousness. Prov. xi. 19. 
Righteousness tendeth to life. Ver. 30. 
Ch. xxi. 21. 

xii. 28. In the way of righteousness is 
life, and in the path-way thereof is no 
death. 

Matt. XXV. 46. The righteous shall go 
into life eternal. See Promises to tJie 
righteous. 

XVII. To the spiritually minded. 
Rom. viii. 6. To be spiritually minded 
is life and peace. Ver. 10. 13. 

Gal. vi. 8. He that soweth to the Spirit, 
shall of the Spirit reap life everlasting. 

XVIII. To seeking God. Ps. xxii. 26. 
Your hearts shall Uve that seek him. 

Amos V. 4. Seek ye me, and your soul 
shall live. See Promises to seeking God. 

XIX. To godliness. See Promises to 
godliness. 

1 Tim. iv. 8. Godliness hath the pro- 
mise of the life tiiat now is, and of that 
whicli is to come. 


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355 


XX. To the fear of God. See Promises 
to fearing God. 

Prov. xiv. 27. The fear of the Lord is 
a fountain of life, to depart from the snares 
of death. Ch. xix. 23. — xxii. 4. 

XXI. To loving God. See Promises 
to loving God. 

James i. 12. A crown of life he hath 
promised to them that love him. 

XXII. To mortification^ dying unto sin. 
Matt, xviii, 8. If thy hand or thy foot 
offend thee, cut them off and cast them 
from thee : it is better for thee to enter 
into life halt or maimed, rather than 
having two hands or two feet to be cast 
into everlasting fire. — Ver. 9. If thine 
eye offend thee, pluck it out and cast it 
firom thee ; it is better for thee to enter 
into life with one eye, rather than having 
two eyes to be cast into hell-fire. 

Rom. vi. 8. If we be dead with Christ, 
we shall also live with him. (2 Tim. ii. 
11.) Ver. 11. Reckon ye yourselves to 
be dead indeed to sin, but alive unto God 
through Jesus Christ our Lord. 

Gal. ii. 20. I am crucified with Christ : 
nevertheless I live ; yet not I, but Christ 
liveth in me. Rom. viii. 2. 

XXIII. To suffering for Chrisfs sake. 
Matt. X. 39. He that loseth his life for 
my sake, shall find it. John xii. 25. 

xix. 29. Every one that hath forsaken 
houses, or brethren or sisters, or father or 
mother, or wife or children, or lands, for 
my name's sake, shall receive an hundred 
fold, and shall inherit everlasting life. 

XXIV. To perseverance, Rev. ii. 10. 
Be thou faithful unto death, and I will 
give thee a crown of life. Matt, x, 22. 

XXV. To those that overcome. Rev. ii. 
7. To him that overcometh will I give 
to eat of the tree of life, which is in the 
midst of the paradise of God, See ver. 
11. 17. 26. Ch. iii. 5. 12. 21,— xxi. 7. 

XXVI. To repentance. See Promises 
to repentance, conversion, turning, Sfc. 

Acts xi. 18. Then hath God unto the 
Gentiles granted repentance unto life. 

XXVII. To the wise. See Promises 
to the love and study of wisdom. 

Prov. iv. 4. Wisdom saith, Keep my 
commandments and live. 
viii, 35. Whoso findeth wisdom findeth 
^9* 


life, and shall obtain favour of the Lord. 
Ch. xvi. 22. 

Eccl. vii. 12. Wisdom giveth life. See 
Ch. xiii. 14.— XV. 24. 


FUTURE PUNISHMENTS. 

XXVIII. Sinners that shall not enter 
into the kingdom of heaven. Matt. v. 20. 
Except your righteousness shall exceed 
the righteousness of the scribes and Pha- 
risees, ye shall in no case enter into the 
kingdom of heaven. 

vii. 21 — 23. Jesus said, not every one 
that saith unto me. Lord, Lord, shall enter 
into the kingdom of heaven ; but he that 
doeth the Avill of my Father which is in 
heaven. Many will say unto me in that 
day. Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied 
in thy name, and in thy name cast out 
devils, and in thy name done many won- 
derful works ? And then will I profess unto 
them, I never knew you : depart from me, 
ye that work iniquity. Luke xiii. 26. 

xviii. 3. Except ye be converted, and be- 
come as little children, ye shall not enter 
into the kingdom of heaven. Mark x. 15, 

Mark x. 23—25. 27. Jesus said, How 
hardly shall they that have riches enter 
into the kingdom of God ! how hard is it 
for them that trust in riches to enter into 
the kingdom of God ! — It is easier for a 
camel to go through the eye of a needle, 
than for a rich man to enter into the king- 
dom of God. — -With men it is impossible, 
but not with God ; for with God all things 
are possible. 

Luke xiii. 24. Strive to enter in at 
the strait gate ; for many shall seek to 
enter in, and shall not be able. Matt. vii. 
13, 14. For wide is the gate, and broad 
is the way that leadeth to destruction, 
and many there be which go in thereat : 
because strait is the gate, and narrow is 
the way, which leadeth unto life, and few 
there be that find it. 

John iii. 3. Except a man be born 
again, he cannot see the kingdom of God. 
— Ver. 5. Except a man be born of water 
and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the 
kingdom of God. 

1 Cor. vi. 9, 10. Know ye not, that the 
unrighteous shall not inherit the kingt'om 
of God? Be not deceived: neither forni- 
cators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor 
effeminate, nor abusers of themselves with 
mankind ; nor thieves, nor covetous, nor 
drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners, 
shall inherit the kingdom of God, 


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XV. 50. Flesli and blood cannot inherit 
the kingdom of God. 

Gal. V. 19—21. The works of tlie flesh 
are manifest, which are these ; adultery, 
fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness, 
idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, variance, 
emulations, wrath, strife, seditions, here- 
sies, envyings, murderers, drunkenness, 
revelUngs and such like, of the which I 
tell you before, as I have also told you 
in time past, that they which do such 
things shall not inherit the kingdom of 
God. 

Eph. V. 5. No whoremonger, nor un- 
clean person, nor covetous man who is an 
idolater, hath any inheritance in the king- 
dom of God and of Christ. 

Heb. iii, 19. The Jews could not enter 
into the promised land, because of un- 
belief. 

iv. 1. Let us fear, lest a promise being 
left us of entering into his rest, any of 
you should seem to come short of it. 

Rev. xxi. 27. There shall in no wise 
enter into the heavenly Jerusalem, any 
tiling that defileth, neither whatsoever 
worketh an abomination, or maketh a lie. 
Ch. XX. 15. 

xxii. 15. Without are dogs, and sor- 
cerers, and whoremongers, and mur- 
derers, and idolaters, and whosoever 
loveth and maketh a lie. Ch. xxi. 8. 

XXIX. The greatest punishments and 
sufferings in this life, set forth in the lan- 
guage expressive of future punishments. 
Deut. iv. 24. The Lord thy God is a 
consuming fire. Heb. xii. 29. 

xxxii. 22. A fire is kindled in mine 
anger, and shall burn unto the lowest 
hell ; and shall consume the earth with 
her increase, and set on fire the founda- 
tions of the mountains. 

Ps. xi. 6. Upon the wicked he shall 
rain fire and brimstone, and an horrible 
tempest. Ps. 1. 3. 

Ps. xcvii. 3. A fire goeth before him, 
and burneth up his enemies round about. 
See instances hereof, Gen. xix. 24. 
Exod. ix. 23, 24. Lev. x, 2. 2 Kings i, 
12. 

Isa. xiv. 9. Hell from beneath is 
moved, to meet thee at thy coming. 

xiXiii- 14. Who of us shall dwell with 
devouring fire? who of us shall dwell 
with everlasting burnings ? 

XXXV. 4. God will come with ven- 
geance, Aoc. 

Ixvi. 14, 15. The indignation of the 
Lord shall be known towards his ene- 


mies. For behold tlic Lord will come 
with fire, and with his chariots like a 
whirlwind, to render his anger with fury, 
and his rebuke with flames of fire. 

Ver. 24. The men that have trans- 
grossed against me, their worm shall not 
die, neither shall their fire be quenched. 

Jer. iv. 4. Circumcise your hearts to 
the Lord, take away the foreskin of 
your hearts ; lest my fury come forth 
like fire, and burn that none can quench 
it, for the evil of your doings. Ch. xxi. 
12. 

Lam. ii. 4. He poured out his fury 
like fire. Ezek. xxxviii. 22. 

Amos V. 6. Seek ye the Lord, and 
ye shall hve ; lest he break out like 
fire, and devour, and there be none to 
quench it. 

Nah. i. 5. The mountains quake at 
him, and the hills melt, and the earth is 
burnt up at his presence, yea, the world, 
and all that dwell therein. 

Hab. iii. 5. Before him went the pes- 
tilence, and burning coals went forth at 
his feet. 

Mai. iii. 2. Who may abide the day 
of his coming ? and who shall stand when 
he appeareth ? for he is like a refiner's 
fire, and fuller's soap. 

iv. 1. Behold the day of the Lord 
Cometh that shall burn as an oven, and 
all the proud, yea, and all that do wick- 
edly, shall be stubble ; and the day that 
Cometh shall burn them up, saith the 
Lord of hosts. 

XXX. The punishment of the wicked 
in a future state is thus set forth. Ps. ix, 
17. The wicked shall be turned into 
hell, and all the nations that forget God. 
Ps. Ixxix. 6. 

Matt. iii. 10. Every branch that beareth 
not fruit, is hewn down and cast into the 
fire. Ch. vii. 19. Every tree that bringeth 
not forth good fruit, is hewn down and 
cast into the fire. 

V. 22. Whosoever shall say to his bro- 
ther. Thou fool, shall be in danger of hell- 
fire. 

X. 28. Fear him that is able to destroy 
both soul and body in hell. 

xiii. 40 — 42. As the tares are gathered, 
and burnt in the fire ; so sliall it be in the 
end of the world. The Son of Man shall 
send forth his angels, and they shall gather 
out of his kingdom all things that offend, 
and them which do iniquity ; and shall 
cast them into a furnace of fire; there 
shall be wailing and gnashing of teeth. 


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357 


Matt, xxiii. 29. 33. Woe unto you hy- 
pocrites, &c. How can ye escape the 
damnation of hell ? 

XXV. 41 — 43. Christ shall say unto 
them on the left hand, Depart from me, 
ye cursed, into everlasting fire, prepared 
for'the devil and his angels : for I was an 
hungered, and ye gave me no meat ; I 
was thirsty and ye gave me no drink ; I 
was a stranger, and ye took me not in ; 
naked, and ye clothed me not ; sick and 
in prison, and ye visited me not. — Ver. 
45, 46. Inasmuch as ye did it not to one 
of the least of these, ye did it not unto me. 
And these shall go away into everlasting 
punishment. 

Mark ix. 43. If thy hand offend thee, 
cut it off; it is better for thee to enter into 
life maimed, than having two hands, to 
go into hell.— Ver. 45. And if thy foot 
offend thee, cut it off; it is better for thee 
to enter halt into life, than having two 
feet, to be cast into hell, into the fire that 
never shall be quenched.— Ver. 47. 48. 
And if thine eye offend thee, pluck it out ; 
it is better for thee to enter into the 
kingdom of God with one eye, than 
having two eyes, to be cast into hell- 
fire; where their worm dieth not, and 
their fire is not quenched. Matt. v. 29.— 
xviii. 8, 9. 

Luke iii. 17. He will gather the wheat 
into his garner, but the chaff he will burn 
with fire unquenchable. 

xvi. 23. In hell the rich man lift up 
his eyes, being in torment. — Ver. 24. Tor- 
mented in this flame. Ver. 25. 28. 

Rom ix. 22. God endureth with much 
long-suffering the vessels of wrath, fitted 
to destruction. 

Phil. iii. 18, 19. The enemies of the 
cross of Christ, their end is destruction. 

1 Thess. V. 2, 3. The day of the Lord 
so Cometh, as a thief in the night. When 
tliey shall say. Peace and safety ; then 
sudden destruction cometh upon them, 
as travail upon a woman with child ; and 
they shall not escape. 2 Pet. iii. 10. 12. 
Rev. iii. 3. — xvi. 15. 

2 Thess. i. 7—9. The Lord Jesus shall 
be revealed from heaven with his mighty 
angels, in flaming fire, taking vengeance 
on them that know not God, and that 
obey not the gospel of our Lord Jesus 
Christ: who shall be punished with 
everlasting destruction, from the pre- 
sence of tlie Lord, and from the glory of 
his power. 

ii. 8. Then shall that Wicked be 
revealed, when the Lord shall consume 


with the spirit of his mouth, and shall de- 
stroy with the brightness of his coming. 

Ver. 12. That they all might be 
damned, who believed not the truth, but 
had pleasure in unrighteousness. 

Heb. vi. 8. The end of the unfi-uitful 
is to be burned. Matt. iii. 10. — vii. 19. 

X. 27. Fiery indignation shall devour 
the adversaries. 

Ver. 28, 29. He that despised Moses' 
law died without mercy. Of how much 
sorer punishment shall he be thought wor- 
thy, who hath trodden under foot the Son 
of God, and hath coimted the blood of the 
covenant wherewith he was sanctified an 
unholy thing, and hath done despite unto 
the Spirit of grace ? 

Ver. 30. Vengeance is mine, I will 
recompense, saith the Lord? — Ver. 31. 
It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands 
of the living God. Heb. xii.29. For our 
God is a consuming fire. 

2 Pet. ii. 4. He spared not the angels 
that sinned, but cast them down to hell ; 
and ^delivered them into chains of dark- 
ness, to be reserved unto judgment. 

Ver. 9, 10. The Lord knoweth how to 
deliver the godly out of temptation, and 
to reserve the unjust unto the day of judg- 
ment to be punished. But chiefly them 
who walk after the flesh in the lust of un- 
cleanness. 

iii. 7. The heavens and the earth are 
kept in store, reserved unto fire, against 
the day of judgment, and perdition of un- 
godly men. 

Jude 7. Sodom and Gomorrah are set 
for an example, suffering the vengeance 
of eternal fire. 

Rev. xiv. 9, 10. If any man shall wor- 
ship the beast and his image, and shall 
receive his mark in his forehead, or in his 
hand, the same shall drink of the wine of 
the wrath of God, poured out without 
mixture, into the cup of his indignation ; 
and he shall be tormented with fire 
and brimstone. — Ver. 11. The smoke 
of their torment ascendeth up for ever and 
ever, and they have no rest day nor 
night. 

xviii. 9. They shall see the smoke of 
their burning. 

xix. 20. The beast and the false pro- 
phet were cast alive into the lake of fire, 
burning with brimstone. 

XX. 10. The devil was cast into the 
lake of fire and brimstone, where the 
beast and the false prophet are; and 
shall be tormented day and night, for 
ever and ever. 


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Ver. 14. 15. Death and hell were cast 
into the lake of fire ; this is the second 
death. And whosoever was not found 
written in the Lamb's book of life, was 
cast into the lake of fire. 

xxi. 8. The fearful and unbelieving, 
and the abominable and murderers, and 
whoremongers, and sorcerers, and adul- 
terers, and all liars, shall have their part 
in the lake that burnetii with fire and 


brimstone; which is the second death. 
Ch. xxii. 5. 

N. B. The reader may observe the 
dreadfiilness and duration of the fore- 
going punishments mentioned : Also, 
against what sins they are denounced. 
See also threats denounced against the 
various sorts of sinners, under the words, 
Wicked^ Ungodly^ Disobedient^ Unbeliev- 
ers^ &c. in this work. 


THE END. 


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INDEX 


Note.— /n the following Index, the Numerical Letters refer to the Sections, and the 
Figures to the Page. 


ABHORRED of God, who are so, 
cliv. 69. 
Abhorring one's self for sin, xxx. 343. 
Abihty for obedience, Ixiii. 218. 

— For good works, Ixxv. 223. 

Able to do everything, God is so, Ixviii. 

Abominableness of sin, cxii. 229. 
Access to God in prayer, xxxi. 157. 
Admonish one another, Ivi. 266. 
Adoption is of grace, cxxvii. 62. 

— Promised to faith, xxii. 157. 
Adversaries of God, cxxvi. 233. 
Adversity of man in God's hand, Ixx. 43. 

, rejoicing in it, cxi. 171. 

Adultery and fornication, cxlix. 314. 
Affection, natural, how destroyed, Ixxxvii. 

290. 
Affliction, deliverance from it, matter of 

praise to God, ccxxiv. 200. 
Alive, the righteous are only truly so, 

Ixxxvii. 226. 
Almighty God, Ix. 42. 
Alms called grace, cxxx. 63. 

— Must accompany prayer, clxxii. 188. 

— Required of Christians, clxvii. 320. 
Amendment of life, xxxvi. 344. 
Angels, their numlaers and names, xvii. 

xviii. 72. 

— Their employment about mankind, 
xxi. 73. 

— They have revealed God's will, xxiii. 
73. 

— They have inflicted God's judgments, 
xxiv. 74. 

— Their attendance on Christ, xxv. 
xxvi. 74. 

— Their work at the day of judgment, 
xxvii. 75. 

— They worship God, xxviii. 75. 

— They worship Christ, xxix. 75. 

— They are not to be worshipped, cli. 
184. 

Anger ascribed to God, cxlvii. 68. 

— Threatened against sinners, cxlviii. 68. 

— In men, xvi. xvii. xviii. 257. 
Apostacy from God, Ixxxi. 105. 
Apostles, their commission, cxv. 297. 

— Their power, cxvi. 298. 


Apostles, their miracles, Ivii. 115. 

— Their inspiration by the Spirit, ix. 
142. 

— Their writing by the Spirit, xi. 143. 
Applause of men not sought by Christ, 

xiii. 108. 

— Not sought by ministers of Christ, 
cxxv. 304. 

Appointments of God, x. 80. 

Arm of God, denoting his power, Ixii. 42. 

Arrogancy, xlvii. 283. 

Ascension of Christ, xliv. 112. 

Astray from God, cxlviii. 184. 

Assistance in prayer from the Spirit, 

clxvii. 187. 
Assurance of faith, cxxxiii. 181. 
Atonement of Christ, xxxiv. 136. 
Author of faith, xv. xvi. xvii. 154. 

B. 

Backbiting, clxxxv. 326. 
Backsliding from God, cxlvii. 184, 
Baptism, i. 138. »- 

Bearing with one another's weaknesses 

and infirmities, Ixv. 286. 
Being of God, how evidenced, i. 33. and 

iv. 150. 
Believers, promises to them, 156. 
Benefits of Christ to mankind, 128 to 137. 
against sin, xvii. 132. 


Blameless, xlii. 263. 
Blasphemy, cxciii. 249. 
Blessedness of God, xxiii. 35. 
Blessings of God to his people, cxliv. 65. 

— To whom promised, cxliv. 65. 

— Promised by way of covenant, cxlvi. 
67. 

— Through Christ, matter of praise, 
ccxvii. 198. 

— Spiritual, cause of joy, cvii. 171. 

— God's power therein, xv, 34. 
Blind cured by Christ, liii. 114. 
Blood of Christ, its efficacy, xxxii. 136. 
Boasting in God, cxix. 173. 

Boasting sinfully, cxx. 173. and liv. 284. 
Body of Christ formed by the Holy Ghost, 

iii, 141, 
Bodies of mankind will be changed by 

Christ, iii, 122, 


360 


INDEX. 


Boldness of Christ's servants in speaking 

his truth, cxxvii. 304. 
Bounty in God, cxhi. 65. 

— In men, cxliii. 65. 

Bread, daily, to be prayed for, clxxxiii. 
190. 

— God to be praised for it, ccxxiii. 200. 
Brethren, the duties of Christians, as 

such, xli. 90. 
Broken heart, xl. 213. 
Brother, Christ so called, xlii. 90. 
Builder, God is so to his church, Ixxix. 

105. 
Burial of Christ, xxxviii. 111. 

C. 

Calamities on wicked parents and chil- 
dren, Ixxxii. 289. 

— On the children of the wicked, Ixxxii. 
289. 

Calling of God's people, xv. 82. 

— Is of grace, cxxiv. 62. 

— Is holy, xcvii. 52. 

— Persons called of God to offices, xvi. 
80. 

Care of God for his people, cause of joy, 
c. 170. 

— Cause of praise, ccxx. 199. 

— Of Christ for his people, xviii. 133. 
Cast off, who are so, xxxv. 87. 

— Who are not so, xxxiii. 86. 
Charity, v. vi. 254. 

Childless, promises to them, xc. 290. 
Children, tlieir duties towards parents, 
xci. 290. 

— Dutiful, blessed, xcii. 290. 

— Undutiful, cursed, xciii. 290. 

— Desired, Ixxvii. 288. 

— Promised, Ixxvi. 288. 

— God's care of them, Ixxix. 288. 

— Duties toward them, Ixvi. 286. 

— Of God, how made so, xxxvii. 88. 

— Their duties and marks, xxxix. 89. 

— Their blessings, xxxviii. 88. 

— Of the devil, Ixxxviii. 226. 

— What the wicked are children of, xl. 
90. 

Chosen of God, see election, xii. 80. — 

xiii. 61 — xiv. 82. 
Christ, prophecies concerning him, 106 

to HI. 

— His incarnation, iii. 106. 

— His miracles, 106 to 115. 

— His glory, i. 115. 

— His exaltation, iv. 116. 

— His titles, i. 117. 

— His works, i. 121. 

— His worship, i. 124. 

— His perfections, i. 125. 

— Ilia benefits, i. 128. 


Christ, his benefits against sin, xvii. 132. 

cause of joy, xcv. 169. 

cause of praise, cxvi. 


198. 

Church of God, prayers for it, clxxxviii. 
190. 

— God's power toward it, Ixxiii. 43. 
Clean heart, xxxix. 213. 

Cleanse, God doth cleanse his people, 
XXV. 85. 

— Duty to cleanse ourselves, xxv. 85. 
Clouds, wind and rain, created, vii. viii. 

71. 
Comfort to believers, xxix. 157. 

— Is the gift of God, cxii. 171. 

— Giving it to one another, Ixiii. 268. 
Coming to God through Christ, cxlii. 

183. 

to Christ, cxlii. 183. 


Commands of God are right, Ixxxiii. 50. 
are faithful, xc. 52. 


Communications, evil, forbidden, cxcii. 

328. 
Compare, nothing to God, x. 33. 
Compassion ascribed to God, cviii. 59. 

— To whom exercised, cix. 59. 

— Instances thereof, ex. 59. 

— Ascribed to Christ, cxi. 59. 
Compassion in men, xlv. 264. 

— God excites it toward his people, cviii. 
59. 

Conceit, being wise therein, xiv. 275. 
Confessing Christ, xi. 152. 
Confession of sin, xxxii. 344. 

— To be made in prayer, clxx. 187. 
Confidence of the righteous in God, cxxx. 

179. 

of the wicked, sinful, cxxxii. 


180. 
Conscience, good, xlviii. 215. 

— How attained, xlix. 215, 

— An evil one, Iii. 216. 

— Natural, its force, 1. 216. 

— Weak, not to be wounded, li. 216. 
Consideration, xiii. 340. 
Contention, xx. 258. 
Contentious, fools are so, xx. 276. 
Contentment, xxvii. 278. 

Contrite heart, xl. 213. 
Correcting children, Ixxii, 287. 
Corruption of sin, xcv. 227. 
Covenant of God, holy, xcvii. 53. 
Covenant blessings, cxlvi. 67. 
Covenants with the heathen inhabitants 

of Canaan forbidden to the Jews, cxl. 

241. 
Covenants with them punished, cxli. 241. 
Covetousness in general, cc. 330. 

— In magistrates, ciii. 294. 

— In ministers, cxxxiv. 305. 


INDEX. 


361 


Counsels of God, iv. 78. 

— Are faithful, xc. 52. 

Counsel, God giveth it to his people, 
li. 94. 

— The wicked are deprived of it, lii. 94. 

— The duty of giving- and receiving it, 
xlix. 265. 

— Rejecting evil counsel, the wisdom 
thereof, 1. 266. 

Creation of all things, i. 70. 

— The wisdom of God therein, Iv. 41. 
■ — The power of God therein, Ixxi. 43. 

— By Christ, i. 121. 

— The Spirit's work therein, i. 140. 

— A cause of joy to angels, cix. 171. 
Creator, God is so to his people, Ixxvi. 

104. 
Creatures, Christians are new ones, 

Ixxvii. 104. 
Creatures in the sea and land made, ix. 

71. 
Crucifixion of Christ, xxix. 110. 
Cruelty, xlvi. 264. 
Cures, miraculous, performed by Christ, 

li. 113. 
Cursing, the sin thereof, cxciv. 328. 

D. 

Darkness, works thereof, Ixxxiv. 225. 
David, Christ descended from him, 

xxxviii. 137. 
Dead works, Ixxxvii. 226. 
Dead raised by Christ, liv. 114. 

— Will all be raised by him, ii. 122. 
Deaf cured by Christ, liii. 114. 
Death prevails over all, iv. 346. 

— Preparative duties for it, v. vi. 347. 

— Of the righteous, happy, xi. 208. — 
vii. 347. 

— Of the wicked, miserable, viii. 348. 
Death of Christ, xxxvi. 111. 

— Its efficacy, xxxi. 135. 

Deceiving by false doctrine, cxxxvii. 

309. ^ ^ 
Decrees of God, ix. 80. 
Defence, God is so to his people, xlviii. 

93. 
Defilement of sin, xcviii. 228. 
Delight in God, cxiv. 173. 

— In Christ, cxvi. 173. 
Deliverance from sickness, Ixvi. 99. 

— From enemies, Ixvii. 100. 

— From sins, Ixxii. 101. 

— To whom promised, Ixix. 101. 

— Of God's church, cause of joy, cvii. 
171. 

Deliverer, Christ so called, Ixviii. 100. — v. 

]30. 
Denying God, ii. 150. 
Christ, xxvi. 110.— xii. 152. 


Departing from God, cxl. 182. 
Descent of Christ, iv. 107. 
Desiring God, Ixxxiv. 168. 
Despising Christ, xv. 408. 

ministers of Christ, cxlii. 312. 

one another, xxxi. 260. 


Destructions of the wicked, ccxlii. 204. 
Determinations of God, vii. 79. 
Devils, their sin and punishment, xxx. 
75. 

— Their enmity, xxxiii. 76. 

— Their knowledge, xxxv. 76. 

— They were cast out by Christ, lii, 
113. 

— They were overcome by Christ, 
xxxviii. 77. 

— How to be overcome by Christians, 
xxxix. 77. 

— Works, and children of the devil, 
Ixxxviii. 226. 

Diligence and industry, vi. 272. 
Direction from God, Ivi. 95. 

— Promised to believers, xxvii. 157. 
Discontentment, xxviii. 278. 
Dishonouring God, ccxxxii. 202. 
Disobedience to God, Ixviii. 221. 

— To Christ, Ixxii. 222. 

— To parents, xciii. 290. 

— To magistrates, cxiv. 297. 

— To ministers, cxliv. 313. 
Disputes about religion, cxciii. 328. 
Diviners, clxiii. 246. 

Divisions, xxxiv. 261. 

Divorce, Iviii. 285. 

Dominion of God, i. 78. 

Doxologies, or glory ascribed to God 

in worship, ccxxxix. 203. 
Drawing near to God, cxli. 182. 
Dreadfulness of God, clviii. 67. 
Drunkenness, iii. iv. 271. 

In magistrates, civ. 295. 

In ministers, cxxxv. 309. 

Duties accompanying faith, xiv. 153. 
Toward God and Christ, i. 150, &c. 

E. 

Edifying one another, liii. 266. 
Efficacy of prayer in working miracles, 
cxcix. 192. 

— In defeating enemies, cc. 192. 
Election of grace, cxxiii. 62. 

— Of Jews, xii.80. 

— Of Christians, xiii. 81. 

— Of persons to office, xiv. 82. 
Enemies of God, cxxvi. 233. 
Enemies to be prayed for, cxc. 191. 

— Overcome by prayer, cc. 192. 

— their prevailing occasions fasting and 
prayer, clix. 185. 

— Prayers against evil from them, cei. 192. 


362 


INDEX. 


Enemies, God redeemeth bis people ] 
from them, 1. 94. j 

— God delivcreth from them, Irvii. 100. 

— Deliverance from them, cause of 
praise to God, ccxxv. 200. 

— Salvation from them, cause of joy in 
God, ciii. 170. 

— God excited compassion in them to- 
ward his people, cviii, 59. 

— The wicked delivered up to their 
fears of enemies, Ixv. 166, 

— The wicked delivered into their ene- 
mies' hands, Ixxiii. 102. 

Enlightened persons, their duties, vi. 151. 
Enquiring of tliose who are no gods, 

forbidden, cxlvi. 243. 
Enticing others to sin, Ixviii. 270. 
Envy, xi. xii. xiii. 256. 

— Known to God, xlix. 40. 
Eternal life is from God, xiv. 354. 

, to whom promised, xv. 354. 

Eternity of God, xvii. 33. 

— Of Christ xiii. 131. See Christ's 
glory before his incarnation, i. 115. 

Everlasting God, xviii. 34. 

Evil-doers to be avoided, Ixxxi. 224. 

Evil-doing, Ixxix. 224. 

Evil men, cxviii. 231. — Doing evil to 

men, xxxviii. 262. 
Exaltation of Christ, iv. vi. vii. 116. 
Exalted, God is so, xxvii. 36. 
Exalting self, the sin and punishment 

thereof, 1. 283. 
Examination of self, the duty thereof, 

cxvii. 298. 
Example, giving, Ixvii. 269. 
Excellency of God, xxviii. 36. 

of Christ, XX. 133. 

Excommunication, cxvii. 298. 
Exliort one another, liv. 266. 
Expectation from God, cxxiii. 176. 

— That God will hear prayer, cxcvi. 
192. 

Expectation of the wicked, cxxiv. 176. 

F. 

Faith in God, viii. 151. 

— In Christ, ix. 152. 

— God is glorified by it, ccxxxvi. 203. 

— The author, cause and means of, xv. 
xviii. 154. 

— Marks and evidence of true faith, 
xiv. 153. 

— Through grace, cxxxiii. 63. 

— Promises to it, xx. 156. — xciii. 169. 

— Prayer to be made witli it, clxv. 187. 
Faithfulness of God, Ixxxix. 51. 

— In his promises, xci. 52. 

— In his thrcatenings, xcii. 52. 
Faithfulness of Christ, xc. 52. 


Faithfulness in friendship, Ixiv. 268. 
Fall of man into sin, xv. 72. 
Familiar spirits, 268. 
Fasting appointed, chv. 185. 

— What kind is acceptable, clvi. 185. 

— Wiiat kind unacceptable, clvii. 185. 

— Occasions of fasting, clviii. 185. 

— Voluntary fasting, clxi. 186. 

— Miraculous fasting, civ. 185. 
Father, God is so to his people, xxxvi. 87. 

— To Christ, i. ii. 117. 

Favour of God promised to the righ- 
teous, cxxxviii. 64. 

— Denied to the wicked, cxxxix. 65. 
Favour with men promised to the righ- 
teous, cxl. 65. 

— Denied to the wicked, cxli. 65. 
Fear of God enjoined, 1. 162. 

— Promises as the gift of God, Iv. 162. 

— Promises to it, lix. 163. — xx. 355. 

— Duties joined with it, Ivi. 163. — 
clxviii. 187. 

— Its usefulness in life, Iviii. 163. 

— Threats against those that fear not 
God, Ixii. 165. 

Fear of men, the security against it, 

cxxxi. 180. 
Feeds, — Christ feeds thousands, Iv. 114. 
Fellowship with the wicked to be avoided, 

Ixxxix. 226. 
Fig-tree cursed, withers, Iv. 114. 
Fightings, xxxiii. 261. 
Filthiness of sin, cvi. 228. 
Finger of God, denoting his power, Ixiv. 

42. 
First and last, God so called, xx. 35. 
Fishes, a miraculous draught of them, 

Iv. 114. 
Flattery, clxxxii. 326. 
Following God, cxliv. 183. 
Christ, cxliv. 183. 


Folly and wickedness the same, xxiv. 

276. 
Food promised, ccxv. 334. 

miraculously supplied, ccxxi. 336. 

Fools described, xiv. to xxiii. 276. 
Forbearance of God, cxv. 60. 
Forbearing one another. See Ixv. 268. 
Forgetting God, xlvi. 161. 
Forgiveness in God. See pardon of sin, 

cvi. 58. 

— Promised to believers, xxv. 157. 

— Promised to penitents, xv. 208. 

— Prayed for, cvii. 58. 

— Is of grace, cxxvi. 62. See mercy 
of God, c. 55. to cv. 56. 

Forgiveness in men, xlvii. 265. 

— Required in prayer, clxxi. 187. 
Forms of swearing, cxcii. 249. 
Fornication, cl. 314. 


INDEX. 


363 


Forsaking God, cxiv. 183. 

— God forsaketh the wicked, xxxii. 86. 

— Forsaketh not his people, xxx. 86. 
Forsaken of friends, Christ was so, xxv. 

110. 
Fortress, God is so to his people, Ixiii. 98. 
Fraud forbidden, clv. 183. 
Friendship, faithfulness therein, Ixiv. 268. 
Frowardness, cxxi. 231. 
Fruitfulness in religion required, xxxvii. 

345. 

— From whence it proceeds, Ixxx. 105. 
Fulfilment of prophecy concerning Christ, 

106 to 113. 
Fury ascribed to God against the wicked, 

clii. 69, 
Future punishments, xxviii. 355, 356. 

G. 

Gall given to Christ, xxxii. 111. 
Garments of Christ parted, xxxiv. 111. 
Gentleness tow^ard men, Ixi. 267. 
Gestures in prayer, clxxviii. 189. 
Given, Christ was so, and for what end, 

xxviii. 135. 
Glory of God, xxx. 36. 

— In favours to his people, xxxi. 36. 
Glory of Christ, i. 115. See his eternity, 

xiii. 128. 
Glorying of the righteous in God, cxvii. 
173. 

— Of the wicked in sin, cxviii. 173. — 
liii. 283. 

Glorifying God, ccxxxiii. 202. 

— Christ glorified God, ccxxxiv. 202. 

— How men glorify God, ccxxxv. 202. 
God, how known, i. 33. — iv. 150. — v. 154. 
God, Christ so called, iv. 118. 
Godliness, promises to it, i. 205.— xix. 354. 
Goodness of God, xcviii. 54. 

— God doth good, xcviii. 54. 

— Matter of praise, ccxv. 198. 
Goodness of Christ, xi. 128. 
Good man, his character, cxvi. 230. 
Good men, promises to them, cxvii. 230. 

— Doing good in general, Ixxix. 224. 
Good, doing good to others, xxxvii. 262. 
Gospel of grace given, cxxix. 62. 
Government of God, i. 78. Cause of joy, 

cvi. 171. 

— Over the visible heavens and earth, 
Ixxii. 43. 

Government is of divine appointment, ci. 

294. 
Governors, their duties, xcvii. 292. 

— The Spirit's influence over them, xiv. 
146. 

— Their sins, cii. 294. 

— Duties toward them, ex. 296. 


Sins against them, cxiii. 296. 


30 


Grace of God in man's salvation, cxxiii. 62. 
Grace prayed for, cxxxvii. 64. 

— Promised to believers, xxviii. 157. 

— Promised from Christ, xi. 131. 
Graciousness of God, cxix. 61. 
of Christ, cxxii, 62. 

herbs, trees, &c. created, xi. 


Grass, 
72. 

Gratitude, Ixix. 270. 
Greatness of God, xxvi. 35. 
Grief of parents for children, Ixxx. 289. 
Grief for sin, xx. 342. 

— At prayer not being heard, cxcviii. 192. 
Grudging at other's prosperity, xxix. 278. 
Guide, God is so, lix. 96. 

H. 

Habitation of God, holy, xcvii. 53. 
Hand of God, denoting his power, Ixiii. 42. 
Hard, nothing is so to God, Ixvi. 42. 
Harmless, xh. 263. 

Hated of God, the wicked are so, clvi. 69. 
Hated of men, Christ was so, xvi. 109. 

— Promises to those that are unjustly 
hated, x. 255. 

Haters, duties toward them, viii. 255. 

— Prayers against them, ix. 255, 
Hating God, Ixxxii. 168. 
Christ, Ixxxiii. 168, 


Hatred toward men, vii. 255, 
Haughtiness, xlix. 283. 
Health to be prayed for, clxxxiv. 190. 
Heart known to God, xxxviii. 38. — xlii. 
213. 

— Of the righteous described, xxxiv. to 
1. 212. 

— Duties respecting the heart, xli. xlii. 
213. 

— Affected for sin, xxiv. 343. 

— Broken, contrite, xxv. 343. — xl. 213. 

— Serving God with the, liv. 216. 

— God's influences on the hearts of the 
righteous, xliii. 213. — Ixiii. 218. 

Heart, evil, xlvi. xlvii. 215. 

— Of the wicked, Satan's influence on it, 
xlv. 215. 

— God's judgments on it, xlv. 214. 
Heaven and earth, the creation thereof, 

ii. 70. 

— The dissolution thereof, vi. 352. 

— Holy, xcvii. 53. 

— The happiness of the righteous in it, 
vii. 352. 

Heaviness and grief for sin, xix. 342. 
Heirs, Christians are so, viii. 353. 
Help from God promised, Ixiv. 98. 

— Cause of joy, cii. 170. 

— From creatures vain, Ixv. 9-9, 

Hell. See future punishments, 356.. 358, 
Hill of God, holy, xcvii. 53., 


364 


INDEX. 


Holy Ghost, his influences and operations 
upon the creatures, 140 to 146. 

— Promised to believers, xlvi. 112 — 
xxvi. 157. 

— Rejoicing in him, xcvi. 169. 
Holiness of God, xciv. to xcvi. 52. 

of Christ, viii. 127. 

of angels, xix. 34. 

' in men, God honoured by it, 

ccxxviii. 202. 
directions for attaining it, xxiv. 


210. 


in ministers of Christ, cxxiii. 302. 

Honour due to God, ccxxvi. 201. 

— How performed, ccxxvii. to ccxxx. 
201. 

— Due to Christ, ccxxxi. 202. 

— Due to magistrates, cxi. 296. 

— Due to parents, xci. 290. 

— Due to one another, xxx. 260. 
Hope in God and Christ, cxxi. 174. 

— Through grace, cxxxiv. 63. 

— Promises to it, xcii. 169. 

— Of the wicked perisheth, cxxii. 175. 
Hospitality, clxiii. 319. 

House of God, holy, xcvii. 53. 

Humble saints, their expressions, xl. 280. 

Humility toward God, xxxiv. 279. 

— Toward men, xxxv. 279. 
Humility of ministers, cxxiv. 303. 

— Examples of it, xxxviii. 280. 
Humility in prayer, clxx. 187. 

— Promises to it, xxxvi. 280. See pride, 
xli. 281. 

Husbands, their duties, Ixiv. 285. 
Hypocrisy, xxx. 211. 

— Marks of it, xxxi. 211. 
Hypocrites known to God, xlvii. 40. 

— Their prayer not accepted, cciv. 194. 

I. 

Idleness, vii. 272. 
Idolatry, cxxxvi. 240. 

— Threats against it, 240. 244, 245. 
Jealousy of God for his people, clix. 69. 

— against his enemies, clix. 69. 

Jesus Clu'ist, prophecies concerning him, 
i. 106. 

— His miracles, xlix. 113. 

— His glory, i. 115. 

— His exaltation, iv. 116. 

— His titles, i. 117.— vii. 120. 
_ His works, i. 121. 

— His worsliip, i. 124. 

— His perfections, i. 125. 

— His benefits, i. 128. 
Ignorance of God, vii. 151. 
Images forbidden, 243, 244. 

— With thrcatenings, cxlviii. 243. 

— Are no representation of God, 244. 


Immortality of God, xxi. 35. 
Impenitent known to God, xlvi. 40. 

See XV. 341. 
Importunity in prayer, clxxiii. 247. 
Incarnation of Christ, iii. 118. 
Inchanters, clviii. 246. 
Inconsideration, xiv. 341. 
Incorruptible God, xxii. 35. 
Indignation ascribed to God, cli. 68. 
Industry, vi. 272. 

Influences of God's Spirit, 140 to 146. 
In prayer, 186. 

In praise, ccxi. 196. 

Ingratitude, Ixx. 270. 

Inheritance of Christians, viii. 354. 

Iniquity forbidden, cxxxiii. 328. 

- Threats against the workers of it, 238. 
Iniquity is not in God, Ixxxv. 51. 
Injustice not in God, Ixxxv. 51. 
Instruction from God, Iv. 95. 

From ministers, cxxxviii. 311. 

Not receiving it from ministers, 

cxhi. 312. 

Giving and receiving it, li. 266. 

Refusing it, Iii. 266. 

Fools refuse it, xv. 275. 

To be given to children, Ixix. 286. 

Integrity, xx. 209. 

Intemperance in meat and drink, ii. 270. 

See drunkenness, 271. 
In magistrates, civ. 295. 

In ministers, cxxxv. 309. 

Intercession of Christ, vii. 130. 
Intreaties that prayer may be heard, 192. 
Intruders into the ministerial office, 

cxviii. 299. 

Invisible God, xv. 34. 

Joy in God, Ixxxvi. 168. 

Joy in God through Christ, Ixxxvii. 168. 

In God promised, xciv. 169. 

Joy and comfort promised to believers, 
xxix. 157, 

Joy in heaven, xii. 353. 

Judge of the world, God, iii. 78. — ii. 350 
I Judge at the last day, Christ, iv. 122. 
I Judging one another forbidden, Ixvi. 
I 269. 

i Judgment, future, i. 350. 
i — The time of it, iv. 350. 
! — The persons to be judged, iii. 350. 
I — Employment of angels nt it, xxvii. 75. 
I — Uses of the doctrine of it, v. 347. 
j Judgments of God right, Ixxxiii. 50. 

- Have been inflicted by angels, xxiv. 
74. 

- Threatened, occasioned fasting, clx. 
186. 

Just, promises to them, cxiii. 229. 
Justice of God, Ixxxiv. 50. 

- Of Christ, ix. 128. 


INDEX. 


365 


Justice of magistrates, xcvii. 292. 
Justification from God, xvii. 84. 

— Not by works of the law, xviii. 84. 

— Is of grace, cxxv. 62. 

— Is free, and by grace through Christ, 
xix. 84. 

-^ Is by Christ, xii. 131. 

— Is promised to faith in God, xx. 156. 

— Is promised to faith in Christ, xxi. 156. 

K. 

Keep, God doth keep his people, Ixxiv. 

102. 
Kindness of God, cxvi. 60. 

— Prayed for, cxvii. 61. 

— Thanks for it, cxviii. 61. 
Kindness in men, Ixii. 257. 
King, God is so, i. 78. 

— Christ is so, xxxv. 136. 

King. See magistrates, 294 to 297. 
Kings, disobeying them sinful, cxiii. 296. 

— When not sinful, cxiv. 297. — cliii. 244. 
Kingdom of heaven, who shall not enter 

into it, xxvii. 355. 
Who shall enter into it, vii. viii, 

352. 
Knowing God and Christ, a duty, i. 150. 

— Not knowing God, a sin, vii. 151. 

— How God is made known, iv. 150. — i. 
33. 

Knowledge, God's is perfect, xxxii. 37. 

— Things which God alone knoweth, 
XXXV. 37. 

— God knoweth his people, xli. 39. 

— He knoweth the wicked, liv. 41. 

— Sins against this attribute of God, liii. 
41. 


L. 

Labour, a duty, vi. 272. 
Lame cured by Christ, liii. 114. 
Lands, the law thereof, clvi. 317. 
Law of God, holy, xcvii. 53. 

— To be esteemed and obeyed, Ixi. 218. 

— Is a means of conversion, ix. 340, 
Lawgiver, God is so, ii. 78. 
Leader, God is so, Ivii. 95. 

— Christ is so, Iviii, 96. 
Lending, the law thereof, clvii. 318. 
Leprosy, cured by Christ, liii, 114. 
Liars, clxxvii. 323. 

Life of man, short, i. 346. 

— The term of it, ii. iii. 346. 

Life eternal, the gift of God through 
Christ, xvi. 132. 

— Is from and by Christ, xv. 132. 
Life, Christ so called, xiv. 131. 

Light, the works and children thereof, 
Ixxxvi. 225. 


Light of the world, Christ is, xxv. 135. v. 

151. 
Light and direction promised, xxvii. 157. 
Likeness, none of God, xi. 34. 
Living God, xii. 34. 
Loathed of God, who, cxv, 60. 
Loathing of self, because of sin, xxx. 343. 
Loftiness in man, xlviii. 283. 
Longing for God, Ixxxv. 168. 
Long-suffering of God, cxiv. 60. 
— Of men, see Ixvi. 269. 
Looking to God, xliv. 161. 
Lord, Christ so called, v. 118. 
Love, God's to Christ, Ixxviii. 168. 

to believers in Christ, xxiii. 


157. 


to his people, cause of ioy, 

c. 170, -^ ^ 

Love to God, Ixvi. 166.— xxi. 355. 

— How produced, Ixxi. 167. 

— How evidenced, Ixxiv. 167. 

— Prayer to be made with it, clxvii. 187. 
Love, Christ's to his church, xviii. 133. 

Ixxx. 167. 

— The church's to Christ, Ixxix. 133. 

— To Christ, how enforced, Ixxv. Ixxvi, 
Ixxvii. 167. 

— How evidenced, Ixxxi. 168. 

— To mankind, i, 253. 

— To ministers of Christ, cxxxix. 311. 
Lusts of the flesh, xci. 227. 
Lukewarmness. See want of zeal, xvi, 

208. 
Lying, clxxiv. 323. 

M. 

Magicians, clvii. 246. 
Magistrates, 292 to 297. 

— Their qualifications, xcviii. 293. 

— Their duties, xcvii. 292. 

— Their sins, cii. 294. 

— Their concern with religion, 295. 

— Good ones promised, c. 294. 

— Evil ones threatened to be given as a 
punishment, cvi. 295. 

— Evil ones, enemies to religion, 295. 

— Enemies to civil interest, cv. 295. 
Magnifying one's self, Iii. 283. 
Majesty of God, xxix. 37. 

MaUce, xiv. 256. 

Man, his creation, xii. 72. 

— His condition after his creation, xiv. 
72., . 

— His fall into sin, xv. 72. 
Mansions in heaven, x. 353. 

Marks and evidences of faith, xiv. 153. 
Marriage, Ivii, 284. 

— Into reUgious families, Ixxiii. 287. 

— With heathens, forbidden, Ixi. 285 
Masters, their duties, xcv. 291. 


366 


INDEX. 


Means of corxvcrsion, x. 340. 

— Of faith, xviii. xix. 155. 

— Of godliness, iii. 205. 

— Of perfection, xxvii. 211. 

— Of salvation, xlvii. 93. 

Meat and drink, temperance therein, i 

270. 
Mediator, Christ, vi. 130. 
Meditation upon God and his word, xlix. 

161. 
Meek, they rejoice in God, Ixxxix. 169. 

, promises to them, xxx. 278. 

Mercy of God, c. 55. 

— Promised, ci. 56. 

— To whom promised, cii. 56. 

— Prayed for, ciii. 56. 

— Acknowledged, civ. 57. 

— Cause of joy, ci. 170. 

— Cause of praise, ccxv. 198. 

— Cause of thanks, cv. 58. 
Mercy in men, xliii. 263. 
Might, ascribed to God, lix. 42. 

Mind of man influenced by God's Spirit, 

ii. 140. 
Mind of Christ, was influenced by it, iv. 

141. 
Ministerial abilities are of grace given, 

cxxxi. 63. 
Ministers, their duties, cxv. 297. 

— They are means of conversion, 340. 
Of faith, xix. 153. 

—, Of perfection, xxvii. 211. 

Of salvation, xxvii. 211. 

— Good ones promised, cxxi. 302. 

— Promises to them, cxxii. 302. 

— Wicked ones, threats against them, 
308. 

— Duties towards ministers, 311. 

— Sins against them, 312. 

Miracles recorded in the Old Testament, 
God's power therein, Ixxviii. 46. 

— The design thereof, Ixxviii. 46. — ib. 
49. 

— The evidence thereof appealed to by 
Christ, xlix. 113. 

— Attending the birth of Christ, 113. 

— Wrought by Christ, ix. 108. 

— Wrought by the influence of the Spirit, 
Iviii. 115. 

— Attending tlie death of Christ, 115. 

— Of the apostles, 115 and 159. 

— Wrought by prayer, cxcix. 192. 

— Wrought for persons of eminent faith, 
xxxvii. 159. 

Miraculous gifts of the Spirit, xii. 143. 
Mischief, doing it, xl. 263. 
Mischievous, fools are so, xviii. 276. 
Money in a fish's moutli, Iv. 114. 

— Christ was sold for it, xxi. 109. 
Mortification, promises to it,xxii. 355. 


Mother's, God's care of them, Ixxviii. 288. 
Motives to prayer, cxcii. to cxcviii. 192. 
Mountain of God, holy, xcvii. 53. 
Mourning for sin, xvii. 341. 
Murder forbidden, cxliv. 313. 
Murderers known to God, Iii. 41. 

— Threats against them, cxlvi. 313. 
Murmuring, xxviii. 278. 

N. 
Name of God is holy, xcvii. 53. 
Name of Christ, prayer to be made in it, 

clxiv. 186. 
New creatures. Christians are, Ixxvii. 

104. 

— Their duty as such, Ixxviii. 104. 
North and south created, vi. 71. 

O. 

Oath, the nature and duty thereof, cLxxv. 

188. 
Obedience to God, lix. to Ixvii. 218. — 

XV. 354. 

— Must accompany prayer, clxix. 187. 
■ — Thanks for it, ccxix. 199. 
Obedience to Christ, Ixix. 221. 
Obedience is an evidence of love to 

Christ, Ixxxi. 168. 
Obedience to parents, xci. 290. 

— To magistrates, 296. 

— To ministers, cxxxviii. 311. 
Oblation of Christ, vii. 141. 
Observers of times, clx. 246. 
Offences forbidden, xxxv. 261. 
Offices of Christ, as prophet, 134. 
, as priest, 1 35. 

as king, 136. 


One with the Father, Christ, vi. 120. 
Operations of the Spirit, 115 to 146. 
Oppression forbidden, clviii. 318. 

— Deliverance from it, Ixvii. 101. 
Oppressors, threats against them, 318. 
Oppressed, promises to tliem, 318. 
Oracle of God, holy, xcvii. 53. 
Ordination of God, viii. 79. 
Overcome, promises to such as do, xl. 77. 

— Ixxi. 222.— XXV. 355. 

P. 

Pain, freedom from it in heaven, xiii. 353. 
Palsy cured by Christ, hii. 95. 
Pardon of sin, cvi. 58. 

— Promised to faith, xxvi. 157. 
to repentance, xv. 208. 


— Is of grace, cxxvi. 62. 
Prayed for, cvii. 58. 

Parents, their duties, Ixvi. 286. 

— Duties toward them, xci. 290. 

— A fool's conduct toward them, xvii. 
275. 


INDEX. 


Parents, wicked, cursed, Ixxxii. 289. 

— Godly, blessed, Ixxxi, 289. 
Partiality forbidden, cii. 294. 
Patience toward God, xxv. 277. 

— Towards men, xxvi. 278. 
Patience in God. See compassion, 59. 
Peace with God, xxvii. 259. 

— Through Christ, x. 131. 

— Promised to believers, xxviii. 157. 

— Promised to the church of God, xxviii. 
259. 

Peace with men, xxiii. xxv. xxvi. 258. 
People of God, holy, xcvii. 53. 

— Known to him, xli. 39. 
Perfections of God, ii. 33. 

— OfChrist, i. toxiii. 125. 
Perfection required in men, xxiii. 210. 
Persecution of Christ, xix. 109. 

— Of Christians, xlviii. 112. 
Perseverance, promises to it, xxiv. 355. 
Perseverance in faith, xiii. 152. 
Perverseness, 231. 

Pity ascribed to men, xlv. 264. 

— To God, cxii. 60. 

Pity persons that God will not pity, xiii. 

60. 
Place of God, holy, xcvii. 53. 
Planter, God is so to his people, Ixxix. 

105. 
Pleasures of fools, xxii. 276. 
Pollution of sin, cv. 228. 
Poor, promises to them, clxix. 321. 

— God will deliver them, Ixix. 101. 

— Their prayer heard, clxxxv. 188. 

— Duties toward them, clxxi. 321. 

— Charity to them is honouring God, 
202. 

Portions to children, Ixxiv. 287. 
Possible, all things so to God, Ixvii. 42. 
Power of God, Iviii. 41. 

— In creation, Lxxi. 43. 

— In government, Ixxii. 43. 

— Toward his church, Ixxiii. 43. 

— Toward the righteous, Ixxiv. 44. 

— In spiritual blessings, Ixxv. 44. 

— Against the wicked, Ixxvi. 44. 

— Sins and duties respecting God's power, 
Ixxvii. 45. 

Power of Christ, iii. 126. 

— Toward his church, iv. 126. 

— Against his enemies, v. 127. 

Power committed to the apostles, cxvi. 

298. 
Praise due to God, and required, ccvi. 

195. 

— Subjects of it, 198 to 201, 

— Divine influence therein, ccxi. 246. 

— Must be frequent, ccix. 196. 

— Must be sincere, ccix. 196. 

— God is honoured by it, ccxxvii. 201. 


Praise, God is glorified by it, cexxxv. 202. 

— Offered by the righteous, acceptable, 
329. 

— By the wicked, unacceptable, 195. 
Prayer, the Lord's, a good model, clxxx. 

190. 

— Promises that it shall be heard, 290. 

— Persons whose prayer shall be heard, 
186. 

— Access to God in it promised, 157. 

— Through grace, cxxxv. 64. 

— In the name of Christ, 186. 

— With assistance of the spirit, 186. 

— With duties toward God and man, 186. 

— Public, 189. 

— Private, clxxv. 188. 

— Intercessory, for whom, 190. 

— Of parents for children, Ixviii. 286. 

— Subjects for governors, ex. 296. 

— Governors for subjects, xcix. 291. 

— People for ministers, cxl. 311. 

— Ministers for people, cxxxi. 306. 

— For what we ought to pray, 190. 
Prayerless persons, ccxxxvii. 203. 
Preacher, Christ one, xii. 108. 
Preaching, its good effects, cxx. 302. 
Precepts of God, righteous, 50. 

— Holy, 54. 
Predestination, xi. 80. 

Presence of God, everywhere, xxv. 35. 

— With his people, xxix. 85. 

A cause of joy, xcix. 170. 

Presence of Christ with his people, 133. 
Present with Christ, xi. 353. 
Preserver, God is so, Ixxv. 103. 
Precious, Christ is so, xxx. 157. 
Price, Christ is, 130. 

Pride against God, xli. 281. 

— Against men, xiii. 281. 

— Spiritual, xliii. 282. 
Priest, Christ so called, 135. 
Prince, Christ so called, 136. 
Procession of the Holy Ghost, xv. 146. 
Promises of God holy, xcvii. 53. 
Profaning the name of God, 246. 
Prophecy concerning Christ, 106. 
Prophet, Christ, xi. 108. — xxii. xxiii. xxiv. 

134. 
Prophets directed by the Spirit, ii. 140. 

— Were holy, xcvii. 53. 

— Delivered from enemies, Ixx. 101. 

— False ones, 246. 
Propitiation, Christ, xxxiii. 136. 
Prosperity and adversity in God's hand, 

42. 

— From God, cause of joy, ex. 171. 
Proud described, xli. 281. 

— They are known to God, xlv. 40. 

— Threats and prayers against them, 
282, 284. 


INDEX. 


Provide for children, Ixvi. 286. 
Providence towards kings, 295. 
Punislinients, God righteous in inflicting 
them, Ixxx. 50. 

— Will be inflicted by Christ, vii. 123. 

— Inflicted by angels, xxiv. xxvii. 74. 

— Future, xxviii. 355. 

Purge, God doth, xxvi. 85. Our duty. 
Purify, God doth, xxvii. 85. Our duty. 
Purity of God, xciii. 52. 

— Of heart, 212. 

Q. 

Qualifications of magistrates, 293. 

— Of ministers, 301. 
Quarrels, 261. 

R. 

Railing, 327. 
Raiment promised, 336. 
Ransom, Christ, 130. 
Rebellion against God, 232. 

— Against magistrates, 296. 

— Against ministers, cxlii. 312. 
Rebuke one another, 267. 
Reconciliation by Christ, 130. 
Redemption by Christ, ii. 130. 

— The wisdom of God in it, Ivi. 41. 

— Promised to God's people, 94. 
Refine, God doth, xxviii. 85. 
Refuge, God is, Ixiii. 98. 
Rejoicing in God, Ixxxvi. 168. 

— In things of God, xcv. 169. 

— Tiirough Christ, Ixxxvii. 168. 

— In Christ, xciii. 169. 

— To whom promised, Ixxxviii. 168. 
Relying upon God, 177. 
Remembering God, 161. 
Repentance preached, i. 337. 

— Enforced by threats, xv. 341. 

— Enforced by promises, iii. 337. — xxvi. 
343. 

— Promised, xi. 340. 

— Cause and means, God, vii. 339. 

Christ, viii. 340. 

God's law, ix. 340. 

The ministry, x. 340. 

Rejjroach, 326. 

— Cast on Christ, xvii. 109. 
Reprove one another, 267. 
Resignation to God, cxxvii. 177. 
Resolution to obey God, Ixii. 218. 
Restitution, 31 8. 

Resurrection of Christ foretold. 111. 

— Evidences of it, xli. 111. 

— How effected, xliii. 112.— viii. 142. 
Resurrection of the dead, x. 348. 

— By Christ, ix. 130. 
Returning to God, 337, 338. 
Revelations of God's will by angels, 73. 


Revenge, xlviii. 265. 
Revilings, 327. 
Revolting from God, 232. 
Rewards, God righteous therein, 50. 
' — According to works, 222. 

— Dispensed by Christ, v. 122. 

To the righteous, vi. 122. 

Rich, their duties, 319. 

— I'heir sins, 332. 

Riches, their disadvantages, 331. 

— Their advantages, 331. 333. 

— Promised, 334. 

— Ministers seek them not, 304. 

— Spiritual, only to be sought, 335. 
Righteous, promises to them, 206. 

— Life promised to them, xvi. 354. 

— Their happiness in heaven, 354. 

— Their joy in God, Ixxxviii. 168. 

— God's power toward them, xix. 34. 

— Christ's power toward them, 126. 
Righteousness required, 206. 
Righteousness of God, Ixxix. 50. 

— Of Christ, vi. 126. 
Robbery forbidden, 317. 

Rock, the power of God, Ixv. 42. — Ixiii. 

98. 
Ruler, God is so, i. 78. 

— Christ is so, 136. 

Rulers, their duties, xcvii. 292. 

— Their sins, cii. 294. 

S. 
Sabbath, 250 to 253. 
Sacraments, or baptism and the supper, 

138. 
Sacrifice of Christ, 135 and 141. 
Safety is from God, 97. 
Salvation fi-om God, xliii. 90. 

— By Christ, i. 128. 

— To whom promised, xliv. 92. 

— Promised to faith in Christ, 157. 

— Through grace, cxxxvi. 64. — xlv. 93. 

— Means of "it, xlv. 93. 

— Prayed for, xliv. 92. 
Sanctification, 84. 

— Through faith, 157. 

— Through and by Christ, 131. 

— The Spirit's work therein, 144. 
Sanctifying God, 204. 

Satan's influences on the hearts of the 

wicked, 215. 
Satisfy, God doth, 172. 
Saviour, God, 90. 

— Christ, 128. 
Scorning, 283. 
Scriptures, holy, 33. 

— Written under the influence of the 
Spirit, 143. 

— Are means of faith, 155. 
Of sanctification, xxiii. 84. 


INDEX. 


369 


Scriptures are means of perfection, 210. 

Of salvation, 93. 

Sea created, 71. 

Secret things known to God, xxxv. 37. 

Seeking- God, 181. 

— Promises to it, 181. 354. 

— Not seeking God, 182, 

Servants of God, promises to them, 216. 
101. 

— Serving God, liii, to Iviii. 216. 
Servants, their duties, 291. 
Shame for sin, xxvi. 343. 
Shield, God so called, Ixiii. 98. 
Shortness of life, 346. 
Sickness, deliverance from it, 99. 

To be prayed for, 181 . 

— Cured by Christ, 114. 

Sin, its entrance into the world, xvi. 72. 

— Called corruption, 227. Defilement, 
228. Uncleanness, 228. Pollution, 228. 
Filthiness, 228. Vileness, 229. Abomi- 
nableness, 229. Pervei'seness, 231. 

— Benefits of Christ against it, 132. 
Sinners, threats against them, 233, 
Sincerity, 210. — In heart, 212. — In pray- 
er, 187. — In praise, 196. 

Singing God's praise, 197. 
Single heart, 213. 

Sitting at God's right hand, Christ, 112. 
Slander, 326. 

Sleep, temperance therein, 272. 
Sloth. See sluggard, vii. 272. 
Slothfulness in ministers, 309. 
Son of God, Christ, 117. 
Sons of God. See adoption, 62. 
Soothsayers, 246. 

Sorrows of God's people known to him, 
xliii. 39. 

— None in heaven, xiii. 353. 
Sorrow for sin, xvi. 341. 
Speaking evil, clxxx. 325. 
Spirit of God, Holy, xcvii. 53, 

— Sanctifieth or maketh holy, 84. 

— See Holy Ghost, 140 to 146. 
Spirit of grace, cxxi. 62. 

— Was upon Christ, x. 108.— iii. 141. 
Spirits, familiar, 247. 

Spiritual riches to be sought, 335. 
Spiritual things to be prayed for, 190. 
Spirituality of God, xiv. 34. 
Spiritually minded, xvii. 354. 
Statutes of God, righteous, Ixxxiii. 50. 
Steadfastness in faith, xiii. 152. 
Strange gods, 240. 

— Are vanity, 242, 

— Worshippers thereof punished, 242. 
Strangers, duties toward them, 321. 

— Promises to them, 322. 
Strength of God, 152. 

— God giveth strength, 96. 


Strength of God a cause of joy, 170. 
Striking, the law thereof, 314. 
Strife, xxxii. 261. 
Strong in faith, xiii. 152. 
Stubbornness, cxxiii. 232. 
Subjection to Christ, vii, 116. 
Submission and resignation to God, 177. 

— Prayer to be made with it, 190. 
Sufferings of Christ, xiv. 108. 

— The benefits thereof, 135. 
Sufferings of Christ's servants, 305. 

— Their supports therein, 307. 

— Promises to them, 355. 
Summer and winter created, v. 71. 
Sun, moon, and stars created, iii. 70. 
Supper, Lord's, its institution, 139. 

— Preparation for it, v. 139. 
Supports of life promised, ccxTii. 334. 

— Miraculously supplied, 336. 
Supporting ministers', 312. 

— Not -supporting them, 313. 
Swearing lawfully, clxxv. 248. 

— Sinfully, clxvii. 247. 

T. 

Talebearing, 326. 
Talkativeness, 325. 
Teacher, God is, 95. 

— Ploly Ghost, 95. 

— Christ, xii. 108. 

— Ministers, 299. 
Tears for sin, 343, 

— AVith prayer, 188. 
Temperance, i. 270. 

— In ministers of Christ, 306. 
Temple, heavenly, 353. 
Terribleness of God, 69. 
Testimonies of God are righteous, 50. 

— Are faithful, 151. 
Thanks due to God, 195. 

— To be offered through Christ, 196. 

— For what to be offered, 198, &:-c. 
Theft, 317. 

. Thirsting for God, 168. 
Threais, God's faithfiilness therein, 52. 
Throne of God, dominion, i. 78. 

— Is holy, xcvii. 53. 

— Of grace, 62, 

Titles of Christ, 117,— xxi. 134. 
Transgressors, threats against them, 238. 
Treatment for fools, 276. 
Trinity, 147 to 149. _ 
Trouble, prayers in it, 193. 

— Deliverance from it, 200. 
Trusting in God and Christ, 177. 

— Joy promised to it, xci. 169. 
True God, xiii. 34. 

Truth of God, Ixxxv. 51. 

— Things of God called truth, Ixxxvii. 
51. 


370 


INDEX. 


Truth of Christ, X. 128. 
Truth, speaking it, 323. 
Turning to God, vi. 338. 

U. 

Unbelief. See want of faith, 159, 
Unchangeableness of God, xxiv. 35. 
Uncharitableness toward the poor, 321. 

— Known to God, xlviii. 40. 
Uncleanness of sin, 228. 
Ungodly, threats against them, 205. 
Unity of God, iii. 33. 

— Of Christ with God, vi. 120. 

— Among men, 260. 

Unjust, threats against them, 230. 
Unmerciful, 264. 
Unrighteous, threats, 208. 
Unsearchableness of God, xvi. 34. 
Unthankfulness, 196. 
Uphold, God doth, 97. 
Upright, xvii. 209. 
Upright in heart, 213. 
Usury, 319. 

V. 

Vengeance of God, 69. 

— Upon the wicked, cause of joy to God's 

people, 170. 
Vileness of sin, 229. 
Vows, 250. 

W. 

Waiting upon God, 176. 

— Not waiting upon him, 177. 
Wander from God, 184. 
Want of children, 290. 

Wants of God's people known to him, 39. 

Warn one another, 266. 

Wash, God doth, 84. Our duty. 

Ways of God right, Ixxxiii. 50. 

Ways of man's heart, 282. 

Weeping for sin, xxii. 342. 

Whispering, 326. 

Whoredom, natural and spiritual, known 

to God, li. 40. 
Wicked, their sins known to God, xliv. 

40. 

— His threatenings against them, 233. 

— They glorify not God, 204. 

— God glorified in their destruction, 204. 

— His power against them, Ixxvi. 4^1. 

— Their prayer not heard, 194. 

— Their praise not acceptable, 195. 
Will of God, vi. 79. 

— Revealed is matter of praise, 199. 
Wisdom of God, liv. 41. 

— In creation, Iv. 41. 

— In redemption, Ivi. 41. 


Wisdom, man's nothing compared to 

God's, Ivii. 41. 
Wisdom of Christ, ii. 126. 
Wisdom, its excellency, ix. 273. 
Wisdom and religion the same, 274. 

— The study of it recommended, 273. 

— Is the gift of God, 274. 

— Prayed for, 190. 274. 

— Promises to it, xxvii. 355. 

— Vainly pretended to by fools, 275. 

— Being proud of it, 282. 
Witches, 246. 
Witness-bearing, 323. 
Wives, their duties, 286. 
Wizards, 246. 

Wonderful doings, God's power therein, 

42. 
Word of God right, Ixxxiii. 50. 

— Faithful, 51. 

Word of God a mean of faith, 155.— Of 

sanctification, 84. — Of salvation, 93. 
Words of prayer, 189. 
Words of the righteous, cxcvi. 328. 

— Of the wicked, 325. 

— Of fools, 276. 

Works, God's, matter of praise, 199. 
Works of Christ, 121. 

— Of God's people known to him, 39. 

— Of the wicked, known, 40. 

— Rewards according to them, Ixxiii. 
222. 

— Good, commanded, 224. 

— God is glorified by them, 203. 

— Of the devil, 226. 

— Of the flesh, 226. 

— Of darkness, 225. 
Worship of God, 184. 

Of Christ, 124. 
Of the Holy Ghost, 150. 
Worship offered by angels, xxviii. xxix, 
75. 

— Not due to angels, 75, 186. 

— God honoured by it, 201. 

— What kind acceptable, 186. 

— What kind unacceptable, 186. 

— Rejoicing in it, 169. 

— Public. Sec prayer, 186. Praise, 195. 

— Private, 188. 
Wounding, maiming, 314. 

Wrath of God against the wicked, 68. 

— Prayers and promises to be delivered 
from it, 68. 

Wrath in men forbidden, 257. 
Wrathful, fools are so, 276. 


Zeal in God, 70. 
— In men, 208. 


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